Brief
After a December 2017 New York Times investigation, the Pentagon confirmed the existence of AATIP and acknowledged that the FLIR1 infrared video was a genuine U.S. Navy recording of an unidentified aerial object. The Department of Defense later issued a formal statement on April 27, 2020, that officially ratified the December 2017 release of the FLIR1, GIMBAL, and GOFAST videos. The materials are presented here as an image or external asset; no extractable page text was provided.
Metadata
- Agency
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Release
- 2017-12-16
- Type
- PDF • .html
- Length
- 112.3 K
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Programs
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP)
- Tags
- AATIP, FLIR1, USS Nimitz, 2004, Navy infrared video, UAP
Key points
- DoD publicly acknowledged the existence of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) following the December 2017 New York Times reporting.p.1
- The FLIR1 infrared gun-camera video, recorded by Navy F/A-18 aircraft during the November 2004 USS Nimitz encounter, was confirmed as an authentic Navy recording.p.1
- On April 27, 2020, the Department of Defense issued a statement that formally ratified the December 2017 release of the FLIR1, GIMBAL, and GOFAST videos.p.1
- The release frames the videos as depicting unidentified aerial phenomena captured by Navy sensors.p.1
Most interesting
- The December 2017 acknowledgment was the first time the U.S. government publicly confirmed a dedicated, named UAP-investigation program inside the Pentagon.
- The April 27, 2020 DoD statement is the act that formally retired any ambiguity about whether the three Navy videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST) were authentic government recordings.
- FLIR1 is tied to the multi-day USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group encounters off the coast of Southern California in November 2004.