USS Omaha USO Incident
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Evidence quality · 6 components
Behavioral anomalousness · 4 components
TL;DR
Pentagon-authenticated FLIR footage from USS Omaha's Combat Information Center shows a spherical metallic object flying at ~130 knots before descending into the Pacific Ocean without debris on July 15, 2019 - a submarine and helicopter found nothing in the subsequent search - making it the strongest publicly available sensor evidence for a transmedium object in any official U.S. government UAP record.
Confirmed
- ✓USS Omaha FLIR footage documenting the encounter is authentic Navy footage, confirmed by Pentagon on April 30, 2021
- ✓The object was tracked at approximately 130 knots and appeared to descend into the Pacific Ocean with no observable surface debris
- ✓CIC crew audio recorded contemporaneously: 'Wow, it's going into the water' followed by 'Splash. No wreckage.'
- ✓USS Omaha launched a helicopter and deployed a submarine in a recovery search - neither found any debris or trace of the object
- ✓The 2019 Southern California encounter cluster also involved USS Russell (light swarm, also Pentagon-authenticated), USS Kidd, and other vessels
Unresolved
- ?Whether the FLIR footage shows the object entering the ocean or passing below the ship's effective sensor horizon - some analysts dispute the actual water-entry interpretation
- ?Whether the object was an advanced adversary UAS or a transmedium craft - no RF emissions, transponder, or IFF response was detected during the encounter
- ?Why the submarine found no sonar contact despite being deployed specifically to locate the submerged object
Strongest mundane explanation
An advanced adversary UAS conducting surveillance of U.S. Navy exercises off Southern California, consistent with the Navy's own initial Task Force framing - though no drone failure produces a controlled ocean descent without debris, no known commercial or adversary drone of 2019 can transit into and under water without disintegrating, and the negative submarine sonar result is inconsistent with a large metallic object entering the water nearby.
On July 15, 2019, multiple U.S. Navy ships including USS Omaha tracked and filmed a spherical object exhibiting flight characteristics inconsistent with any known aircraft. The object was filmed by USS Omaha's Combat Information Center crew using FLIR thermal imaging. The footage shows a round, metallic object flying at approximately 130 knots before descending into the Pacific Ocean. The object was observed to submerge without disintegrating - behavior inconsistent with conventional aircraft or drone failure. The Pentagon authenticated the USS Omaha footage in 2021. This incident is part of a broader cluster of documented Navy UAP encounters from 2019 involving multiple vessels and dozens of crew members.
Key Facts
- ›Date: July 15, 2019; part of a series of Navy UAP encounters from summer 2019
- ›USS Omaha (LCS-12) Combat Information Center crew filmed the object using FLIR thermal imaging
- ›Object described as spherical, metallic, approximately 6 feet in diameter, no wings, no visible propulsion
- ›The object flew at approximately 130 knots on an erratic course before descending into the water
- ›The submersion appeared controlled - the object descended rather than crashing, producing no observable debris or surface disturbance
- ›USS Omaha launched a helicopter and deployed a submarine to attempt location of the submerged object - neither found anything
- ›The USS Omaha footage was obtained and published by filmmaker Jeremy Corbell in April 2021
- ›The Pentagon authenticated the footage in a statement on April 30, 2021
- ›The 2019 encounters also involved USS Russell (filmed a swarm of unidentified lights), USS Kidd, and other vessels
- ›Retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet has cited incidents of this type in his public congressional testimony about underwater UAP programs