News · April 27, 2020 · written up November 14, 2026 · 2020 on the timeline

The Pentagon officially releases the three Navy UAP videos

On April 27, 2020, the Department of Defense said it had reviewed three unclassified Navy videos and authorized their release. One was recorded in November 2004 and two in January 2015.

All three had already circulated in public after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017. The department said it released them to clear up any misconceptions about whether the footage was real, or whether there was more to the videos.

It said the release does not reveal sensitive capabilities or systems, and that the aerial phenomena in the videos are still characterized as unidentified. The videos are hosted in the Naval Air Systems Command FOIA reading room.

The 2004 video comes from the Nimitz encounter. The two 2015 videos are known as Gimbal and GoFast. Each has its own case file with what was reported and by whom.

Sources

• Department of Defense statement, April 27, 2020

Read the case file: The Nimitz encounter

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