The Same Paragraph Twice over Iraq

The Same Paragraph Twice over Iraq

On 5 May 2022 two crews of different squadrons over northern Iraq filed mission reports that describe small objects in the same paragraph, word for word down to the misspelling “SPORATICALLY”: “UAPs” moving “AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 80-180 MPH”, at an altitude the crew was “UNABLE TO DETERMINE”, “APPROXIMATELY 1-2 METERS” in size, which “DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION”. The 20th Attack Squadron watched them from 05:24Z to 07:04Z, in daylight and in a dust storm; the 196th logged them at 20:26Z, at night, and described what it saw as “UAS”. The two recordings released with the reports show small dark dots over hazy ground in infrared and in colour by day, so they belong to the morning report. Neither report says how the speed was measured or how far away the objects were, so neither the speed nor the size can be tested.

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