DOW-UAP-D56, Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020
Agency: Department of War
Incident date: 8/24/20
Incident location: Arabian Sea

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 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 Name, First Name 
Rank 
Squadron 
S/PR Email Address 
Crew Position 
Pilot 
This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all reports of identifying information. 
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Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadrJn will be recorded for analysis. 
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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 
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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 
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 you had 
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. 
Radar Equipped: Other 
AIM-9x Self-Track: □ 
Stable Trackfile?: No 
A TFLIR Autotrack: □ 
# of Contacts in "Group": 3 
Tally Achieved: 
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EA Indications (Check all that apply): 
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ECM 
Letter 
False 
Other/ 
Identifier 
Trackfiles 
Ambiguous 
Art' 
(From) 
Was the contact moving? 
Yes 
Direction/Speed 
2?0/UNK 
(Ex. 090/15) 
Please check all that apply: 
Round: [Z] 
Moving Parts: 0 
SQuare: D 
Metallic: 0 
Bafloon-shapeq: D 
Markings: D 
Wings/Airframe: [Z] 
Translucent: 0 
Other Shape:O 
Opaque: O 
Apparent Propuls io n:□ 
Reflective! 0 
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. 
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!observed 3x possible unidentified small air contact I 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 
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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. 
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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. 
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