Department of WarPDFTier 2 · Documented reportPartially redactedMetallic Object
Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020
DOW-UAP-D058 · Release 01 (5/8)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
PDF
Sighting type
Metallic Object
Incident date
10/27/20
Release
Release 01 (5/8)
Evidence tier
Tier 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.
This is one of 143 Department of War records in the declassified archive, and one of 4 cases describing a metallic object. 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.