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A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief form documenting a military operator's sighting of a small, metallic-looking object with a reflective underside in Eastern U.S. airspace around 2020, released by the Department of War on July 10, 2026.
DOW-UAP-D089, Range Fouler Debrief, Eastern United States, 2020
A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief form documenting a military operator's sighting of a small, metallic-looking object with a reflective underside in Eastern U.S. airspace around 2020, released by the Department of War on July 10, 2026.
This is a standardized Range Fouler Debrief, the Navy form used to record unauthorized intrusions into controlled airspace during military operations, and it accompanies the video labeled DOW-UAP-PR106. The observer marked the contact as balloon-shaped and reflective on the checkbox grid and wrote that it appeared quite small, moved in a constant direction, and had an indiscernible shape with a reflective bottom. The form strips all aircrew and squadron identifying information before analysis, and the observer confirmed the contact was moving. The release page is dated 5/19/2026 and cites AARO redaction authorities under the FY2024 NDAA and E.O. 13526.
Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadron will be recorded for analysis.p.1
Was the contact moving? Yesp.1
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any interaction in your own words with as much detail as possible.p.1
Speed appeared to be and continued in constant direction .p.1
Shape indiscernible but the bottom was refilective .p.1
Please ensure all display tapes are ripped for the entire time of interaction and saved as a . wmvp.1
Authority: FY 24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107p.2
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Please do not use the purple liE9REif:1:'~IQFQRtl "submit" button above. Save and email the complete file manually Range Fouler Debrief Form (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 0-4 Pilot This information is for contact only. -sanitizes all reports of identifying information. Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadron will be recorded for analysis. Day Date (mmlddlyy) Time of detection Day I Night Side No. Buno (hh:mm:ss Z) Squadron Contact Working Area Contact Letitute NIS Contact Longitude EIW Contact Altitude Altitude Wind Dir at Wind (fa· W- 72 1A) (DD.MM:SS) (DD.MMSSJ (Ex 22000) Constent? Contact Alt Speed (From) Pleas~pt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend using-a reference the sensor-derived bearing and range relative to the buf/seye you had Was the contact moving? Yes 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 Direction/Speed used to cue other means of tracking. (Ex. 090115) Please check all that apply: Round: D Moving Parts. ·D Square. D Metallic. [Z] Balloon-shaped D Markings: D Wings/Airframe :0 Translucent: D Other Shape D Opaque: D Apparent Propulsion.□ Reflective: [Z] 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 . .. apparent object also captured with Appeared quite smal l. Speed appeared to be and continued in constant direction . Shape indiscernible but the bottom was refilective . Don't use the purple "submit" button! Save this form with filename "Date_Squadron_RF.pdf" and email it t (Also in the global). For troubleshooting, call Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripped for the entire time of interaction and saved as a . wmv (Example: Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at liE9REif1'1'rn~F@RP4
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Department of the Navy DUSN (M) DRMD Authority: FY 24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Date: 5/19/2026 Released in Part: X AARO 44 U.S.C. 2107 § 1843(a)(3) AARO FY2024 NDAA § 1843(a)(l)(C);E.O. 13526, section 1.4(a) AARO FY2024 NDAA § 1843(a)(l)(C);E.O. 13526, section 1.4(e)
Concatenated page-by-page transcript. Born-digital pages came through pdf.js; scanned pages were transcribed by Claude vision OCR. Pages marked unreadable failed multiple OCR retries (heavy redaction, microfilm artifacts, or blank separators) and are kept in place for audit.
Please do not use the purple liE9REif:1:'~IQFQRtl "submit" button above. Save and email the complete file manually Range Fouler Debrief Form (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 0-4 Pilot This information is for contact only. -sanitizes all reports of identifying information. Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadron will be recorded for analysis. Day Date (mmlddlyy) Time of detection Day I Night Side No. Buno (hh:mm:ss Z) Squadron Contact Working Area Contact Letitute NIS Contact Longitude EIW Contact Altitude Altitude Wind Dir at Wind (fa· W- 72 1A) (DD.MM:SS) (DD.MMSSJ (Ex 22000) Constent? Contact Alt Speed (From) Pleas~pt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend using-a reference the sensor-derived bearing and range relative to the buf/seye you had Was the contact moving? Yes 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 Direction/Speed used to cue other means of tracking. (Ex. 090115) Please check all that apply: Round: D Moving Parts. ·D Square. D Metallic. [Z] Balloon-shaped D Markings: D Wings/Airframe :0 Translucent: D Other Shape D Opaque: D Apparent Propulsion.□ Reflective: [Z] 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 . .. apparent object also captured with Appeared quite smal l. Speed appeared to be and continued in constant direction . Shape indiscernible but the bottom was refilective . Don't use the purple "submit" button! Save this form with filename "Date_Squadron_RF.pdf" and email it t (Also in the global). For troubleshooting, call Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripped for the entire time of interaction and saved as a . wmv (Example: Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at liE9REif1'1'rn~F@RP4
Department of the Navy DUSN (M) DRMD Authority: FY 24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Date: 5/19/2026 Released in Part: X AARO 44 U.S.C. 2107 § 1843(a)(3) AARO FY2024 NDAA § 1843(a)(l)(C);E.O. 13526, section 1.4(a) AARO FY2024 NDAA § 1843(a)(l)(C);E.O. 13526, section 1.4(e)