Date: October 30, 2024
Location: Red Sea Littoral, Saada Province Coast, Yemen
Asset: MQ-9 Reaper (Flight Code: GRIFFIN-4, GRIFFIN-5)
Source: AARO Incident Report 24-YEM-099 (Released November 2025)
Defense analysts scrutinized the October 2024 footage released during Congressional hearings, but the 2025 AARO disclosure provides the raw sensor logs required for forensic reconstruction. This event represents the first confirmed kinetic engagement between a United States unmanned platform and a UAP since the establishment of current reporting procedures. Two MQ-9 Reapers, operating under Central Command (CENTCOM) authority, intercepted a spherical object tracking southward along the Yemeni coastline. The engagement sequence utilized the Raytheon AN/DAS-1 MTS-B Multi-Spectral Targeting System. Telemetry data contradicts initial "Houthi drone" hypotheses by displaying zero aerodynamic control surfaces and a thermodynamic signature indistinguishable from the surrounding air mass.
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