DOW-UAP-D44, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, October 2020
Agency: Department of War
Incident date: 10/15/20
Incident location: Arabian Sea

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 observing a “round, cold object” via infrared sensor, traveling at 319 degrees (northwest) at approximately 20 mph. The report describes the UAP making “abrupt directional changes” during the event.
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 n:ot 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 N!tme, First Name 
Rank 
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Squadron 
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SIPR E:mail 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. 
10/15/20 
14:18:39 
Day 
ISR 
Date (mmlddlyy) 
Time of detection 
Day I Night 
(hh:mm:ss Z) 
Side No. 
N 
Buno 
Mission Description (CAS, BFM. etc) 
LFE? 
E 
Contact Wot1<ing Area
(Ex: W-72 1A) 
Contact Latltute 
(DD:MM:SS) 
N/S 
Contact Longitude 
EIW 
Contact Altitude 
Altitude 
W'indDlrat 
Contact Alt 
(From) 
Wind 
Speed 
(DD:MM:SS) 
(Ex: 22000) 
Constant? 
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend 
using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beanng and range relative to the bullseye you had 
in use. If that method is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will worl<, but please 
be as specfflc as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be 
used to cue other means of tracking. 
Radar Equipped:
Stable Trackfile?: 
# of Contacts in "Group':· 1 
EA Indications (Check all that apply): 
□ □ 
£CM 
Letter 
Arc 
Identifier □ □ 
False 
Trac:kfiles 
OIJ1erl 
Ambiguous 
AIM-9x Self-Track: 
A TFLIR Autotrack: 
Tally Achieved: 
□ □ □ 
Was the contact moving? Yes 
Direction/Speed 
261130 
(Ex. 090115) 
Please check all that apply: 
Round: IZ] 
Square: D 
Balloon-shaped: D 
Wings/Ai1frame:-O 
Other Shape:O 
Apparent Propulsion:□ 
Moving Parts: D 
Metallic: D 
Marlcings: D 
Translucent:-D 
Opaque:O 
Reflective: D 
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte'laction in your own words with as much 
detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above. 
Contact at 14:18:392 to 14:19:522 on 15OCT2020. MGRS locat\on 400 8D 6Ĭ1ĭ (estimated 
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1- While at 19,073 HAT o'1,er the Gulf of Aden we tracked a round, 
cold object in IR traveling 3,19 degrees at 20 mph. It made a fewiabrupt directional changes during the 1 
minute contact. Our sensor was aimed -50 degrees below our altitude with a slant range of 4.06NM and 
ground range of 4. 78KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot an
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the object in question was a bright white. 
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saved as a .wm:v (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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