Pentagon Officially Declassifies 3 Navy Videos Purportedly Showing UFOs

UPDATE, April 27, 2020: The Pentagon declassified three previously leaked military videos on Monday that purport to show U.S. Navy encounters with UFOs. The three videos, leaked to the public in 2007 and 2017, were taken in November 2004 and in January 2015. Here's the Pentagon's official statement on the official release of the UFO videos: "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. DOD is releasing the videos in order 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. The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as 'unidentified.'"

Pentagon declassifies three previously leaked top secret U.S. Navy videos of "unexplained aerial phenomena"—and that some believe could show UFOs. https://t.co/SgE0JDGtej pic.twitter.com/yhv8ZBDR0p

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Our original report from 2018 follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Newly released footage from 2015 reportedly shows a Navy encounter with an unidentifiable flying vehicle. The To The Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences released a video on Friday which is said to include official Department of Defense footage taken from a A/A-18 Hornet while viewing an unidentified object, according to CNN. The video, titled "Go Fast," can be seen below. [youtube clip_id="wxVRg7LLaQA"] The video was reportedly taken from a Pentagon program studying Unidentified Flying Objects. It was originally classified when it launched in 2007 as the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program. The program shut down in 2012, but some elements of the program are reportedly still active. To The Stars Academy claims several government organizations reviewed the footage and it is available for anyone who submits a Freedom of Information Act request. The To The Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences, co-founded by former Blink182 frontman Tom DeLonge, is an organization comprised partly of members of the US intelligence community which aims to gather and release evidence which proves the existence of "exotic technologies." Luis Elizondo, former head of the Pentagon UFO program who now works at To The Stars Academy, says the video represents what is likely part of a much larger cache of material the Pentagon obtained as part of the program. "There is far more compelling evidence that I was privy to," he said, "I think you're looking at the tip of the iceberg." A CNN safety analyst noted the lack of a heat signature of the unidentified aircraft in the video, while Elizondo explained this video does not immediately indicate the presence of "a little green space alien" but that the vehicle and its unknown origins "should be alarming." For more on unidentified flying objects, be sure to read more about the Pentagon program which was declassified last year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Brian Barnett is a freelance writer for IGN who is dubious about the existence of aliens. You can attempt to persuade him on Twitter at @Ribnax.

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