USS Theodore Roosevelt Encounters (Gimbal and GoFast)
Navy aviators from the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier group reported repeated encounters with unidentified objects during training off the East Coast, two of which were captured on released targeting-pod video.
- Date
- 2014 to 2015
- Location
- Off the U.S. Atlantic coast · United States
- Witnesses
- Military, Pilot
- Evidence
- Video, Radar, Official documents
What was reported
Pilots told The New York Times in 2019 that objects appeared almost daily on upgraded radar in 2014-2015. The 'Gimbal' and 'GoFast' infrared videos were published in 2017 and formally released by the Department of Defense in April 2020.
Official and public statements
The Department of Defense stated in April 2020 that the objects in the videos were unidentified. Writer Mick West of Metabunk stated that 'Gimbal' shows glare from a distant jet engine rotated by the camera system and that 'GoFast' shows a slow object whose apparent speed comes from parallax.
References
- Department of Defense — Statement on release of Navy videos (2020)
- Pentagon UFO videos — Wikipedia
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
Source: Department of Defense