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Department of War PDF Tier 2 · Documented firsthand report Partially redacted

Range Fouler Debrief, Middle East, May 2020

DOW-UAP-D038 · Release 01 (5/8)
AgencyDepartment of War
Document typePDF
LocationArabian Gulf (CENTCOM/Middle East)
Incident date5/14/20
ReleaseRelease 01 (5/8)
Evidence tierTier 2 · Documented firsthand report

What the document says

This document is a Range Fouler Debrief, a standardized reporting form the U.S. Navy uses to record the circumstances surrounding an unauthorized intrusion into controlled airspace during active military operations or training. These reports contain a narrative description of the observer’s experiences. A U.S. military operator reported observing a “solid white object [fly] through the [field-of-view]. The reporter described the UAP as making erratic [movements] above the water. All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.
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Context

This is one of 143 Department of War records in the declassified archive, reported in the CENTCOM/Middle East region. It was published in Release 01 (5/8).

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