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Range Fouler Debrief: Dual IR Contacts, October 2020

Pilot reports radar lock on two circling unknowns with strobes and jamming at 26,000 feet.

Event

Oct 27, 2020

Location

Pending

Source

PURSUE Program

DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020

AI Disclosure Brief

AI assisted

Reported Object Read

Two IR-significant contacts detected by radar and target pod; one circling the other in 1/30th of a second before vanishing. Tallies showed red blinking strobes; noise jamming indicated.

Notable Characteristics

  • Color: Red
  • Altitude: 22,000-26,000 ft
  • Duration: Brief; gone in 1/30th second

Reported Motion

  • Circling; directional speed changes

Evidence Notes

  • Stable radar trackfile
  • Target pod video
  • AIM-9x self-track

Debrief details a brief, close-proximity encounter with two fast-maneuvering contacts showing jamming and strobes, per military pilot sensor data.

Shape read

Unknown

Sensors

Radar, IR

AI confidence

85%

Prosaic Leads

  • Drones with ECM
  • Electronic warfare exercise
  • Balloon cluster with lights

Anomalous Indicators

  • Circling in 1/30th second timeframe
  • Noise jamming on approach
  • Sudden disappearance

Evidence Gaps

  • Exact location coordinates redacted or undetermined
  • No video footage provided
  • Aircraft/squadron identifiers sanitized
External reference status: Unverified

Evidence Quotes // source statements

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Sensor ContactExact quote
"KINGPIN DIRECTED ID OF UNKNOWN CONTACT. 1.4a IOBTAINED RADAR LOCK AND TARGET POD VIDEO BUT UNABLE TO GET CLOSER THAN 16.9NM TID GETA BETTER ID. 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. TALLY ACHIEVED WAS 2X RED BLINKING STROBES AND NOISE JAMMING WAS RECIEVED."

Unknown speaker, Pilot (O-3, EFS)

Description of contact in pilot's own words

Source

Pattern Mesh // linked sightings

No mesh nodes yet. As more vault dumps land, this graph teeth out.

Chronology Trace // before & after

No dated sibling signals are available yet.

Official Files // source material

1 linked
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DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020

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