Department of WarPDFTier 2 · Documented firsthand reportPartially redactedMetallic Object
Range Fouler Debrief, Eastern United States, 2020
DOW-UAP-D089 · Release 04 (7/10)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
PDF
Sighting type
Metallic Object
Location
Eastern United States (United States)
Incident date
2020
Release
Release 04 (7/10)
Evidence tier
Tier 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. This report accompanies the video titled “DOW-UAP-PR106.”
A U.S. military operator reported observing an object, describing it as “quite small” and as “continu[ing] in a constant direction.” The report characterizes the shape of the phenomenon as “indistinguishable,” with a metallic appearance and reflective underside.
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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Range Fouler Debrief Form
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Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do not have the requested information,
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
SIPR Email Address
Crew Position
0-4
Pilot
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Day
Date (mmlddlyy)
Time of detection
Day I Night
Side No.
Buno
(hh:mm:ss Z)
Squadron
Contact Working Area
Contact Letitute
NIS
Contact Longitude
EIW
Contact Altitude
Altitude
Wind Dir at
Wind
(fa· W- 72 1A)
(DD.MM:SS)
(DD.MMSSJ
(Ex 22000)
Constent?
Contact Alt
Speed
(From)
Pleas~pt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend
using-a reference the sensor-derived bearing and range relative to the buf/seye you had
Was the contact moving?
Yes
in use. If that method is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will work, but please
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be
Direction/Speed
used to cue other means of tracking.
(Ex. 090115)
Please check all that apply:
Round: D
Moving Parts. ·D
Square. D
Metallic. [Z]
Balloon-shaped D
Markings: D
Wings/Airframe :0
Translucent: D
Other Shape D
Opaque: D
Apparent Propulsion.□
Reflective: [Z]
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any interaction in your own words with as much
detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above .
..
apparent object also captured with
Appeared quite smal l. Speed appeared to be
and continued in constant direction. Shape
indiscernible but the bottom was refilective.
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DUSN (M) DRMD
Authority: FY 24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107
Date: 5/19/2026
Released in Part: X
AARO 44 U.S.C. 2107 § 1843(a)(3)
AARO FY2024 NDAA § 1843(a)(l)(C);E.O. 13526, section 1.4(a)
AARO FY2024 NDAA § 1843(a)(l)(C);E.O. 13526, section 1.4(e)
Context
This is one of 171 Department of War records in the declassified archive, and one of 6 cases describing a metallic object, reported in the United States region. It was published in Release 04 (7/10).
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administrative file) · not a claim about its conclusions. UFO Papers reports only what the documents state.