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UFO sightings in Iraq: documented cases, reports, and evidence

Iraq has 1 documented UFO/UAP case in this archive, spanning 2016 to 2016. This page groups the national record so readers can compare case dates, evidence types, official context, and representative reports before opening the full dossiers.

Archive profile

Iraq

Case count
1
Time span
2016
Main evidence types
Witness reports / Official records / Images and video / Military context
Representative cases
2016 Mosul Orb VideoThe Mosul Orb is the name given to a brief military video reportedly recorded over Mosul, Iraq, on 16 April 2016. A still was first published in January 2023. A federal court record now confirms that the National Air and Space Intelligence Center located a video of a metallic-looking spherical object owned by U.S. Special Operations Command, and that it was released after metadata redaction on 25 June 2025. The public clip shows a bright round form crossing the frame, but it provides no public range, dimensions, sensor geometry or complete metadata. The date, location and MC-12 platform remain attributed to the initial publishers rather than independently confirmed by the court record.

Complete case list

Iraq

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2016 Mosul Orb VideoThe Mosul Orb is the name given to a brief military video reportedly recorded over Mosul, Iraq, on 16 April 2016. A still was first published in January 2023. A federal court record now confirms that the National Air and Space Intelligence Center located a video of a metallic-looking spherical object owned by U.S. Special Operations Command, and that it was released after metadata redaction on 25 June 2025. The public clip shows a bright round form crossing the frame, but it provides no public range, dimensions, sensor geometry or complete metadata. The date, location and MC-12 platform remain attributed to the initial publishers rather than independently confirmed by the court record.IraqGrade B / UNRESOLVED