Round cold object tracked over Gulf of Aden
Document coverPage 1 of DOW-UAP-D57, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020 · View original on war.gov
An infrared sensor tracked a round, cold object traveling at 277 mph over the Gulf of Aden for 8 minutes, making abrupt directional changes during the encounter.
“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.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D57, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020 · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 2020-09-04
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Gulf of Aden
- Region
- Gulf of Aden
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- 172 ATKS
- Sensors
- infrared
- Shape
- round
- Altitude
- 23819 ft
- Duration
- 480s
Resolution
Object appeared as bright white in black hot IR setting, traveling at high speed with abrupt directional changes
Source document
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF WAR
File: DOW-UAP-D57, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020
Case ID: 2020-USAF-03A944
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This sighting
Gulf of Aden / 2020
- DOW-UAP-D057.pdf — Written report of this sighting