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Triple Unknown Air Contacts, Arabian Sea 2020

Pilot reports three unidentified small air contacts during night operations, no radar or IFF.

Event

Aug 24, 2020

Location

Arabian Sea

Source

PURSUE Program

DOW-UAP-D56, Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020

AI Disclosure Brief

AI assisted

Reported Object Read

Pilot observed three possible unidentified small air contacts during routine night operations. Initially tracked one, lost it behind a cloud, then regained sight with two more due east. All maintained relative course, speed, and altitude on apparent westerly heading. Negative electronic scan, radar track, and IFF. Distance, speed, and precise course unknown. No interaction.

Notable Characteristics

  • Size: Small
  • Altitude: Unknown
  • Environment: sky

Reported Motion

  • Westerly heading, constant relative positions

Evidence Notes

  • Pilot's direct narrative
  • Form checkboxes: moving, wings/airframe, no markings
  • Timestamped detection at 00:04:30Z

Credible pilot debrief from naval helicopter squadron documents visual detection of three small unidentified air contacts evading radar and IFF during night ops—intriguing persistence without instrumentation.

Shape read

Unclear

Sensors

Visual

AI confidence

85%

Prosaic Leads

  • Distant aircraft obscured by clouds
  • Birds or balloons in formation
  • Sensor limitations at night range

Anomalous Indicators

  • No radar, ES, or IFF despite visual track
  • Sudden appearance of two additional contacts
  • Maintained formation through cloud obstruction

Evidence Gaps

  • No display tapes or video uploaded
  • Unknown distance, speed, altitude
  • Redacted identifying details
External reference status: Unverified

Evidence Quotes // source statements

Open archive
Craft SightingExact quote
"1.4a observed 3x possible unidentified small air contact while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea. Negative ES, radar track, and IFF track."

Unknown speaker, Pilot / HSM-73

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Source

Pattern Mesh // linked sightings

Score 36 shared tags

Round Cold Object Over Gulf of Aden, 2020

Aircrew tracked round, cold IR object making abrupt directional changes at low speed.

Same country: Arabian Sea

Same source archive

Chronology Trace // before & after

First similar traceOct 15, 2020

Round Cold Object Over Gulf of Aden, 2020

Arabian Sea

Later relatedOct 15, 2020

Round Cold Object Over Gulf of Aden, 2020

Arabian Sea

Official Files // source material

1 linked
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DOW-UAP-D56, Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020

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