Extracted text — DOW-UAP-D57, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020

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Range Fouler Reporting Form
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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
Squadron
SIPR Email Address
Crew Position
O-3
172 ATKS
Other
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Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadron will be recorded for analysis.
09/04/20
21:09:00
Night
ISR
Date (mm/dd/yy)
Time of detection
Day / Night
Side No.
Buno
Mission Description (CAS, BFM. etc)
LFE?
(hh:mm:ss Z)
N
E
23819
Contact Working Area
Contact Latitute
N/S
Contact Longitude
E/W
Contact Altitude
Altitude
Wind Dir at
Wind
(Ex: W-72 1A)
(DD:MM:SS)
(DD:MM:SS)
(Ex: 22000)
Constant?
Contact All
Speed
(From)
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
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
used to cue other means of tracking.
Direction/Speed
168/277
(Ex. 090/15)
Radar Equipped:
AIM-9x Self-Track:
Please check all that apply:
Stable Trackfile?:
ATFLIR Autotrack:
Round:
Moving Parts:
Square:
Metallic:
# of Contacts in "Group": 1
Tally Achieved:
Balloon-sheped:
Markings:
EA Indications (Check all that apply):
Wings/Airframe:
Translucent:
Other Shape:
Opaque:
ECM
Letter
False
Other/
Apparent Propulsion:
Reflective:
Arc
Identifier
Trackfiles
Ambiguous
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 (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
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to the repository located at this link.
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