◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
Three Contacts over the North Arabian Sea
Shortly after midnight on 24 August 2020 a US Navy helicopter crew from HSM-73 watched an unknown air contact go behind a cloud over the North Arabian Sea. When they found it again two more had appeared to its east, and all three held course, speed and altitude with no radar, electronic or IFF return. This is the record of what the crew reported, not a verdict on what was in the sky.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- Three Contacts over the North Arabian Sea is a reported UAP case in North Arabian Sea, 24 August 2020, 00:04:30Z.
- An HSM-73 Navy helicopter crew reported one unknown air contact going behind a cloud over the North Arabian Sea; when they regained it, two more had appeared due east of it.
- According to the form all three "appeared to maintain their relative course, speed, and altitude", heading roughly west.
- The form records "Negative ES, radar track, and IFF track", with distance and speed unknown.
- The pilot ticked both "round" and "wings/airframe" and called them "possible unidentified small air contacts"; no explanation is given.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 1 claimant on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
24 August 2020, 00:04:30Z
LOCATION
North Arabian Sea · International waters (Arabian Sea)
COORDS
22.00°N 62.00°E
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
