◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
One Circling the Other
On the night of 27 October 2020 a crew from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron was sent to identify an unknown contact. It got a radar lock and targeting-pod video of two infrared contacts, one circling the other. "In 1/30th of a second," their form says, "they were gone." This is the record of what the crew reported, not a verdict on what was in the sky.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- One Circling the Other is a reported UAP case in Withheld (CENTCOM area of responsibility), 27 October 2020, 01:12:21Z.
- A 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron crew reported that its targeting pod showed two infrared contacts, one circling the other, and that "in 1/30th of a second, they were gone."
- The crew had a radar lock but, according to the form, could not get closer than 16.9 nautical miles.
- What the crew saw by eye was "2x red blinking strobes", and the form records noise jamming at the same time.
- The form ticks balloon-shaped, metallic and reflective, but it withholds the location and offers no explanation, and the target-pod video was not released.
- 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
27 October 2020, 01:12:21Z
LOCATION
Withheld (US Central Command area; the release lists the location as 'N/A') · Withheld (CENTCOM area of responsibility)
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
