DOW-UAP-D57-Mission-Report-Gulf-of-Aden-September-2020

Range Fouler Reportin Form
Please complete this form to the best of your ability. If you do n~ot have the requested information,
please leave the field blank. Ifthere was more than one "group " please report each on a separate
form for data collection purposes. You should receive a respons within 5 business days.
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Last Name, First Name
Rank
Squadron
SfPR Email Address
Crew Position
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Other
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09/04/20
21 :09:00
Night
ISR
Date {mmlddlyy}
Time of detection
Day I Night
Side No.
Buno
Mi$$ion Description (CAS, BFM. etc)
LFE?
(hh:mm:ss Z)
N
E
23819
Contact Won,-ing Area
Contact Latitute
N/S
Contact LongitrJ<Je
E,W
, ntact Altitllde
Altitude
W'incJ Dir at
Wind
(Ex: W•721A)
(DD:MM:SS)
(DD:MM:SS)
~ : 22000}
Constant?
Contact Alt
Speed
(From)
Please attempt to determine a Lat I Long for the contact at initial cJete<;t;on. We recommend
using JMPS to reference the sensor-derived beating and range mtat/ve to the bullseye you had
Wes the contact moving?
Yes
in use. Ifthat methocJ is not available, any reasonable derivation oflocation will won,-, but please
be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be
Direction/Speed
used to cue other means oftracking.
168/277
(Ex. 090/15)
Radar Equipped:
AIM-9x Self-Track:
Please check all that apply:
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Round: [l]
Moving Parts: D
Stable Trackfile?:
A TFLIR Autotrack: □
Square: D
Metallic: D
# of Contacts in "Group": 1
Tally Achieved:
□
Balloon-shapecJ: D
Mar1<ings: D
EA Indications (Check all that apply):
Wings/Airframe: D
Translucent: D
Other Shape: D
Opeque:O
□ □ □ □
. Letter
False
Other/
ECM
Apparent Propulsion:□
RefTe<:tive: □
An;
Identifier
Trackfiles
Ambiguous
Please use the field below to describe the contact and any inte action in your own words with as much
detail as possible. Please be sure to include any detail not incJJded in questions above.
Contact at 21 :09z to 21 :17z 04SEP2020. MGRS location 38P L+?(~a<aoimJ(estimated lat/long
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~. While at 23,819 HAT over the ~ulf of Aden we tracked a round, cold object
in IR traveling 168 degrees at 277 mph. It made a few abrupt dir~ctional changes during the 8 minute
contact. Our sensor was aimed -39 degrees below our altitude w th a slant range of 6.1 ?NM and ground
range of 8.81 KM. The IR sensor was set to black hot and the obj ct in question was a bright white.
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