DOW-UAP-D057: Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020

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Range Fouler Reportin 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 respons within 5 business days.               •

         Last Name, First Name                                   Rank            Squadron                       SfPR Email Address                      Crew Position
                                                             0-3           1172 ATKS                                                                 Other
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             Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadr, n will be recorded for analysis.

09/04/20                21 :09:00                   Night                                                     ISR
Date {mmlddlyy}         Time of detection           Day I Night              Side No.         Buno             Mi$$ion Description (CAS, BFM. etc)                   LFE?
                            (hh:mm:ss Z)


                                                                    N                                E        23819
  Contact Won,-ing Area                 Contact Latitute            N/S     Contact LongitrJ<Je   E,W        , ntact Altitllde     Altitude         W'incJ Dir at         Wind
  (Ex: W•721A)                          (DD:MM:SS)                          (DD:MM:SS)                   ~     : 22000}            Constant?        Contact Alt           Speed
                                                                                                                                                     (From)
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial cJete<;t;on. We recommend
using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beating and range mtat/ve to the bullseye you had                                       Wes the contact moving?            Yes
in use. If that methocJ is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will won,-, 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 oftracking.
                                                                                                                                          (Ex. 090/15)                168/277

         Radar Equipped:                                                AIM-9x Self-Track:
                                                                                                     □                               Please check all that apply:
        Stable Trackfile?:                                           A TFLIR Autotrack:
                                                                                                     □                                     Round:   [l]             Moving Parts: D
                                                                                                                                          Square:    D                  Metallic: D
# of Contacts in "Group": 1                                               Tally Achieved:
                                                                                                     □                              Balloon-shapecJ: D                 Mar1<ings: D
       EA Indications (Check all that apply):
                                                                                                                                     Wings/Airframe: D               Translucent: D

      □               □                  □
                                         False
                                                             □                                                                          Other Shape: D                  Opeque:O
      ECM           . Letter                           Other/                                                                    Apparent Propulsion:□                RefTe<:tive: □
       An;          Identifier         Trackfiles    Ambiguous

     Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte action in your own words with as much
     detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not incJJded in questions above.
 Contact at 21 :09z to 21 :17z 04SEP2020. MGRS location 38P L ?(~a<aoimJ(estimated lat/long              +
 I             (bJ(1 )1.4a       ~. While at 23,819 HAT over the ~ulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object
 in IR traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph. It made a few abrupt dir~ctional changes during the 8 minute
 contact. Our sensor was aimed -39 degrees below our altitude w th a slant range of 6.1 ?NM and ground
 range of 8.81 KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot and the obj ct in question was a bright white.




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