DOW-UAP-D57, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020
Department of War · 2020-09-04 · Gulf of Aden · release 1
This document is a Range Fouler Reporting 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 tracking a “round, cold object” over the Gulf of Aden for eight minutes via “black hot” IR sensor, making the UAP appear “bright white.” The report states that the UAP was “traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph” and “made a few abrupt directional changes” during the encounter.
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 Reportin Form
Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do n~ot have the requested information,
please leave the field blank.
form for data collection purposes. You should receive a respons within 5 business days.
If there was more than one "group " please report each on a separate
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Last Name, First Name
Rank
0-3
Squadron
1172 ATKS
SfPR Email Address
Crew Position
Other
This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all r ports of identifying information.
Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadr, n will be recorded for analysis.
09/04/20
21 :09:00
Night
ISR
Date {mmlddlyy}
Time of detection
(hh:mm:ss Z)
Day I Night
Side No.
Buno
Mi$$ion Description (CAS, BFM. etc)
LFE?
Contact Won,-ing Area
(Ex: W•721A)
Contact Latitute
(DD:MM:SS)
N
N/S
Contact LongitrJ<Je
(DD:MM:SS)
E
E,W
23819
, ntact Altitllde
~ : 22000}
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial cJete<;t;on. We recommend
using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beating and range mtat/ve to the bullseye you had
in use. If that methocJ is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will won,-, but please
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be
used to cue other means oftracking.
Altitude
Constant?
W'incJ Dir at
Contact Alt
(From)
Wind
Speed
Wes the contact moving? Yes
Direction/Speed
(Ex. 090/15)
168/277
Radar Equipped:
Stable Trackfile?:
# of Contacts in "Group": 1
EA Indications (Check all that apply):
AIM-9x Self-Track:
□
(From)
Wind
Speed
Wes the contact moving? Yes
Direction/Speed
(Ex. 090/15)
168/277
Radar Equipped:
Stable Trackfile?:
# of Contacts in "Group": 1
EA Indications (Check all that apply):
AIM-9x Self-Track:
□
A TFLIR Autotrack: □
Tally Achieved: □
□ □ □ □
False
Other/
ECM
An;
. Letter
Identifier
Trackfiles Ambiguous
Please check all that apply:
Round: [l]
Square: D
Balloon-shapecJ: D
Wings/Airframe: D
Other Shape: D
Moving Parts: D
Metallic: D
Mar1<ings: D
Translucent: D
Opeque:O
Apparent Propulsion:□ RefTe<:tive: □
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 incJJded in questions above.
Contact at 21 :09z to 21 :17z 04SEP2020. MGRS location 38P L+?(~a<aoimJ(estimated lat/long
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in IR traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph. It made a few abrupt dir~ctional changes during the 8 minute
contact. Our sensor was aimed -39 degrees below our altitude w th a slant range of 6.1 ?NM and ground
range of 8.81 KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot and the obj ct in question was a bright white.
~. While at 23,819 HAT over the ~ulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object
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Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are rip ed for the entire time of interaction and
saved as a .wmv (Example: 4 May VFA-106 HUD.wmv). Squa ron inte/ personnel shall upload those files
to the repository located at this link.
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