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Navy range fouler reports (mirror)

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This Black Vault mirror compiles heavily redacted, SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Navy "Range Fouler Reporting Forms" dated from 2004 to 2021. The first form covers a 14 November 2004 event about 30 nautical miles off Mexico, southwest of San Diego, involving the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. It describes a solid white, smooth object about 46 feet long with no wings, and notes that reporting ended at 3rd Fleet. Later forms describe unidentified small aircraft, suspected UAS and a near mid-air collision.

2013-001
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Range Fouler Reporting Form
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Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do not 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 Name, First Name R an * Squadron S!PR Email Address Crew Position
(b) (6) (b)(1)
This information is for contact only. (b)(1) sanitizes all reports of identifying Information.
Absolutely no Identifying information for aircrew or squadron will be recorded for analysis.
(b)(1) Day
Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection Night
(htrm m ss Z)
Side <10
(b)(1)
B u m Mission Description (CAS, BFM, etc)
12000
Contact Working Area Contact Latituta N/S Contact Longitude E M Contact Attitude
(Ex: W -721A) (D D M M S S ) (D D M M S S ) (Ex 22000)
Please attempt to determine a L et/L o n g for the contact at initial detection We recommend
using l a n i i 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 work, but please
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations m ay be
used to cue other means o f tracking.
Altitude Wind Dir at
Constant? Contact Alt
(From)
Was the contact moving?
Directfon/Speed
(Ex. 090/15)
Wind
Speed
# of contacts in "Group":
[(b)(1)______
(b)(1)
(b)(1) Please check all that apply:
Balloon-shaped
Wings/Airframe
Other Shape
Apparent Propulsion
Round.
Square
Moving Parts:
Metallic:
Markings
Translucent
Opaque:
Reflective
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any interaction in your own words with as much
detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included In questions above.
<b)(1)____
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that there w asnotraffic in the area. Shortly after check-in, FFTTiTT
traveling at ( b ) (1) Shortly after lib) 11i
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The aircraft had an approximately ( b ) ( l ) and Was colored
was able to visually acquire a small aircraft.
b) l b
features. Due to foe small size, the aircraft was determined to be a UAS. The
Mth no other distinguishable
1(b)(1)

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