Pentagon Declassifies Navy UFO Videos (location not specified in article)

📍 Location

📝 Description

Original event: In April 2020, the Pentagon publicly released three unclassified Navy cockpit videos that had circulated for years showing unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) observed by Navy pilots during training flights. The videos capture a 2004 encounter about 100 miles off the U.S. West Coast and two 2015 encounters; the footage was previously leaked in 2007 and 2017. The Department of Defense stated the release was to clear up public misconceptions and that the footage does not reveal sensitive capabilities; the aerial phenomena in the videos remain unidentified. Since then, U.S. government UAP work has continued under the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). In 2024–2025, official reviews concluded that most sightings are ordinary objects or natural phenomena and found no evidence of extraterrestrial technology or life. No additional official declassifications related to these specific Navy videos have been announced by December 2025.

🔍 Circumstances

Navy pilots encountered unidentified aerial phenomena during training flights on a 2004 mission ~100 miles offshore in the Pacific, and two 2015 encounters (GOFAST and GIMBAL) observed over water in the Atlantic. The footage circulated publicly after leaks (2007 and 2017) and was formally released by the Pentagon in 2020. DoD stated the release was to validate authenticity and ensure no sensitive capabilities were disclosed; the objects remained unidentified and the encounters prompted ongoing UAP reporting and analysis programs (AARO).

👤 Physical Description

Video imagery is grayscale FLIR footage of fast-moving, shape-ambiguous objects with no visible wings or obvious propulsion; public descriptions have varied by incident, including references to a ‘tic-tac’-shaped object in the 2004 encounter and other elongated or amorphous shapes in the 2015 incidents; pilots’ audio expresses surprise and concern.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Three videos titled in public discussion as FLIR1 (2004), GOFAST and GIMBAL (both 2015) were released; the Pentagon stated the release does not reveal sensitive capabilities and does not impede investigations of airspace incursions by UAPs; AARO continues to classify and analyze UAP data, with annual reports indicating most cases are ordinary or unresolved and that there is no evidence of alien life or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial technology.

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