WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has officially released three unclassified videos taken by Navy pilots showing unidentified aerial phenomena.
According to reports, the videos of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) which had been circulating for a few years, show what emerge to be unknown flying objects swiftly moving while recorded by infrared cameras.
Pentagon’s Defense Department spokeswoman, Sue Gough said in a statement one of the videos shows an incident from 2004, and the other two were recorded in January 2015.
The statement further said “After a detailed review, the department has determined that the authorised release of these unspecified videos does not reveal any responsive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent examination of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena.”
The videos had been circulating in the public domain after unauthorised releases in 2007 and 2017, the statement read.
Harry Mason Reid a retired American attorney tweeted Monday that he was “glad” the Pentagon officially released the videos, but that “it only scratches the surface of research and materials available. The U.S. needs to take a serious, scientific look at this and any potential national security implications.”
I’m glad the Pentagon is finally releasing this footage, but it only scratches the surface of research and materials available. The U.S. needs to take a serious, scientific look at this and any potential national security implications. The American people deserve to be informed. https://t.co/1XNduvmP0u
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) April 27, 2020
The videos released by the Pentagon show Navy pilots encountering an object 40 feet long hovering about 50 feet above the water. The two other videos show strange objects moving very quickly — one racing above the water, another rotating in midair.
The US Navy had previously acknowledged the authenticity of the footage, with officials going as far as drafting guidelines in 2019 to establish a formal process for pilots and military personnel to report UFO sightings.
One of the UFO videos released by the Pentagon.
“Dude, this is a f—king drone, bro,” one pilot says, forever immortalizing himself as a dude-bro.pic.twitter.com/ngVzH31QdF
— OP (@FromTheOP) April 28, 2020
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