DOW-UAP-D48, Department of the Air Force Report, 1996
Department of WarPDFAnalysisUNCLASSIFIEDNo redactions0/10— noise or low qualityPURSUE Release 1
Incident date
9/10/96
Released
May 8, 2026
Official Description
This report describes the Modeling of Unlikely Space-Booster Failures in Risk Calculations, documenting historical launch failure modes and recommending corrective actions to address them using novel modelling techniques.
UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official
This is a 1996 unclassified technical report produced by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) for the U.S. Air Force 30th and 45th Space Wings. It details mathematical methodology for modeling unlikely space-booster failure modes (specifically 'Mode-5' failures) in launch-area risk calculations, and includes extensive historical launch failure narratives for Atlas, Delta, Titan, and Thor vehicles from program inception through August 1996. The document contains no UAP content whatsoever; it is a purely technical aerospace safety and risk analysis report.
Analyst Notes
This document contains zero UAP content. It is a routine aerospace safety engineering report focused on statistical modeling of space launch vehicle failure probabilities and impact density functions. The context blurb misidentifies the producing agency as 'Department of War'; the actual sponsor is the Department of the Air Force. The document is entirely unrelated to UAP phenomena.
Extracted Entities
People
James A. Ward, Jr.Robert M. MontgomeryMartin Kinna (30 SW/SEY)Louis J. Ullian, Jr. (45 SW/SED)James BaekerAndrew H. QuinteroC. W. FenskeBob BraterKevin SilkeI-Shih ChangSteven J. IsakowitzO. G. Smith
Agencies & Organizations
Department of the Air ForceAir Force Space Command (AFSPC)30th Space Wing (30 SW/SE)
Patrick AFB, FL 32925Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437Cocoa Beach, FloridaTorrance, CA 90505Cape Canaveral Air StationEastern RangeWestern RangeCape CanaveralPad 36APad 17APad 20