DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020
Department of War · 2020-10-27 · release 1
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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Range Fouler Debrie Form
Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison
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If there was more than one "groupi," please report each on a separate
Last Name. First Name
Rank
Squadron
S/PR £mail Address
Crew Position
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Night
DCA
Date (mmldd,yy)
Time of detection
(hh:mm:ss Z)
Day I Night
Side No.
Bimo
Mission Description (CAS. BFM, etc)
No
LFE?
Contact Wonting Area
(Ex: W-72 1A)
Contact Latitute
(DD:MM:SS)
N/S
Contact Longitude
(DD:MM:SS)
E,W
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. If that method is not a vailable, any reasonable derivation of location will work, but please
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These l ocations may be
us.ed to cue other means of tracking.
26000
•ontact Altitude
(
x: 22000)
No
Altitude
Constant?
Wind Dir at
Contact Alt
(From)
Wind
Speed
Was
work, but please
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These l ocations may be
us.ed to cue other means of tracking.
26000
•ontact Altitude
(
x: 22000)
No
Altitude
Constant?
Wind Dir at
Contact Alt
(From)
Wind
Speed
Was the contact moving? Yes
Direction/Speed
(fa. 090115)
060/20
Radar Equipped: Other
Stable Trackfile?: Yes
# of Contacts in "Group": 2
EA Indications (Check all that apply):
□ □ □ llJ
Other/
False
ECM
Arc
Letter
Jdentmer
Trackfi/es Ambiguous
AIM-9x Self-Track: □
A TFL/R Autotrack: □
Tally Achieved:
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Please check all that apply:
Round: D
Square: D
Balloon-shaped: [Z]
Wings/Airframe: D
Moving Parts: D
Metallic: [Z]
Markings: D
Translucent: D
Other Shape:[£].
Opaque: [{]
Apparent Propulsion:□ Reflective: [Z]
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte
detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above.
action in your own words with as much
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IOBTAINED RADAR LOCK AND TARGET
KINGPIN DIRECTED ID OF UNKNOWN CONTACT.!
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.
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FIRST DETECTION OF THE RANGE FOULERS WERE AT B/E Z
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.
1.4a
FIRST DETECTION OF THE RANGE FOULERS WERE AT B/E ZIM 248/17 t.__ _
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