Range Fouler reports (SPEAR)

Primary documents · 7

• PDFThree Speed-Variant Contacts Over Arabian GulfDepartment of War
• PDFThree Small Contacts Over North Arabian SeaDepartment of War
• PDFTwo IR Contacts Vanish in 1/30 SecondDepartment of War
• PDFRound Object's Erratic Moves Over Persian GulfDepartment of War
• PDF73-Second Cold-IR Round Object, Gulf of AdenDepartment of War
• PDFEight-Minute Cold IR Track, Gulf of AdenDepartment of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR36, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020Department of War

Findings · 1

• War.gov May 8th 2026A Navy aircrew on night DCA locked two IR contacts circling each other at 26,000 feet, both vanished in roughly 1/30 of a second.

Quick facts

What is a Range Fouler report?

A Range Fouler debrief is the U.S. Navy form for documenting unidentified objects that enter a training or operating area. The released forms are attributed to SPEAR and record the position, altitude, sensor results, and object behavior for each event, with AARO as a downstream recipient.

What did the released Range Fouler debriefs describe?

Examples from the corpus: a May 14, 2020 night sighting of a solid white object making erratic movements above the Persian Gulf; a dusk ISR sortie whose pilot reported an object crossing the sensor screen at 18,000 feet overtaken by a second object of the same size and shape at much higher speed; and three possible unidentified small air contacts at 22,000 feet with negative ES, radar, and IFF tracks.