DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020
Agency: Department of War
Incident date: 10/27/20

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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Range Fouler Debrie Form 
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Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do L,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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Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadT<
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Night 
DCA 
No 
Date (mmldd,yy) 
Time of detection 
DayI 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) 
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Please attempt to determine a LafI 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 
in use. Ifthat method is not available, any reasonable derivation oflocation will work, but please 
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be 
us.ed to cue othermeans oftracking. 
Radar Equipped: Other 
AIM-9x Self-Track: □ 
Stable Trackfile?: Yes 
A TFL/R Autotrack: □ 
# of Contacts in "Group": 2 
Tally Achieved: llJ 
EA Indications (Check all that apply): 
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Letter 
False 
Other/
ECM 
Jdentmer 
Trackfi/es 
Ambiguous 
Arc 
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte 
x: 22000) 
Constant? 
Contact Alt 
Speed 
(From) 
Was the contact moving? Yes 
Direction/Speed 
060/20
(fa. 090115) 
Please check all that apply: 
Round: D 
Moving Parts: D 
Square: D 
Metallic: [Z] 
Balloon-shaped: [Z] 
Markings: D 
Wings/Airframe: D 
Translucent: D 
Other Shape:[£]. 
Opaque: [{] 
Apparent Propulsion:□ 
Reflective: [Z] 
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.! 
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IOBTAINED RADAR LOCK AND TARGET 
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.__ _ 
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