Two range foulers circle each other, vanish "in 1/30th of a second", with strobes and noise jamming (27 October 2020)
This is a one-page Range Fouler debrief from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, the same squadron as the F-16 report in DOW-UAP-D20. It was filed by an O-3 during a night defensive counter-air mission at 26,000 ft. The controller "KINGPIN" ordered an identification of an unknown contact. The pilot got a radar lock and targeting-pod video but could not close to less than 16.9 NM. The pod showed two infrared-significant contacts, one circling the other, which then vanished "in 1/30th of a second", about one frame of 30-frames-per-second video. The pilot made a visual "tally" of two red blinking strobes and received noise jamming, shown as two chevrons. The form ticks metallic, balloon-shaped, other shape, opaque and reflective. No explanation is offered. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. The form was read from the original PDF served by the ufotransparency.com mirror. It is a one-page scanned form with a poor OCR text layer, so the quotations were read from the page image. Checkbox values are given as ticked on the scan. Redactions are shown as [redacted].*
Evidence, in date order (3)
- 27 Oct 202077th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron mission report (Department of War)documentofficial report DOW-UAP-D58 logging the UAP DOW-UAP-D58 original file, via mirror
- 27 Oct 2020F-16 radar and targeting podsensor dataradar lock and pod video of the two IR contacts DOW-UAP-D58 original file, via mirror
- 27 Oct 2020Controller KINGPINwitnessdirected the ID of the unknown contact from its own picture DOW-UAP-D58 original file, via mirror
How plausible · High
A fighter pilot's debrief records radar lock, pod video, strobes and jamming; the contacts vanished within one frame.
- ●●Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
- ●●No gain sought An official reporting form.
- ●●Character record Fighter pilot.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
- ●●Physical traces or official reaction Sensor track with video confirmed.
- ●○Restraint Describes motion and signature, no explanation.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
On the record
- "KINGPIN DIRECTED ID OF UNKNOWN CONTACT. [redacted] OBTAINED RADAR LOCK AND TARGET POD VIDEO BUT UNABLE TO GET CLOSER THAN 16.9NM TO GET A BETTER ID." (DOW-UAP-D58, p. 1; read from the page image)
- "THE TARGET POD SHOWED 2 IR SIGNIFICANT CONTACTS. ONE RANGE FOULER WAS CIRCLING AROUND THE OTHER. IN 1/30TH OF A SECOND, THEY WERE GONE." (DOW-UAP-D58, p. 1; read from the page image)
- "TALLY ACHIEVED WAS 2X RED BLINKING STROBES AND NOISE JAMMING WAS RECIEVED. NOISE JAMMING WAS INDICATED BY TWO CHEVRONS. FIRST DETECTION OF THE RANGE FOULERS WERE AT B/E ZIM 248/17" (DOW-UAP-D58, p. 1; read from the page image)
- Form fields: squadron 77 EFS; O-3; date 10/27/20; time 01:12:21; "Night"; mission DCA; altitude 26000; altitude constant "No"; 060/20; radar "Other"; stable trackfile "Yes"; number of contacts 2; "Tally" ticked; EA "Other/Ambiguous" ticked; "Metallic", "Balloon-shaped", "Other Shape", "Opaque", "Reflective" ticked. Release stamp "USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046 ... 03/27/26". (DOW-UAP-D58, p. 1, read from the page image)