Range Fouler Encounter - 77 EFS Night DCA Mission
Document coverPage 1 of DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020 · View original on war.gov
Two radar-detected contacts with infrared signatures were observed during a night defensive counter-air mission. The objects displayed characteristics consistent with electronic warfare phenomena, including noise jamming, and disappeared rapidly from radar and visual observation.
“KINGPIN DIRECTED ID OF UNKNOWN CONTACT. 1.4a OBTAINED RADAR LOCK AND TARGET POD VIDEO BUT UNABLE TO GET CLOSER THAN 16.9NM TO GET A BETTER ID. THE TARGET POD SHOWED 2 IR SIGNIFICANT CONTACTS. ONE RANGE FOULER WAS CIRCLING AROUND THE OTHER. IN 1/30TH OF A SECOND, THEY WERE GONE. TALLY ACHIEVED WAS 2X RED BLINKING STROBES AND NOISE JAMMING WAS RECIEVED.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020 · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 2020-10-27
- Precision
- day
- Location
- B/E ZIM 248/17, Contact Altitude 26000 feet
- Country
- United States
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- 77 EFS
- Sensors
- radar, infrared, video, eyewitness
- Shape
- Balloon-shaped and other shape
- Altitude
- 26000 ft
Resolution
Characterized as 'range foulers' displaying electronic warfare characteristics including noise jamming indicated by chevron symbols; unable to obtain closer identification before objects disappeared
Source document
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF WAR
File: DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020
Case ID: 2020-USAF-73645E
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