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A Range Fouler Debrief Form detailing an encounter with three unidentified small air contacts in the North Arabian Sea on August 24, 2020, by an HSM-73 pilot.
Range Fouler Debrief Form Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do not 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 response within 5 business days. Last Name, First Name Rank: O-3 Squadron: HSM-73 SIPR Email Address Crew Position: Pilot This information is for contact only. SPEAR sanitizes all reports of identifying information. Absolutely no identifying information for aircrew or squadron will be recorded for analysis. 08/24/20 Date (mm/dd/yy) 00:04:30 Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Night Day / Night 705 Side No. 168122 Buno SSC Mission Description (CAS, BFM, etc) No LFE? 21440 Contact Working Area (Ex: W-72 1A) 21440 Contact Latitute (DD:MM:SS) [REDACTED] Contact Longitude (DD:MM:SS) Contact Altitude (Ex: 22000) Yes Altitude Constant? 310 Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) 5 Wind Speed Was the contact moving? Yes Direction/Speed (Ex. 090/15) 270/UNK Radar Equipped: Other Stable Trackfile?: No # of Contacts in "Group": 3 AIM-9x Self-Track: [ ] ATFLIR Autotrack: [ ] Tally Achieved: [ ] EA Indications (Check all that apply): ECM Arc [ ] Letter Identifier [ ] False Trackfiles [ ] Other/ Ambiguous [ ] Please check all that apply: Round: [ ] Square: [ ] Balloon-shaped: [ ] Wings/Airframe: [X] Other Shape: [ ] Apparent Propulsion: [ ] Moving Parts: [ ] Metallic: [ ] Markings: [ ] Translucent: [ ] Opaque: [ ] Reflective: [ ] Please use the field below to describe the contact and any interaction in your own words with as much detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not included in questions above. [REDACTED] observed 3x possible unidentified small air contacts while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea. Negative ES, radar track, and IFF track. Distance to contact was unknown. Speed of contact was unknown. Precise course of contact was unknown, but appeared to be on a westerly heading. No interaction took place between [REDACTED] and the unknown air contacts. Initially observed 1x unknown air contact and tracked it before losing sight as it went behind a cloud. When contact on the unknown air contact was regained, 2x additional unknown air contacts were seen due east of the location of the initial contact. All 3x unknown air contacts appeared to maintain their relative course, speed, and altitude. Don't use the purple "submit" button! Save this form with filename "Date_Squadron_RF.pdf" and email it to [REDACTED] (Also in the global). For troubleshooting, call [REDACTED]. Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripped for the entire time of interaction and saved as a .wmv (Example: 4 May VFA-106 HUD.wmv). Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at this link. [REDACTED] USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to 26-0046 Approved for Release to AARO 03/27/26 000001