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This U.S. Department of War release, dated 2020, is a completed Range Fouler Debrief Form from a naval aircrew encounter over the Atlantic Ocean. The standard reporting template asks for contact location, altitude, shape and appearance. In it, a weapons systems officer checked round, square, balloon-shaped, metallic, opaque and reflective. The partly redacted narrative describes a darker, maroonish object about 12 to 15 feet tall that looked like a large, somewhat deformed balloon. The crew then returned to the ship and landed without incident.
From the source: Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 2020, Atlantic Ocean. Released with redactions. 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. This report accompanies the video titled “DOW-UAP-PR116.” A U.S. military operator reported observing an object, describing the phenomenon as “darker, maroonish color, approximately 12-15 feet in height.” The report describes the phenomenon “travel[ing] with the wind” and noted that it did not “maneuver or change direction.” It also describes the phenomenon as appearing as a “large, somewhat deformed balloon.” 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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