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DOW-UAP-D44, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, October 2020

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Decl"'ss,fied bv Mt:, Ric1ard Har•,sori • sa::ar , SHI • , 1 U..il.,fjfrfjlf�'tfli C.O/i#, 5&tt\�rple Decl;s�RmWJlulpJ.�2fXtL§2r�·e and emairffie complete Tile manually Range Fouler Reportin {see below). � Form 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 response within 5 business days. Last N!tme, First Name Rank 0-2 Squadron 1172 ATKS SIPR E:mail Address Crew Position Other This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all r .ports of identifying information. Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadr:: n will be recorded for analysis. 10/15/20 14:18:39 Day ISR Date (mmlddlyy) Time of detection Day I Night (hh:mm:ss Z) Side No. N Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM. etc) LFE? E Contact Wot1<ing Area (Ex: W-72 1A) Contact Latltute (DD:MM:SS) N/S Contact Longitude EIW Contact Altitude Altitude W'indDlrat Contact Alt (From) Wind (DD:MM:SS) (Ex: 22000) Constant? Speed Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beanng and range relative to the bullseye you had in use. If that method is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will worl<, but please be as specfflc as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be used to cue other means of tracking. Radar Equipped: Stable Trackfile?: # of Contacts in "Group':· 1 EA Indications (Check all that apply): □ □ £CM Letter Arc Identifier □ □ False Trac:kfiles OIJ1erl Ambiguous AIM-9x Self-Track: A TFLIR Autotrack: Tally Achieved: □ □ □ Was the contact moving? Yes Direction/Speed 261130 (Ex. 090115) Please check all that apply: Round: IZ] Square: D Balloon-shaped: D Wings/Ai1frame:-O Other Shape:O Apparent Propulsion:□ Moving Parts: D Metallic: D Marlcings: D Translucent:-D Opaque:O Reflective: D Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte'l action in your own words with as much detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above. Contact at 14:18:392 to 14:19:522 on 15OCT2020. MGRS locat\on 400 8D 6�1� (estimated lat/long! 1.4a 1- While at 19,073 HAT o'1,er the Gulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object in IR traveling 319 degrees at 20 mph. It made a fewiabrupt directional changes during the 1 minute contact. Our sensor was aimed -50 degrees below our altitude with a slant range of 4.06NM and ground range of 4. 78KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot an� the object in question was a bright white. I (b)(6) . Don't use the purple "submit" button! Save this form with filename "Date_Squadron_RF.pdr' and email it tq (b)(6) I (Also in the global)) For troubleshooting, cal/I (bJ(6J I Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are rip4ed for the entire time of interaction and saved as a .wm:v (Example: 4 May VFA·106 HUD.wmv). Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at this link. 1 I (b)(6) I IIIHif !Nib iii I iii I ii T I USCENTCOM MOR 26-0038 to MOR 26-0046 Approved for Release to MR9 03/27/26 000001
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