◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
Two Cold Contacts over the Gulf (2023)
On 24 October 2023 a US Air Force crew on a twenty-hour surveillance flight over the Gulf logged two UAP forty minutes apart, estimated at 320 and 440 mph. The first showed cold on thermal. The crew judged both solid and benign with no intelligent control. This is the record of what the crew reported and filmed, not a verdict on what was in the sky.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- Two Cold Contacts over the Gulf (2023) is a reported UAP case in Central Persian Gulf (grid 39R XK), north-west of the UAE, towards the Iranian coast, 24 October 2023, 0241Z and 0322Z.
- A US Air Force surveillance crew over the Gulf logged two UAP forty minutes apart, estimated at 320 and 440 mph.
- The report says the first showed cold on thermal, and the crew judged both solid and benign with no intelligent control.
- Iranian air defence had radioed the aircraft earlier that night to keep a safe distance from the border.
- Two released infrared clips show the sensor following an area of contrast, according to AARO, which does not say which clip matches which sighting.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 3 distinct sources, 3 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
24 October 2023, 0241Z and 0322Z
LOCATION
Central Persian Gulf (grid 39R XK), north-west of the UAE, towards the Iranian coast · International waters (Persian Gulf); flight from Al Dhafra, UAE
COORDS
26.66°N 52.61°E
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
3 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
