◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
Two Crews over Iraq
On 5 May 2022 two US Air Force crews from different attack squadrons each reported objects one to two metres across flying sporadically through their target areas at 80 to 180 mph during Operation Inherent Resolve. Their mission reports were released in September 2026 and use almost identical wording. This is the record of what the crews reported, not a verdict on what was in the frame.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- Two Crews over Iraq is a reported UAP case near Daquq, Kirkuk Governorate, 5 May 2022.
- Two Air Force crews on separate sorties on 5 May 2022 each reported objects about one to two metres across flying sporadically through their target areas at 80 to 180 mph.
- One crew's report says that each time the sensor returned to its points of interest it would reacquire the objects.
- The two reports are nearly word for word the same, down to a shared misspelling, which points to a common template rather than two crews confirming the same objects.
- One report logs what was seen as "UAS", and the other says dust storms affected collection; neither offers an explanation.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 4 distinct sources, 4 corroborating primary documents and 2 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
5 May 2022
LOCATION
near Daquq, Kirkuk Governorate · Iraq
COORDS
34.83°N 44.33°E
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
4 distinct
CLAIMANTS
2
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
