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DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020

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DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020

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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Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do    have the requested information,
please leave the field blank. If there was more than one "groupi," please report each on a separate
form for data collection purposes. You should receive a respons within 5 business days.

             Last Name. First Name                       Rank               Squadron                            S/PR £mail Address                         Crew Position

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               This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all r . ports of identifying information.
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               Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadT< n will be recorded for analysis.

10/27/20                01:12:21              Night                                                         DCA                                                     No
Date (mmldd,yy)         Time of detection       Day I Night            Side No.         Bimo                    Mission Description (CAS. BFM, etc)                     LFE?
                          (hh:mm:ss Z)


                                                                                                            26000            No
     Contact Wonting Area            Contact Latitute         N/S     Contact Longitude        E,W      •ontact Altitude       Altitude             Wind Dir at                 Wind
     (Ex: W-72 1A)                   (DD:MM:SS)                       (DD:MM:SS)                        ( x: 22000)            Constant?            Contact Alt                 Speed
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Please attempt to determine a Laf I 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                                  Was the contact moving?                      Yes
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
                                                                                                                                       Direction/Speed
us.e d to cue other means of tracking.
                                                                                                                                       (fa. 090115)
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             Radar Equipped: Other                            AIM-9x Self-Track:
                                                                                                □                                Please check all that apply:
             Stable Trackfile?: Yes                           A TFL/R Autotrack:
                                                                                                □                                       Round: D                      Moving Parts:       D
                                                                                                                                       Square: D                              Metallic:   [Z]
# of Contacts in "Group": 2                                         Tally Achieved:
                                                                                                llJ                            Balloon-shaped:       [Z]                    Markings:D
         EA Indications (Check all that apply):
                                                                                                                                Wings/Airframe:      D                  Translucent: D

        □             □              □               llJ                                                                           Other Shape:[£].                           Opaque: [{]
        ECM           Letter       False
                                 Trackfi/es
                                                  Other/
                                                Ambiguous
                                                                                                                            Apparent Propulsion:□                           Reflective:   [Z]
         Arc         Jdentmer

      Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte action in your own words with as much
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      detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above.
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 KINGPIN DIRECTED ID OF UNKNOWN CONTACT.!    1.4a   OBTAINED RADAR LOCK AND TARGET                          I
 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.

 FIRST DETECTION OF THE RANGE FOULERS WERE AT B/E ZIM 248/17 t.__ _                                                                        ...;.;1•..;.;;;4a'---_   __,!.

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 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.
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                 USCENTCOM MOR 26-0038 to MOR 26-0046                 Approved for Release to AARO                                             03/27/26 000001
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