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Navy range fouler reports (redacted)

Department of the Navy FOIA · 2023-01 · 90 pages · text by OCR

This Department of the Navy FOIA release, dated January 2023, collects heavily redacted Range Fouler Reporting Forms marked SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. The first form covers 14 November 2004. It lists the Nimitz strike group and describes a solid white, smooth object about 46 feet long seen off Mexico, southwest of San Diego. It also says reporting stopped at 3rd Fleet. The later forms, numbered 2014 through 2021, describe unidentified aircraft, suspected small drones and a near mid-air collision. Most details are redacted.

  • p. 3 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 4 …Shortly after check-in, (b)(1) off his nose at (b)(1) traveling at (b)(1…
  • p. 6 …22000) Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend…
  • p. 10 …Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Sido No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM…
  • p. 11 …Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Night Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS…
  • p. 13 …Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS…
  • p. 15 …Day Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS…
  • p. 17 …22000) Altitude Constant? Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection…
  • p. 18 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Day Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No…
  • p. 20 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day Day / Night Side No…
  • p. 22 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 23 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection Day/Night (hh:mm:ss Z) Side No Buno…
  • p. 24 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 25 …Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Mission Description (CAS, BFM, etc) Contact Working…
  • p. 26 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Night Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No…
  • p. 27 …Because this event took place at night (b) (1) being used and the closest point of…
  • p. 29 …22000) Altitude Constant? Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection…
  • p. 30 …22000) Altitude Constant? Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection…
  • p. 31 …22000) Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend…
  • p. 34 …22000) Altitude Constant? Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long…
  • p. 36 …Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM…
  • p. 38 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 39 …Time of detection {hh:mm:ss Z} Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM…
  • p. 40 …Dela (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No Buno…
  • p. 41 …Time of detection (hh:mm:ss:Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM…
  • p. 43 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss:Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 44 …Time of detection {hh:mm:ss Z} Day/Night Side No Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM…
  • p. 45 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 47 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection Day/Night (hh:mm:ss Z) Side No Buno…
  • p. 49 …Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at this link.
  • p. 50 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 52 …22000) Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) Wind Speed Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long…
  • p. 53 …Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) Wind Speed Was the contact moving? # of Contacts in "Group…
  • p. 54 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Day Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No…
  • p. 56 …22000) Altitude Constant? Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection…
  • p. 58 …22000) Altitude Constant? Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) Wind Speed Please attempt to determine a…
  • p. 60 …Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at this link. SECRET/NOFORN…
  • p. 61 …22000) Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend…
  • p. 62 …MULTIPLE SINGLES WITHIN(b) (1) (b) (1) (b) (1) SOLID (b) (1) VISUAL PICKUP AT OBJECT…
  • p. 64 …Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at this link. SECRET/NOEORN
  • p. 65 …These locations may be used to cue other means of tracking Wind Dir at Contact Alt…
  • p. 66 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 67 …22000 Altitude Constant? Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection…
  • p. 68 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 72 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 76 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 77 …Data (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 80 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Mission…
  • p. 81 …At (b)(1) away from object, object appeared to (b)(1) At away, visually observed at…
  • p. 82 …Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM…
  • p. 83 …22000) Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the…
  • p. 86 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 87 …22000) Constant? Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From) Wind Speed Please attempt to determine a Lat…
  • p. 89 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:sa Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
  • p. 90 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno…
## Range Fouler Reporting Form

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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

SIPR Email Address

Crew Position

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11/14/04

Date (mm/dd/yy)

Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z)

Mission Description (CAS, BFM, etc)

Contact Working Area (Ex: W-72 1A)

Contact Latitude (DD MM SS)

N/S

Contact Longitude (DD MM SS)

Contact Altitude (Ex: 22000)

Wind Dir at Contact Alt (From)

Wind Speed

Please attempt to determine a Lat / Long for the contact at initial detection. We recommend using [11] to reference the sensor-derived bearing and range relative to the bullseye you had in use. If that method is not available, any reasonable derivation of location will work, but please be as specific as possible and make a note in the comments section. These locations may be used to cue other means of tracking.

Was the contact moving?

Direction/Speed Ex.090/15

# of Contacts in "Group":

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.

Ships: Nimitz CSG (CSG-11), USS Princeton (CG-59), VAW-117 (E-2C Hawkeye), VMFA-232 VFA-41, USS Louisville (SSN-724)

30 Nautical Miles off the Coast of Mexico (south west of San Diego). It was "solid white, smooth, with no edges. It was "uniformly colored with no nacelles, pylons, or wings." It was approximately 46 feet in length. Pilots reported the incident through Intelligence Personnel, there was a large amount of harassment and ridicule throughout the Nimitz.

Reporting terminated at 3rd Fleet there was no process to share the reporting. Although the debriefs of

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Thank you for your time. Please ensure all display tapes are ripped for the entire time of interaction and saved as a .wmv (Example: (b) (1) wmv). Squadron intel personnel shall upload those files to the repository located at this link.

SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY

Cases discussed

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