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Department of War PDF Tier 2 · Documented report Partially redacted Metallic Object

Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020

DOW-UAP-D058 · Release 01 (5/8)
AgencyDepartment of War
Document typePDF
Sighting typeMetallic Object
Incident date10/27/20
ReleaseRelease 01 (5/8)
Evidence tierTier 2 · Documented 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 an encounter with a group of two UAP. The operator described the UAP as “balloon-shaped,” metallic, and reflective, characterizing them as “2x red blinking strobes.” The report states that “one range fouler was circling around the 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.
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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison usctf.le~~~.fil~ Aie-l~~raftUrple II!!! I Rl!!T 111 Ii IF 11 Oecla~M~ffif~R~li~Bffi',y~(?iS'e and Range Fouler Debrie Form email the complete file manually (see below). • Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do L,have the requested information, please leave the field blank. If there was more than one "groupi," please report each on a separate form for data collection purposes. You should receive a respons within 5 business days. Last Name. First Name Rank Squadron S/PR £mail Address Crew Position 0-3 . ._l11_E_F_S_ __, This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all r . ports of identifying information. Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadT< 1 n will be recorded for analysis. 10/27/20 01:12:21 Night DCA No Date (mmldd,yy) Time of detection DayI Night Side No. Bimo Mission Description (CAS. BFM, etc) LFE? (hh:mm:ss Z) 26000 No Contact Wonting Area Contact Latitute N/S Contact Longitude E,W •ontact Altitude Altitude Wind Dir at Wind (Ex: W-72 1A) (DD:MM:SS) (DD:MM:SS) ( Please attempt to determine a LafI Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived bearing and range relative to the bullseye you had in use. Ifthat method is not available, any reasonable derivation oflocation will work, but please be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be us.ed to cue othermeans oftracking. Radar Equipped: Other AIM-9x Self-Track: □ Stable Trackfile?: Yes A TFL/R Autotrack: □ # of Contacts in "Group": 2 Tally Achieved: llJ EA Indications (Check all that apply): □ □ □ llJ Letter False Other/ ECM Jdentmer Trackfi/es Ambiguous Arc Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte x: 22000) Constant? Contact Alt Speed (From) Was the contact moving? Yes Direction/Speed 060/20 (fa. 090115) Please check all that apply: Round: D Moving Parts: D Square: D Metallic: [Z] Balloon-shaped: [Z] Markings: D Wings/Airframe: D Translucent: D Other Shape:[£]. Opaque: [{] Apparent Propulsion:□ Reflective: [Z] action in your own words with as much 1 detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above. I KINGPIN DIRECTED ID OF UNKNOWN CONTACT.! 1.4a IOBTAINED RADAR LOCK AND TARGET POD VIDEO BUT UNABLE TO GET CLOSER THAN 16.9NM TID GETA BETTER ID. THE TARGET POD SHOWED 2 IR SIGNIFICANT CONTACTS. ONE RANGE FOUL~ER WAS CIRCLING AROUND THE OTHER IN 1130TH OF A SECOND, THEY WERE GONE. TALLr ACHIEVED WAS 2X RED BLINKING STROBES AND NOISE JAMMING WAS RECIEVED. NOISE JAMMING WAS INDICATED BY TWO CHEVRONS. FIRST DETECTION OF THE RANGE FOULERS WERE AT B/E ZIM 248/17 t.__ _ ...;.;1•..;.;;;4a'---_ __,!. Don't use the purple "submit" button! Save this form with filenam "Date_Squadron_RF.pdf' and email it tol (b)(s) I(Also in the global) For troubleshooting, call! (b)(6) Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are rip •ed for the entire time ofinteraction 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. liliiSI 959 I (b)(6) I USCENTCOM MOR 26-0038 to MOR 26-0046 Approved for Release to AARO I 03/27/26 000001

Context

This is one of 171 Department of War records in the declassified archive, and one of 6 cases describing a metallic object. It was published in Release 01 (5/8).

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