DATE / TIME - 16 April 2016 / 9:47am UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)

LOCATION - This image and footage were taken over the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.

DURATION - The video is 4 seconds long. The UAP is seen “moving with purpose” in a lateral direction across the video (south to north). The “orb” UAP is visible for approximately 1 second - as it moves through the frame.

IMAGING TYPE - FMV (Full Motion Video) / FMV blends Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) and other video based motion image sensors into a comprehensive intelligence synthesis with geospatially aware video data.

RECONNAISSANCE CRAFT - MC-12 / A medium-to-low altitude, twin-engine turboprop aircraft. Its primary mission is to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support directly to ground forces.

INITIAL ANALYSIS HUB - DGS-1 (Distributed Ground System number 1, Langley AFB, Virginia ) / The Distributed Ground Center at Langley-Eustis (designated DGS-1), focuses on imagery intelligence and electronic signals intelligence and primarily supports U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). DGS-1 sift and disseminate the ISR sensor data flowing into Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, headquarters of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing.

BACKGROUND - On May 1st, 2020 a classified briefing was generated about the UFO / UAP presence, via the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI). This UAP briefing is a build-on to a previous ONI briefing, generated on October 18th, 2019. Both were distributed across a wide range of intelligence networking platforms (such as SIPRNet, JWICS and various Intelink systems). The UAP intelligence briefing was most recently uploaded and distributed on November 4th, 2021.

This “Mosul Orb” UFO video is included in the above-mentioned UAP educational audio / visual presentation. This briefing was generated and populated across intelligence platforms to educate the United States Armed Forces and the intelligence community on the nature and presentation of the UAP / UFO phenomenon. Those familiar with the creation of the briefing state that the aim is to destigmatize the UAP problem and to promote more intelligence collection regarding UAP incursions and encounters with active military deployments. Although the “Mosul Orb” footage is contained within a classified briefing, the image itself remains unclassified.

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