Single source: IRGC Navy says it captured a US MQM-170 drone in the western Strait of Hormuz

Single source · Strait of Hormuz (approximate: Western Strait of Hormuz) · 2026-10-29 08:00 UTC

The IRGC says its naval electronic warfare unit took control of an American MQM-170 drone in the western Strait of Hormuz and that the drone landed intact, according to the IRGC Navy's own account. The Navy says the drone was sent to identify Iranian air defences along the Persian Gulf coast and the Strait of Hormuz; one post calls it a US decoy drone, and reports differ on the model name (MQM-170, MQM-170C Outlaw G2) and on whether one or two drones were involved. No independent or US confirmation or denial is listed.

Unofficial; built automatically from public posts and can be wrong. Verify before acting.

Verification

Single source: 1 independent source.

Details by origin

Each detail, with the independent origins that reported it. An origin is the outlet or channel where a claim first appeared; reposts count once. A row counts no more independent origins than the event does above; where it lists more, it says so. This counts reports: it is not a measure of accuracy, and it does not change the event's status. "Reports differ" means two origins gave values that cannot both be true; it is about that detail, not about whether the incident happened.

Detail	Reported	Reported by	Status
What happened	Naval incident	IRGC (via @MenchOsint (X), Kurdistan24, ME Observer (Telegram)); OSINTWarfare (Telegram)	2 origins listed, counted as one
What happened	Attack (means not stated)	Iran (via AsiaOne.com, Drop Site News, NewsNation)	One origin
Place	Strait of Hormuz	IRGC (via @MenchOsint (X), Kurdistan24, ME Observer (Telegram)); Iran (via AsiaOne.com, Drop Site News, NewsNation); OSINTWarfare (Telegram)	3 origins listed, counted as one; limited by the event's status
Place	Strait of Hormuz, Iran	IRGC (via @MenchOsint (X), Kurdistan24, ME Observer (Telegram))	One origin
Time	29 Oct, about 08:00 UTC	IRGC (via @MenchOsint (X), Kurdistan24, ME Observer (Telegram))	One origin
Who did it	IRGC Navy (same side as another named)	IRGC (via @MenchOsint (X), Kurdistan24, ME Observer (Telegram)); OSINTWarfare (Telegram)	2 origins listed, counted as one
Who did it	IRGC (same side as another named)	IRGC (via @MenchOsint (X), Kurdistan24, ME Observer (Telegram))	One origin
Who did it	Iran (same side as another named)	Iran (via AsiaOne.com, Drop Site News, NewsNation)	One origin
Target	US MQM-170 reconnaissance drone	IRGC (via @MenchOsint (X), Kurdistan24, ME Observer (Telegram)); Iran (via AsiaOne.com, Drop Site News, NewsNation)	Reports differ
Target	MQM-170C Outlaw G2 unmanned aerial vehicle	OSINTWarfare (Telegram)	Reports differ

This table may include reports the automated review judged to be about another incident.

No detail reads as corroborated while the event itself does not.

Sources

ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-29 08:35 UTC
Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-29 08:35 UTC
ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-29 08:37 UTC
ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-29 08:38 UTC
ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-29 08:51 UTC
@MenchOsint (X), 2026-10-29 09:04 UTC
Saudi Gazette, 2026-10-29 10:08 UTC
Kurdistan24, 2026-10-29 12:10 UTC
Middle East Spectator (MES), 2026-10-29 12:24 UTC
Drop Site News, 2026-10-29 15:12 UTC
Drop Site News, 2026-10-29 15:14 UTC
OSINTWarfare (Telegram), 2026-10-29 15:48 UTC
WRTV, 2026-10-29 20:33 UTC
AsiaOne.com, 2026-10-30 04:28 UTC
NewsNation, 2026-10-30 09:10 UTC

Changes

2026-10-29 09:22 UTC: Unverified
2026-10-29 09:25 UTC: Unverified to Single source

First reported 2026-10-29 08:35 UTC; last updated 2026-10-30 11:03 UTC.

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