DOW-UAP-D57: Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020

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# Range Fouler Reportin Form

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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 respons within 5 business days.

Last Name, First Name: <empty>
Rank: O-3
Squadron: 172 ATKS
SIPR Email Address: <empty>
Crew Position: Other

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Date (mm/dd/yy): 09/04/20
Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z): 21:09:00
Day / Night: Night
Side No.: <empty>
Buno: <empty>
Mission Description (CAS, BFM, etc): ISR
LFE?: <empty>

Contact Working Area (Ex: W-72 1A): <empty>
Contact Latitude (DD:MM:SS): N
Contact Longitude (DD:MM:SS): E
Contact Altitude (Ex: 22000): 23819
Altitude Constant?: <empty>
Wind Dir at Contact Alt (Ex: 5): <empty>
Wind Spe: <empty>

# Range Fouler Reportin Form (cont.)

Please attempt to determine a Lat/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. 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.

Radar Equipped: <empty>
AIM-9x Self-Track: [ ]
Stable Trackfile?: <empty>
ATFLIR Autotrack: [ ]
# of Contacts in "Group": 1
Tally Achieved: [ ]

EA Indications (Check all that apply):
[ ] ECM Arc
[ ] Letter Identifier
[ ] False Trackfiles
[ ] Other/Ambiguous

Contact Altitude (Ex: 22000)
Altitude Constant?
Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From)
Wind Speed

Was the contact moving? Yes

Direction/Speed (Ex. 090/15): 168/277

Please check all that apply:

Round: [x]
Moving Parts: [ ]

Square: [ ]
Metallic: [ ]

Balloon-shaped: [ ]
Markings: [ ]

Wings/Airframe: [ ]
Translucent: [ ]

Other Shape: [ ]
Opaque: [ ]

Apparent Propulsion: [ ]
Reflective: [ ]

# Range Fouler Reportin Form (cont.)

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.

Contact at 21:09z to 21:17z 04SEP2020. MGRS location 38P LT 71(b)(11.4a) 38(b)(11.4a) (estimated lat/long
(b)(1)1.4a). While at 23,819 HAT over the Gulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object
in IR traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph. It made a few abrupt directional changes during the 8 minute
contact. Our sensor was aimed -39 degrees below our altitude with a slant range of 6.17NM and ground
range of 8.81KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot and the object in question was a bright white.

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Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripped for the entire time of interaction and
saved as a .wmv (Example: 4 May VFA-106 HUD.wmv). Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files
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