DOW-UAP-D56, Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020
DOW-UAP-D56, Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020
This document is a Range Fouler Debrief 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 an encounter with a group of three “unidentified small air contacts” over the North Arabian Sea. The reporter described the UAP as having “wings/airframe” structure, and as initially bearing on a westerly heading. The operator tracked one UAP before losing sight of it behind a cloud. Upon regaining contact, the operator reported observing two additional UAP to the east of the first. The report states that all three objects then “appeared to maintain their relative course, speed, and altitude.” 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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Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do have the requested informafion,
please leave the field blank. If there was more than one "group " please report each on a separate
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form for data collection purposes. You should receive a response within ·5 business days.
Last Name, First Name Rank Squadron S/PR Email Address Crew Position
0-3 IHSM-73 Pilot
This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all reports of identifying information.
Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadrJn will be recorded for analysis.
08/24/20 00:04:30 Night 705 168122 SSC No
Date (mmlddlyy) Time of detection Day I Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM. etc) LFE?
(hh:mm:ss Z)
21440 21440 1.4a Yes 310 5
Contact Working Area Contact Latitute N/S Contact Longitude Contact Aftitude Altitude WtndDir at Wind
(Ex: W-72 1A) (0D:MM:SS) (DD.MM:SS) ( ' · : 22000) Constant? Contact An Speed
(From)
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend
µsing JMPS to reference the sensor-derived bearing and range relative to the bullseye yo u had Was the contact moving? Yes
in use. If that method is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will wolk, but please
be as specnic as possible and make a note in the comments section. The.se locations may be
used to cue other means of tracking. Direction/Speed 2 ?0/UNK
(Ex. 090/15)
Radar Equipped: Other AIM-9x Self-Track:
□ Please check all that apply:
0
Stable Trackfile?: No A TFLIR Autotrack:
□ Round: [Z]
SQuare: D
Moving Parts:
Metallic: 0
# of Contacts in "Group": 3 Tally Achieved:
□ Bafloon-shapeq: D Markings: D
EA Indications (Check all that apply):
Wings/A irframe: [Z] Translucen t: 0
□ □ □ □ Other Shape:O Opaque: O
ECM Letter
Identifier
False
Trackfiles
Other/
Ambiguous
Apparent Propuls io n:□ Reflective! 0
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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 inclilided in questions above.
J 1.4a I
!observed 3x possible unidentified small air contact while conducting routine operations in the
North Arabian Sea. Negative ES, radar track, and IFF track. Distf nce to contact was unknown . Speed of
contact was unknown. Precise course of contact was unknown, but appeared to be on a westerly heading .
No interact~on took place betwee~I 1.4a . la~d the ~nknowp ai_r contacts. Initially observed 1x
unknown air contact and tracked It before losing sight as 1t went 9ehInd a cloud. When contact on the
unknown air contact was regained , 2x additional unknown air corytacts were seen due east of the location of
the initial contact. All 3x unknown air contacts appeared to maintain their relative course, speed, and
altitude. I
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Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripAed for the entire time of interaction 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. I
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