DOW-UAP-D090, Range Fouler Debrief, Eastern United States, 2019
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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.
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Short overview
This U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief records a 2019 report from five U.S. military-affiliated personnel and accompanies video DOW-UAP-PR112. The form captures the observers’ account of an object seen during military activity.
Why this is interesting
The primary interest is the gap between experienced observation and identification: one observer reported flight characteristics unlike anything seen during 28 years of Air Force and Navy service, while the report still describes a small object and does not identify it.
Selected passages
- “flight characteristics unlike anything I had seen in my 28 years of performing for the USAF and Navy”
- “travelling in a straight line opposite our direction at high speed”
- “others with equal or more experience were also unsure”
Background
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-PR112.” Five U.S. military-affiliated personnel reported observing an object “with flight characteristics unlike anything [the observer] had seen in 28 years [of service] for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. The report characterizes the phenomenon as “small” and “travelling in a straight line opposite [the platform’s] direction at high speed.” The reporter added that, “others with equal or more experience were also unsure as to what the object might be.” 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.