Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, GIMBAL and GOFAST
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Illustrations, recordings and archival references — each with its own provenance. A documented source is a starting point for investigation, not a verdict on its explanation.
FLIR1 (2004), released 27 April 2020
FLIR1, from the 2004 Nimitz encounter — one of the three videos the Department of Defense formally released on 27 April 2020 'to clear up any misconceptions' about their authenticity.
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GIMBAL, recorded off the East Coast in 2015 and formally released with FLIR1 and GOFAST on 27 April 2020.
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GOFAST, the third of the videos released on 27 April 2020. The Pentagon stated that the phenomena remained 'unidentified'.
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedOn 27 April 2020 the Department of Defense authorized the release of three Navy videos, FLIR1, GIMBAL and GOFAST, saying they had circulated since 2017 and 2018 and that the phenomena in them remain characterized as unidentified. In the corpus, Mick West recounts the release chronology and Hal Puthoff refers to the three videos.
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What was released. Three ATFLIR clips: FLIR1 from the 2004 Nimitz encounter, and GIMBAL and GOFAST from the Roosevelt air wing in 2015. The statement said the release did not reveal sensitive capabilities and did not impinge on investigations of incursions into training ranges. (FACT.)
What the corpus adds. Mick West notes that the Navy's acknowledgement of the videos as UAP coincided with the start of his own analysis and that GOFAST was released later than the others; Hal Puthoff refers to the three videos as a starting point for public discussion. (FACT about testimony.)
Significance offered. Supporters treat the release as official confirmation that the sensor data are genuine; skeptics agree they are genuine recordings and argue the content is explainable. (INFERENCE on both sides.)
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | 38.8719, -77.0563 exact · United States |
| Official response | The DoD statement of 27 April 2020 said the videos were released to clear up misconceptions about whether the footage was real and whether more existed, and that the aerial phenomena in them remain characterized as unidentified. |
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- department of defense government official statement
Who spoke about it later
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Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025
The Man Involved In Every American Conspiracy 22 August 2024
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Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, GIMBAL and GOFAST, New York Times reveals AATIP and releases Navy videos, Nimitz "Tic Tac" encounter, Roosevelt carrier group encounters (2014–2015), ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAP, FLIR1 (Nimitz ATFLIR video)… Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 0:06:56 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate · Mick West ▶
Go Fast was released a little later. And yeah, when I when I first looked at them, when I looked at the FL one video,
- 0:09:01 The Man Involved In Every American Conspiracy ▶
the three videos you know whether it's go fast or or gimbal or nimit all these videos are not high quality they're not high resolution they're nowhere near what they there it's only one sensor and
- Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos
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