Range Fouler Debrief, Atlantic Ocean, 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
A brief Range Fouler debrief in which the reporting aircrew member describes a dark maroonish object, 12-15 feet in height, that traveled with the wind and did not maneuver or change direction, appearing as a large, somewhat deformed balloon; the crew returned to ship without further incident. This report accompanies video DOW-UAP-PR116 (not in this batch).
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- Yes: Visual
- Yes: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- Yes: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- No: Light only
- Yes: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating The witness's own description (non-maneuvering, wind-driven, balloon-shaped) is consistent with a conventional weather or other balloon; single sensor, no unusual performance reported.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- 1 U.S. Navy aircrew member (rank/name redacted)
- Sensors
- Visual
- Shape
- Large, somewhat deformed balloon shape
- Size
- Approximately 12-15 feet in height
- Lights and colour
- Darker, maroonish color
- Motion
- Traveled with the wind; did not maneuver or change direction
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-D091, Range Fouler Debrief, Atlantic Ocean, 2020
Open the original on war.govDOW-UAP-PR116, Unresolved UAP Report, Atlantic Ocean, 2020
32 seconds of infrared video over the Atlantic Ocean (NORTHCOM submission, 2020), paired with Range Fouler Debrief DOW-UAP-D091. The reporting aircrew's own description of the object is 'darker, maroonish color, approximately 12-15 feet in height,' traveling with the wind and not maneuvering, and appearing like 'a large, somewhat deformed balloon.'
Open the original on dvidshub.net
What the file claims
- Unverified
The reporting aircrew member describes the object's own behavior and appearance as consistent with a large, wind-driven, deformed balloon.
On the map
30.00° N, 45.00° W, a position at sea, approximate
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