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Aguadilla CBP infrared video
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Aguadilla / Puerto Rico objects
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US military / DVIDS ↗Public domain — US government work; DVIDS usage terms applyLicence terms ↗Resized and WebP-converted for display; content unchanged.Jesse Michels · 2:52:13
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedA thermal video recorded by a Customs and Border Protection aircraft near Aguadilla airport on the night of 25 April 2013, showing a small object moving over land and into the sea. Published in 2015 by a civilian research group after a leak. The corpus mentions it in the Mick West debate as the next case on the list.
The recording
| Shot | |
|---|---|
| Shot by | Thermal sensor of a US Customs and Border Protection DHC-8 aircraft US Customs and Border Protection |
| Released | August 2015 — Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), from a source inside CBP; never formally released by DHS |
| Official status | No US agency has issued a finding; the Department of Homeland Security has not formally released or commented on the recording, and the SCU report calls the object unidentified. |
| Kind | infrared-video |
| Where | 18.495, -67.129 approximate |
| Media rights | See each item in the visual record |
Mentioned in the corpus
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
- 2:52:13 ▶ Jesse Michels
Aguadilla. Auadila. So, this is off the coast of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico. Okay.
- 2:52:13 ▶ Jesse Michels
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Aguadilla CBP infrared video, Aguadilla infrared object (Puerto Rico), Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 2:52:13 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate · Jesse Michels ▶
Aguadilla. Auadila. So, this is off the coast of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico. Okay.
- 2013 Aguadilla Puerto Rico UAP (SCU case report)