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FAA Report 237UAP00070: Primary Radar Target near Davison Army Airfield

Single-Record File: Only one inspectable record is attached. It documents a source or allegation but cannot independently corroborate the broader claim.
OverviewEvidenceTimelineAnalysisSources
2021-10-16
Davison Army Airfield, Virginia, USA
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Controllers tracked a primary radar target near Davison Army Airfield moving north-northeast, which correlated with a Pentagon Police UAS alert.
medium

Investigative Assessments

"The reported claim remains worth testing against the record: Controllers tracked a primary radar target near Davison Army Airfield moving north-northeast, which correlated with a Pentagon Police UAS alert. The strongest documented reasons to keep the file open are: FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00070: Documents a pilot report of Controllers tracked a primary radar target near Davison Army Airfield moving north-northeast, which correlated with a Pentagon Police UAS alert.. Key unresolved lead: Why did the target fade from radar tracking systems?"
"Evidentiary limitations: medium Note that: FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00070 fails to support: The operational log does not contain physical telemetry, radar recordings, or photos to independently verify the nature of the object.."

Case Summary

An intake summary of FAA operational log 237UAP00070 recording an aircrew reporting an unidentified aerial phenomenon. Controllers tracked a primary radar target near Davison Army Airfield moving north-northeast, which correlated with a Pentagon Police UAS alert. This pilot synopsis is an intake summary requiring source-by-source verification.

Evidence Locker

1 inspectable evidence item. Claims and source findings are kept separate.

FAA incident report Local copy hash-verified

FAA SKYWATCH Incident Form 237UAP00070

Analyst rating: Primary operational record of an aircrew report and the FAA's contemporaneous assessment.

“PCT reported a primary target near DAA moving north eastbound. Nothing observed on AADS or AMOSS. DOD also showed target but observed data fade. 1550 Target appeared at DCA220003. Helos in the area and DCA are looking for target. 1551 Pentagon Police advised that they picked up a UAS alert at Arlington Ridge Rd and Lynne St (DCA280001) All entities still looking. No visual verification.”
Record locationPage 1
Evidence classFAA operational incident record
Relationship to claimPrimary document recording the pilot's intake report.
Authenticity assessmentHigh for document authenticity. The one-page FAA form was visually checked against the NARA PDF.
What this supportsDocuments a pilot report of Controllers tracked a primary radar target near Davison Army Airfield moving north-northeast, which correlated with a Pentagon Police UAS alert.
What it does not supportThe operational log does not contain physical telemetry, radar recordings, or photos to independently verify the nature of the object.
ProvenanceOfficial NARA UAP bulk-download record, hash-registered in the Casebook manifest and served from the read-only VPS corpus mount.
Chain of custodyAircrew report -> FAA SKYWATCH incident form -> FAA transfer to NARA Record Group 615 -> NARA bulk archive -> Casebook.
Open Document (Local PDF Document) Download Copy Canonical Agency Record

Documented Timeline

Not documented: No source-verified chronology has been assembled.

Named Participants and Roles

Not documented: Named participants and roles have not been source-verified.

Contradictions and Record Conflicts

Not documented: Record conflicts have not been analyzed.

Conventional Explanations

Not documented: Conventional explanations have not been evaluated against evidence.

Missing Evidence

Not documented: The evidence gap itself has not yet been fully inventory.

What Remains Unresolved

Not documented: No source-level unresolved findings have been established.

Investigative Hypotheses

  • An unauthorized drone operating in the highly restricted Washington D.C. airspace.
  • A military helicopter or aircraft operating without a transponder.
  • A localized radar system error or false return.

Open Questions

  • Why did the target fade from radar tracking systems?
  • Was the UAS alert at Arlington Ridge Road visually verified by ground patrols?
  • What actions were taken by the military helicopters scrambled in the area?

Archival Landing Pages and Evidence Corpus

NARA Record Group 615, FAA UAP Records

Official Bulk Archive

External URL: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/493468575