Department of WarPDFTier 2 · Documented firsthand reportPartially redacted
Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020
DOW-UAP-D056 · Release 01 (5/8)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
PDF
Location
Arabian Sea (CENTCOM/Middle East)
Incident date
8/24/20
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 an encounter with a group of three “unidentified small air contacts” over the North Arabian Sea. The reporter described the UAP as having “wings/airframe” structure, and as initially bearing on a westerly heading. The operator tracked one UAP before losing sight of it behind a cloud. Upon regaining contact, the operator reported observing two additional UAP to the east of the first. The report states that all three objects then “appeared to maintain their relative course, speed, and altitude.”
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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please leave the field blank. If there was more than one "group " please report each on a separate
form for data collection purposes. You should receive a response within ·5 business days.
Last Name, First Name
Rank
Squadron
S/PR Email Address
Crew Position
Pilot
This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all reports of identifying information.
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Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadrJn will be recorded for analysis.
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Night
705
168122
SSC
No
Date (mmlddlyy)
Time of detection
Day I Night
Side No.
Buno
Mission Description (CAS, BFM. etc)
LFE?
(hh:mm:ss Z)
21440
21440
1.4a
Yes
310
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Contact Working Area
Contact Latitute
N/S
Contact Longitude
Contact Aftitude
Altitude
WtndDir at
Wind
(Ex: W-72 1A)
(0D:MM:SS)
(DD.MM:SS)
( ' · : 22000)
Constant?
Contact An
Speed
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend
µsing JMPS to reference the sensor-derived bearing and range relative to the bullseye you had
in use. If that method is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will wolk, but please
be as specnic as possible and make a note in the comments section. The.se locations may be
used to cue other means of tracking.
Radar Equipped: Other
AIM-9x Self-Track: □
Stable Trackfile?: No
A TFLIR Autotrack: □
# of Contacts in "Group": 3
Tally Achieved:
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EA Indications (Check all that apply):
□ □ □ □
ECM
Letter
False
Other/
Identifier
Trackfiles
Ambiguous
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(From)
Was the contact moving?
Yes
Direction/Speed
2?0/UNK
(Ex. 090/15)
Please check all that apply:
Round: [Z]
Moving Parts: 0
SQuare: D
Metallic: 0
Bafloon-shapeq: D
Markings: D
Wings/Airframe: [Z]
Translucent: 0
Other Shape:O
Opaque: O
Apparent Propuls io n:□
Reflective! 0
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte action in your own words with as much
detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not inclilided in questions above.
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!observed 3x possible unidentified small air contact I while conducting routine operations in the
North Arabian Sea. Negative ES, radar track, and IFF track. Distf nce to contact was unknown. Speed of
contact was unknown. Precise course of contact was unknown, but appeared to be on a westerly heading.
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unknown air contact and tracked It before losing sight as 1t went 9ehInd a cloud. When contact on the
unknown air contact was regained, 2x additional unknown air corytacts were seen due east of the location of
the initial contact. All 3x unknown air contacts appeared to maintain their relative course, speed, and
altitude.
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Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripAed for the entire time of interaction and
saved as a .wmv (Example: 4 May VFA-106 HUD. wmv). Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files
to the repository located at this link.
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Context
This is one of 171 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.