Department of WarPDFTier 2 · Documented firsthand reportPartially redacted
Range Fouler Debrief, Japan, 2023
DOW-UAP-D042 · Release 01 (5/8)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
PDF
Location
Arabian Gulf (CENTCOM/Middle East)
Incident date
8/31/20
Release
Release 01 (5/8)
Evidence tier
Tier 2 · Documented firsthand report
What the document says
This document is a Range Fouler Debrief Form, 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 an “object fly through the screen.” The observer described a second object surpassing the first, at a higher speed. The report describes a total of three UAP “moving amongst each other.”
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.
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).
Evidence tiers describe the type of record (sensor capture vs. written report vs.
administrative file) · not a claim about its conclusions. UFO Papers reports only what the documents state.