DOW-UAP-D57, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020
Agency: Department of War
Incident date: 9/4/20
Incident location: Gulf of Aden

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 tracking a “round, cold object” over the Gulf of Aden for eight minutes via “black hot” IR sensor, making the UAP appear “bright white.” The report states that the UAP was “traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph” and “made a few abrupt directional changes” during the encounter.
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.

Range Fouler Reportin Form 
Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do n~ot have the requested information, 
please leave the field blank. Ifthere was more than one "group " please report each on a separate 
form for data collection purposes. You should receive a respons within 5 business days. 
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Last Name, First Name 
Rank 
Squadron 
SfPR Email Address 
Crew Position 
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1172 ATKS 
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. 
09/04/20 
21 :09:00 
Night 
ISR 
Date {mmlddlyy} 
Time of detection 
Day I Night 
Side No. 
Buno 
Mi$$ion Description (CAS, BFM. etc) 
LFE? 
(hh:mm:ss Z) 
N 
E 
23819 
Contact Won,-ing Area 
Contact Latitute 
N/S 
Contact LongitrJ<Je 
E,W 
, ntact Altitllde 
Altitude 
W'incJ Dir at 
Wind 
(Ex: W•721A) 
(DD:MM:SS) 
(DD:MM:SS) 
~ : 22000} 
Constant? 
Contact Alt 
Speed 
(From)
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial cJete<;t;on. We recommend 
using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beating and range mtat/ve to the bullseye you had 
Wes the contact moving? 
Yes 
in use. Ifthat methocJ is not available, any reasonable derivation oflocation will won,-, but please 
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be 
Direction/Speed
used to cue other means oftracking. 
168/277
(Ex. 090/15) 
Radar Equipped: 
AIM-9x Self-Track: 
Please check all that apply: 
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Round: [l] 
Moving Parts: D
Stable Trackfile?: 
A TFLIR Autotrack: □ 
Square: D 
Metallic: D
# of Contacts in "Group": 1 
Tally Achieved: 
□ 
Balloon-shapecJ: D 
Mar1<ings: D 
EA Indications (Check all that apply): 
Wings/Airframe: D 
Translucent: D 
Other Shape: D 
Opeque:O
□ □ □ □ 
. Letter 
False 
Other/
ECM 
Apparent Propulsion:□ 
RefTe<:tive: □ 
An; 
Identifier 
Trackfiles 
Ambiguous 
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 incJJded in questions above. 
Contact at 21 :09z to 21 :17z 04SEP2020. MGRS location 38P L+?(~a<aoimJ(estimated lat/long
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~. While at 23,819 HAT over the ~ulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object 
in IR traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph. It made a few abrupt dir~ctional changes during the 8 minute 
contact. Our sensor was aimed -39 degrees below our altitude w th a slant range of 6.1 ?NM and ground 
range of 8.81 KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot and the obj ct in question was a bright white. 
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