The silence beneath the waves has been broken. For decades, the U.S. Navy’s most terrifying encounters weren’t in the skies, they were in the crushing depths of the North Atlantic. Rear Admiral (Ret.) Tim Gallaudet has now publicly confirmed what whisper networks have alleged for years: Unidentified Submersible Objects (USOs) are actively stalking American nuclear submarines and the Pentagon has a specific name for them.
→ The “Range Fouler” Designation
In a series of explosive revelations culminating in early 2026, Admiral Gallaudet exposed the existence of a classified repository known as the “Range Fouler” folder. While the public has been fed grains of truth about aerial “UAP,” this digital cache—housed on a secure government shared drive, reportedly contains Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) videos and sonar data of transmedium craft operating with impunity in military exclusion zones.
Officially, a “range fouler” is defined by Navy aviators as “an activity or object that interrupts pre-planned training or other military activity.” It is a bureaucratic euphemism for the unexplained. But Gallaudet’s testimony elevates this from a nuisance to a tactical crisis. These are not merely lost drones or weather balloons; they are intelligent, high-performance underwater craft capable of speeds and depths that would crush current human technology.
→ The North Atlantic Incident: A Game of Cat and Mouse
Gallaudet has provided a harrowing, first-hand account, corroborated by fellow submariners of an encounter aboard a ballistic missile submarine in the 1980s. While operating in the deep waters of the North Atlantic, the crew detected a contact on sonar that defied physics.
The object displayed the acoustic signature of an incoming Russian torpedo: high closing rate, constant bearing, decreasing range.
The crew initiated evasion protocols, diving the submarine near its crush depth and accelerating to flank speed. In a conventional engagement, this is a maneuver for survival. But the pursuer did not impact. Instead, the object abruptly stopped—a maneuver impossible for inertial torpedoes, circled behind the submarine’s stern, and shadowed the vessel before exiting the area at rapid speed. This was not a weapon, it was an observer.
→ The Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap
Further validating the “Range Fouler” phenomenon, Gallaudet relayed intelligence from a P-3 Orion pilot operating in the Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) gap. During an anti-submarine warfare exercise involving a Knox-class frigate, the aircrew tracked a massive object that shadowed their formation.
This craft appeared on air-search radar but maintained radio silence, trailing the U.S. assets for an extended period in airspace devoid of commercial traffic. The incident mirrors the “Tic Tac” event but occurred decades prior, suggesting a multi-domain persistence that the Navy has kept stovepiped under the “Range Fouler” classification.
→ Evidence Hiding in Plain Sight
The disclosure of the “Range Fouler” folder implies that the “Go Fast” and “Gimbal” videos are merely the tip of the iceberg. The real data, the hard acoustic data of USOs tracking boomers carrying nuclear payloads, remains the crown jewel of the cover-up. Gallaudet’s assertion is clear: the science of oceanography is the next frontier for Disclosure.
→ Key Takeaways for Researchers
- The Folder: FOIA requests should specifically target the “Range Fouler” shared drive directory and associated metadata.
- The Pattern: USOs exhibit “transmedium” travel, moving seamlessly from space to atmosphere to ocean without sonic booms or splashes.
- The Threat: These objects demonstrate an interest in nuclear propulsion and weaponry, actively “fouling” ranges where these assets are deployed.