Event · 27 April 2020
Pentagon officially releases three Navy UAP videos
On 27 April 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense officially released three short infrared videos taken by Navy pilots: "FLIR1", recorded during the 2004 USS Nimitz encounter, and "Gimbal" and "GoFast", from USS Theodore Roosevelt operations in 2015. The videos had circulated publicly since The New York Times and others published them in 2017–2018; the Navy confirmed that they show unidentified aerial phenomena.
The release was the first time the Pentagon formally put its name to UAP footage, and it prompted reactions abroad, including Japan's decision that September to issue a UAP protocol to its Self-Defense Forces.
Sources: DoD statement (2020) · Wikipedia
Facts and claims
- documented The Department of Defense officially released the “FLIR1” (Tic Tac), “Gimbal” and “GoFast” videos. Source: Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos (April 27, 2020)
Connected files
Documents
- Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos (April 27, 2020) (subject of)
Incidents
Events
- Japan's Defense Ministry issues a UAP protocol to the Self-Defense Forces (prompted) — The Japan Times reported the Pentagon's April 2020 release of Navy videos prompted the protocol
Videos
- FLIR1: the Nimitz “Tic Tac” video (official U.S. Navy release) (released)
- Gimbal: the official U.S. Navy video (January 2015) (released)
- GoFast: the official U.S. Navy video (January 2015) (released)
Mentioned in this file
- Department of War (Department of Defense) (Organization)
- Ministry of Defense (Japan) (Organization)