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67 .1 P-8A  OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJEC T 55 NM 
NORTH WEST OF LA TA K IA , SYRIA
18 NOV 2016
Declassified by MG Richard A . Harrison 
USC ENTC OM C hief of Staff 
Declassified on. 20 " *
Weather:
(U) P-8 aircrew characterized visibility as clear,'no range 
limitations.
BLUE: While monitoring K C TG activity in the Eastern 
Mediterranean, P-8A , observed an unidentified low-flying 
object 55 nm northwest of Latakia from an unknown 
origin, traveling at approx 500K TS on a southeasterly 
heading outbound from K C TG, for ~2 minutes.
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26 N M
US P-8A  Location 
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C TG 67 /1 C omments: The mission commander for P-8 characterized the interaction as safe. While this was the first observed occurrence of
Timeline (Z):
(SWR8sj»18/131OZ: P-8 observed a possible missile launch 
IVQ i,4 a ] from an origin unknown detected via 
the EO/IR sensor. The possible missile appeared to be in 
sea skim mode traveling at approximately 500KTS on a 
southeasterly heading outbound from KC TG. P-8 position 
was 26 NM S of object detection at 16 121 Fl| 1,4 a
;) (BWMy 18/1312Z: - P-8 lost visual of the object IVO
H 1,4 a | approx. 4 0 NM northwest of Latakia. The
missile was observed to pass between (RUS) INGUL A RS 
and 1xU/l vessel.
possible missile activity by P-8 aircraft in the Eastern Mediterranean it is assessed to be standard activity consistent with the assessed activity of 
the KC TG. Video footage can be found at this link^(b)(6 )j
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