The object, which was only visible using thermal imaging cameras, seemed to have appendages dangling from its underside.
The remarkable footage was disclosed during this week's Senate Committee hearing on the topic of UFOs.
The grainy, black-and-white images show what appears to be a thin, cylindrical object flying over the city of Baghdad.
This image was reportedly captured over the city of Mosul by an intelligence-reconnaissance plane back in 2016.
Researchers have discovered official records stating that a man in Iraq was killed by a meteorite back in 1888.
A recent period of drought has exposed 3,400-year-old ruins in the Mosul Dam reservoir in northern Iraq.
Fish farmers have been left devastated following the unexplained deaths of hundreds of thousands of carp.
A recently discovered cache of Assyrian cuneiform tablets has helped to reveal the location of a lost city.
Archaeologists have unearthed the long-lost ruins of a 4,000-year-old city known as Xarab-i Kilashin.
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient city that dates back to Neolithic times.
One solider spent three months in hospital after being bitten by a camel spider while on duty in Iraq.
Saddam Hussain's derriere taken from the bronze statue in Iraq is now being hidden in Derby, England.
A soldier blinded by a grenade attack in Iraq is helping test out a new device that allows him to 'see' with his tongue.
The security forces in Iraq use a device to detect bombs and weapons that the US military believes to be useless, the AD...
A new examination of male neanderthal remains found in what is now Iraq has revealed that he appeared to have been kille...