DOW-UAP-D090, Range Fouler Debrief, Eastern United States, 2019
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.
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- Source
- War.gov PURSUE
- Type
- Report
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Agency
- Department of War
- Reference #
- RELEASE-04-FILE-015-DOW-UAP-D090-RANGE-FOULER-DEBRIEF-EASTERN-UNITED-STATES-2019
- Published
- 2026-07-10
- Content Type
- application/pdf
- Pages
- 2
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The observer reported a small object below the aircraft moving in a straight line opposite the aircraft’s direction.
A small object was below us and appeared to be traveling in a straight line opposite our direction
The object was tracked visually for roughly 10–15 seconds before recording began.
I tracked it for ~10-15 seconds before we turned on the recorder
The observer lost the object from the field of view while zooming and could not reacquire it at lower magnification.
the object's speed took out of my FOV and I was unable to reacquire
Post-flight review suggested a rectangular appearance, while multiple experienced personnel remained unsure of an identification.
Upon analysis after the flight, the object appeared to be rectangular
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Eastern United States range-fouler observation
An aircrew member reported a brief track of a small object moving below the aircraft.
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