◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The White Object over the Gulf
On the night of 14 May 2020 a US military crew on an infrared surveillance task over the northern Persian Gulf followed a "solid white object" that made erratic movements above the water. It zoomed in on the object and then lost it. This is the record of what the crew reported, not a verdict on what was over the water.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The White Object over the Gulf is a reported UAP case in Northern Persian Gulf (open water), per the form's contact coordinates, 14 May 2020, 20:40Z.
- A night surveillance crew over the northern Persian Gulf reported a solid white object that flew through its sensor's view and appeared to make erratic movements above the water.
- The crew says it lost the object, found it again and reached 4x zoom before poor track placement lost it for good.
- In AARO's description of the paired video, a blue reticle briefly appears on the contact but never acquires a lock.
- The crew's debrief form ticks 'Round' and logs one contact at a constant altitude; neither the form nor AARO offers an explanation.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 2 distinct sources, 2 corroborating primary documents and 1 claimant 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
14 May 2020, 20:40Z
LOCATION
Northern Persian Gulf (open water), per the form's contact coordinates · Persian Gulf (international waters)
COORDS
28.52°N 49.87°E
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
2 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
