Round cold object tracked over Gulf of Aden
Source: DOW-UAP-D44, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, October 2020
An O-2 pilot from 172 ATKS conducting ISR mission over the Gulf of Aden on October 15, 2020 tracked a round, cold infrared object traveling at 20 mph with abrupt directional changes during a 1-minute contact.
“Contact at 14:18:39Z to 14:19:52Z on 15OCT2020. While at 19,073 HAT over the Gulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object in IR traveling 319 degrees at 20 mph. It made a few abrupt directional changes during the 1 minute contact.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D44, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, October 2020 · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 2020-10-15
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Gulf of Aden
- Country
- Yemen
- Region
- Gulf of Aden
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- 172 ATKS
- Sensors
- infrared
- Shape
- round
- Altitude
- 19073 ft
- Duration
- 73s
Resolution
Round, cold IR object with abrupt directional changes; tracked via ATFLIR sensor
Source document
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF WAR
File: DOW-UAP-D44, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, October 2020
Case ID: 2020-USAF-EEEAEF
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