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The Pentagon Makes History By Releasing 3 Official Navy Videos Showing UFOs
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The Pentagon Makes History By Releasing 3 Official Navy Videos Showing UFOs

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This Monday, the Pentagon released three declassified videos that show US Navy pilots encountering what appears to be unidentified flying objects. The grainy black and white videos depict “unexplained aerial phenomena”, as the Pentagon reports, which were leaked previously with many believing they show none other than the aliens themselves.

The statement released on the Department of Defense website said that it was done “to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real or whether or not there is more to the videos.” Of the three events that were captured on camera, the first one occurred back in November 2004, and the other two in January 2015.

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On Monday, the Pentagon officially released three UFO videos taken in 2004 and 2015

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“After a thorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena,” the statement on the Department of Defense website said.

The videos have been circulating in the media since 2007

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The videos had been “circulating in the public domain after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017”, the statement read. “The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as ‘unidentified.’”

The Navy videos were first released in 2017 by The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences, a company co-founded by former Blink-182 musician Tom DeLonge. The company studies information about unidentified aerial phenomena.

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The footage from 2004 was also shared in a New York Times story published in 2017, which included interviews with the two pilots who witnessed the incident. One of them said that the spotted aircraft “accelerated like nothing I’ve ever seen.” He added that he was “pretty weirded out.”

With one pilot remembering he was “pretty weirded out” by the sight

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Last year, the New York Times published another story featuring two videos taken by navy pilots back in 2015. The story also included interviews with other pilots who witnessed bizarre objects racing through the air at an extraordinarily high speed.

The objects seen in the footage remain unidentified

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To study recordings of aerial encounters with unknown objects, the Pentagon launched a classified program back in 2007. However, the program, launched at the behest of former Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, was ended in 2012, as, according to the Pentagon, there were higher priorities that needed funding.

Former Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada later tweeted that the footage only “scratches the surface”

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erosa1224 avatar
Orionpax75
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have cameras that take pictures of a f****n lake on Jupiter but for some reason these pictures and videos always look like they taken with a two way pager lmaoooo!!!

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Bill
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You realize they lower the image quality before they release it. I used to work on Hornets

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Mike Crow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To me UFO just means something in the sky that you don’t know what it is yet. I saw something one night in Quesnel BC. Several of us saw two white lights flying fast across the sky and interacting with each other. One would fly towards the other and the other would dip away then come back causing the other move away from it. I have been plane watching since I was a kid and my wife and I love satellite spotting but I have never seen this before.

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fuggnuggins
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that's a very literal definition - overly literal people being noted in many studies and comparisons as not the brightest. In these cases you can add: seemingly intelligently navigated; grouping/flocking behaviour, akin to formations; sophisticated maneuvers; seemingly intentional elusiveness; apparent terrain awareness. These all seem to suggest something that we would qualify as intelligent or conscious. Add the fact that these things perform feats that are unimaginable and impossible even when making a generous projection of our own capabilities into the future, and that doesn't leave you with many options. One is: some government or other group has capabilities that ought to give everyone pause for thought and more than a trifle of concern. The other is: non-human entities with superhuman technological capabilities occupying our sphere.

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Iris
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe 99% of those ufo's we see are not aliens, no alien with a rigth mind would fly over us with the lights on 😂😂

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David Wong
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are trailers for the next big thing to be released, hopefully not in 2020.

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iblowsheep
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

these are no more convincing than the multitude of drunken redneck videos

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Geth
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So footage taken by trained, experienced Navy pilots who were totally perplexed at what the objects could be because they flew and maneuvered in a way that is totally outside of anything possible in nature or made by mankind is the same as drunken redneck videos? Okay, dude.

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ANDREA SERRANO MORALES
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i've always told my parents that they were real and they called me crazy, even my grandparents from my moms side of the fam. say that they've seen one before, my mom called them crazy afterwards and i told them , don't worry guys y'all are not crazy, the crazy ones are the ones who don't believe, i believe in life somewhere else other than earth. just think about it for a bit.

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TheHerplover
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm noticing a lot of the comments are thinking that this is aliens but its a UFO not an alien spaceship. UFO means unidentified flying object, which these are. I threw a banana across the tennis field after a game and it was a "UFO"

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Nicole Antoku
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I went to culinary school a couple of years back, I was taking the bus to school one morning. When I looked out the window, I saw these metallic things moving across the sky. They would expand and change shapes, make sharp turns and fly in zigzag patterns before they disappeared. I would regularly take the bus to school, but that was the only time I saw them. I’m not sure I believe in “little green men”, but I definitely believe that the universe is far too big for us to be the only living beings in it.

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Bacony
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Theory: all mysterious objects have a switch that turns any and all camera quality into potato.

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RitaGG
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How fast were the ones in the video going? I can't tell.

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OogieBoogie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The media will still make a joke out of it and not take it seriously !

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Bill
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most military aviators have seen things they can't explain. Pilots have to have a degree in engineering or physics

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BiEL Sampaio
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone should see the Joe Rogan and Cmdr. David Favor, it's unbelievable.The guy is really credible and sensible, after watching it it's hard not thinking there are aliens in visiting us.

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John Spitz
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are legitimately unidentifiable by any means, the clips are short and show almost nothing of any value, the video quality is worthless, there is no sound, and nothing shows any information on speed, direction, altitude, or even the time.

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Gillbella
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To everyone complaining about the resolution; the military deliberately reduce the video quality on public releases so that hostile forces cannot see how good the imaginary is they can take. Also the cameras on a fighter isn't the same definition as one on a surveillance aircraft- fighters don't need ultra high-deaf images because the crew can't see them in their shaky, tiny cockpits.

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Emilie Wylder
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Joe Rogan did a podcast with one of the pilots on this last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eco2s3-0zsQ

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Orionpax75
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have cameras that take pictures of a f****n lake on Jupiter but for some reason these pictures and videos always look like they taken with a two way pager lmaoooo!!!

dirigobill avatar
Bill
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You realize they lower the image quality before they release it. I used to work on Hornets

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m2crows avatar
Mike Crow
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To me UFO just means something in the sky that you don’t know what it is yet. I saw something one night in Quesnel BC. Several of us saw two white lights flying fast across the sky and interacting with each other. One would fly towards the other and the other would dip away then come back causing the other move away from it. I have been plane watching since I was a kid and my wife and I love satellite spotting but I have never seen this before.

fuggnuggins avatar
fuggnuggins
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that's a very literal definition - overly literal people being noted in many studies and comparisons as not the brightest. In these cases you can add: seemingly intelligently navigated; grouping/flocking behaviour, akin to formations; sophisticated maneuvers; seemingly intentional elusiveness; apparent terrain awareness. These all seem to suggest something that we would qualify as intelligent or conscious. Add the fact that these things perform feats that are unimaginable and impossible even when making a generous projection of our own capabilities into the future, and that doesn't leave you with many options. One is: some government or other group has capabilities that ought to give everyone pause for thought and more than a trifle of concern. The other is: non-human entities with superhuman technological capabilities occupying our sphere.

Load More Replies...
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Iris
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe 99% of those ufo's we see are not aliens, no alien with a rigth mind would fly over us with the lights on 😂😂

dvwong1967 avatar
David Wong
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are trailers for the next big thing to be released, hopefully not in 2020.

iblowsheep avatar
iblowsheep
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

these are no more convincing than the multitude of drunken redneck videos

geth avatar
Geth
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So footage taken by trained, experienced Navy pilots who were totally perplexed at what the objects could be because they flew and maneuvered in a way that is totally outside of anything possible in nature or made by mankind is the same as drunken redneck videos? Okay, dude.

Load More Replies...
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ANDREA SERRANO MORALES
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i've always told my parents that they were real and they called me crazy, even my grandparents from my moms side of the fam. say that they've seen one before, my mom called them crazy afterwards and i told them , don't worry guys y'all are not crazy, the crazy ones are the ones who don't believe, i believe in life somewhere else other than earth. just think about it for a bit.

nbo avatar
TheHerplover
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm noticing a lot of the comments are thinking that this is aliens but its a UFO not an alien spaceship. UFO means unidentified flying object, which these are. I threw a banana across the tennis field after a game and it was a "UFO"

neko_arts avatar
Nicole Antoku
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I went to culinary school a couple of years back, I was taking the bus to school one morning. When I looked out the window, I saw these metallic things moving across the sky. They would expand and change shapes, make sharp turns and fly in zigzag patterns before they disappeared. I would regularly take the bus to school, but that was the only time I saw them. I’m not sure I believe in “little green men”, but I definitely believe that the universe is far too big for us to be the only living beings in it.

baconycakes1337 avatar
Bacony
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Theory: all mysterious objects have a switch that turns any and all camera quality into potato.

ritaggph avatar
RitaGG
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How fast were the ones in the video going? I can't tell.

oogieboogie61 avatar
OogieBoogie
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The media will still make a joke out of it and not take it seriously !

dirigobill avatar
Bill
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most military aviators have seen things they can't explain. Pilots have to have a degree in engineering or physics

bielsampaio avatar
BiEL Sampaio
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone should see the Joe Rogan and Cmdr. David Favor, it's unbelievable.The guy is really credible and sensible, after watching it it's hard not thinking there are aliens in visiting us.

jdspitz2 avatar
John Spitz
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are legitimately unidentifiable by any means, the clips are short and show almost nothing of any value, the video quality is worthless, there is no sound, and nothing shows any information on speed, direction, altitude, or even the time.

gillandbella avatar
Gillbella
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To everyone complaining about the resolution; the military deliberately reduce the video quality on public releases so that hostile forces cannot see how good the imaginary is they can take. Also the cameras on a fighter isn't the same definition as one on a surveillance aircraft- fighters don't need ultra high-deaf images because the crew can't see them in their shaky, tiny cockpits.

emiliewylder avatar
Emilie Wylder
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Joe Rogan did a podcast with one of the pilots on this last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eco2s3-0zsQ

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