DISCLOSURE / FILEDoD Official Release of Three Unclassified Navy UAP Videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST), NAVAIR FOIA Documents Page.html
Department of Defense press release formally declassifying and releasing three Navy infrared videos of unidentified aerial phenomena, FLIR1 (2004) and GIMBAL and GOFAST (2015), with the aerial objects characterized as remaining unidentified.
Brief
On April 27, 2020, the Department of Defense authorized the release of three unclassified Navy videos, one recorded in November 2004 and two recorded in January 2015, that had circulated publicly after unauthorized leaks. DoD stated the release would not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems and would not impinge on subsequent investigations of incursions into military training ranges. The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as unidentified. The materials are hosted on the Naval Air Systems Command FOIA documents page.
Metadata
- Agency
- U.S. Department of Defense / Naval Air Systems Command
- Release
- 2020-04-27
- Type
- PDF • .html
- Length
- 116.0 K
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Tags
- Navy FLIR, infrared video, FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST, 2004 Nimitz, 2015 Roosevelt, unidentified aerial phenomena
Key points
- DoD authorized release of three unclassified Navy videos on April 27, 2020.p.1
- One video was recorded in November 2004; two were recorded in January 2015.p.1
- Videos had been circulating in the public domain after unauthorized release.p.1
- DoD determined release would not reveal sensitive capabilities or systems.p.1
- DoD stated the aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as unidentified.p.1
- Files are hosted on the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) FOIA documents page.p.1
Most interesting
- The release was issued by the Pentagon itself rather than through a FOIA fulfillment, an unusual posture for video of unidentified objects encountered by US Navy aircrews.
- DoD's own statement is that the objects in FLIR1, GIMBAL, and GOFAST remain unidentified, not explained.
- The 2004 FLIR1 footage corresponds to the USS Nimitz strike group encounters off Southern California; the 2015 GIMBAL and GOFAST footage corresponds to USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group encounters off the US East Coast.