Footage · infrared-video
GIMBAL (Roosevelt ATFLIR video)
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GIMBAL
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedAn ATFLIR clip from an F/A-18F off the US east coast in January 2015 showing an object that appears to rotate as the camera tracks it, with crew audio. Released with the 2017 New York Times report and formally by the Pentagon in 2020. Skeptics attribute the rotation to a glare artifact of the sensor gimbal.
The recording
| Shot | |
|---|---|
| Shot by | ATFLIR pod of an F/A-18F from USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier air wing US Navy |
| Released | 16 December 2017 — To The Stars Academy / New York Times; DoD formal release 2020-04-27 |
| Official status | The Department of Defense authorized release of the video on 27 April 2020 and said the aerial phenomena observed in it remain characterized as 'unidentified'. |
| Kind | infrared-video |
| Where | 30.300, -77.000 region |
| Media rights | See each item in the visual record |
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UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025
- 0:04:20 ▶ Jesse Michels
the gimbal and goast videos which were taken at the USS Ros Roosevelt 300 miles off the coast of Jacksonville. Um
- 1:41:12 ▶
that's what's why it's called the gimbal, right? You see it sort of rotating in this interesting way. look, go f look go who named go fast. Clearly the name wasn't correct, right? The air crew didn't name it. Some
- 0:04:20 ▶ Jesse Michels
The Man Involved In Every American Conspiracy 22 August 2024
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GIMBAL (Roosevelt ATFLIR video), Roosevelt carrier group encounters (2014–2015), New York Times reveals AATIP and releases Navy videos, Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, GIMBAL and GOFAST, US Navy confirms the three videos show UAP, The Pentagon. Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 0:04:20 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate · Jesse Michels ▶
the gimbal and goast videos which were taken at the USS Ros Roosevelt 300 miles off the coast of Jacksonville. Um
- 1:41:12 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate ▶
that's what's why it's called the gimbal, right? You see it sort of rotating in this interesting way. look, go f look go who named go fast. Clearly the name wasn't correct, right? The air crew didn't name it. Some
- 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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