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This Range Fouler Reporting Form, released through USCENTCOM and issued under the U.S. Department of War, records an encounter on 15 October 2020 by aircrew of the 1172 ATKS during a day ISR mission. At 19,073 feet above terrain over the Gulf of Aden, the crew tracked a single round, cold object in infrared. It moved at about 20 mph and made several abrupt changes of direction during a contact lasting about one minute. On the black hot sensor setting the object appeared bright white.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 10/15/20, Arabian Sea. Released with redactions. 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 observing a “round, cold object” via infrared sensor, traveling at 319 degrees (northwest) at approximately 20 mph. The report describes the UAP making “abrupt directional changes” during the event. 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 complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do n:ot 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 N!tme, First Name Rank
0-2
Squadron
1172 ATKS
SIPR E:mail Address Crew Position
Other
This information is for contact only. SPEAR san itizes all r .ports of identifying information.
Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadr::n will be recorded for analysis.
10/15/20 14:18:39 Day ISR
Date (mmlddlyy) Time of detection Day I Night
(hh:mm:ss Z)
Side No.
N
Buno MissionDescription (CAS, BFM. etc) LFE?
E
Contact Wot1<ing Area
(Ex: W-72 1A)
Contact Latltute
(DD:MM:SS)
N/S Contact Longitude EIW Contact Altitude Altitude W'indDlrat
Contact Alt
(From)
Wind
Speed(DD:MM:SS) (Ex: 22000) Constant?
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend
using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beanng and range relative to the bullseye you had
in use. If that method is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will worl<, but please
be as specfflc as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be
used to cue other means of tracking.
Radar Equipped:
Stable Trackfile?:
# of Contacts in "Group':· 1
EA Indications (Check all that apply):
□ □£CM Letter
Arc Identifier
□ □False
Trac:kfiles
OIJ1erl
Ambiguous
AIM-9x Self-Track:
A TFLIR Autotrack:
Tally Achieved:
□□□
Was the contact moving? Yes
Direction/Speed 261130(Ex. 090115)
Please check all that apply:
Round: IZ]
Square: D
Balloon-shaped: D
Wings/Ai1frame:-O
Other Shape:O
Apparent Propulsion:□
Moving Parts: D
Metallic: D
Marlcings: D
Translucent:- D
Opaque:O
Reflective: D
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte'laction in your own words with as much
detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above.
Contact at 14:18:392 to 14:19:522 on 15OCT2020. MGRS locat\on 400 8D 6�1� (estimated
lat/long! 1.4a 1- While at 19,073 HAT o'1,er the Gulf of Aden we tracked a round,
cold object in IR traveling 3,19 degrees at 20 mph. It made a fewiabrupt directional changes during the 1
minute contact. Our sensor was aimed -50 degrees below our altitude with a slant range of 4.06NM and
ground range of 4.78KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot an
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the object in question was a bright white.
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