Pentagon's Official GIMBAL Release, April 2020
DoD Official Release of Three Unclassified Navy UAP Videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST). GIMBAL.webm
GIMBAL is one of three Navy infrared videos formally declassified and released by the Pentagon on 2020-04-27; it depicts an unidentified aerial object recorded during a 2015 training event.
Brief
The U.S. Department of Defense, through Naval Air Systems Command, released GIMBAL alongside FLIR1 and GOFAST on 27 April 2020, ending years of unofficial circulation. The Pentagon stated the release would not compromise sensitive capabilities and confirmed the objects remain officially unidentified. GIMBAL, dated to 2015, shows an infrared return of an object rotating in flight with no visible propulsion signature. No official explanation for the object's behavior has been provided.
Metadata
- Agency
- U.S. Department of Defense / Naval Air Systems Command
- Release
- 2020-04-27
- Type
- VIDEO • .webm
- Length
- 16.5 M
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Programs
- GIMBAL, FLIR1, GOFAST
- Tags
- rotating object, infrared, Atlantic operational area, 2015, GIMBAL, Navy UAP, no visible propulsion
Key points
- The DoD formally declassified GIMBAL on 2020-04-27, alongside FLIR1 (2004 incident) and GOFAST (2015 incident).
- The releasing authority determined that publication would not reveal sensitive U.S. military capabilities.
- The object depicted in GIMBAL remains officially unidentified as of the release date.
- The video was captured via an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. Navy platform during a 2015 event.
- GIMBAL had circulated publicly before official release; the DoD release constituted formal declassification, not a first public appearance.
Most interesting
- The name 'GIMBAL' likely references the apparent rotation of the object as seen in the infrared footage, an anomaly that U.S. Navy pilots flagged because no known aircraft produces that signature.
- All three videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST) were first leaked by To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science in 2017; the 2020 DoD release was the government's formal acknowledgment.
- The Pentagon's statement that the objects 'remain unidentified' marked the first time the U.S. government used that language in an official release about the phenomenon.
- Naval Air Systems Command, not a civilian intelligence body, was the releasing authority, consistent with the footage originating from fleet training operations.
- GIMBAL and GOFAST share a 2015 datestamp, suggesting they may originate from the same or closely related operational sorties off the U.S. East Coast.