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This Department of the Navy FOIA release, dated January 2023, collects heavily redacted Range Fouler Reporting Forms marked SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. The first form covers 14 November 2004. It lists the Nimitz strike group and describes a solid white, smooth object about 46 feet long seen off Mexico, southwest of San Diego. It also says reporting stopped at 3rd Fleet. The later forms, numbered 2014 through 2021, describe unidentified aircraft, suspected small drones and a near mid-air collision. Most details are redacted.
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## Range Fouler Reporting Form Please do not use the purple "submit" button above. Save and email the complete file manually (see below). 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 Rank SIPR Email Address Crew Position 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. Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM, etc) (b)(1) Contact Working Area (Ex: W-72 1A) Contact Latitude (DD MM SS) NVS Contact Longitude (DD:MM:SS) EW Contact Altitude (Ex: 22000) Altitude Constant? Please attempt to determine Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend using 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 may be used to cue other means of tracking. Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) Wind Speed Was the contact moving? # of Contacts in "Group": Direction/Speed Ex.090/15 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) timeframe. (b) (1) The incident with my wingman was in (b) (1) My guess is that it was a docile one. It was a (b) (1) flight and we were working with (b) (1) out of (b) (1) in (b) (1) just north of (b) (1) . My wingman was within (b) (1) of my aircraft, level, and closing down with the distance between us to rejoin and gained last second (b) (1) I think it was (b) (1) but can't remember. He said it was (b) (1) to do anything, and it went (b) (1) Without my leading the witness, he described it visually exactly the same as I just did, except he said the (b) (1) I saw maybe a (b) (1) (b) (1) Don't use the purple "submit" button! Save this form with filename "Date_Squadron_RF.pdf" and email it to (b) (1) . (Also in the global). For troubleshooting, call (b) (1) Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripped for the entire time of interaction and saved as a .wmv (Example: (b) (1) .wmv). Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at SECRET/REL TO USA, FVEY (b) (1)
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