Date
April 27, 2020
Document Type
Gov. Memo
Pages
2
Authentication
Official PublicationIssuing Authority
U.S. Department of Defense
Summary
Official DoD statement formally releasing three previously leaked Navy UAP videos - FLIR1 (2004 Nimitz 'Tic Tac'), Gimbal (2015), and GoFast (2015) - into the public domain. The release confirmed the videos were authentic Navy footage and had not been authorized for prior release, legitimizing years of unofficial disclosures. DoD stated the videos were released 'to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real.' No explanation was provided for the objects depicted.
Significance
First official Pentagon acknowledgment that the three most widely-circulated UAP videos are authentic military footage. Marked a historic shift from decades of official denial/ridicule and directly preceded the June 2021 ODNI UAP Task Force report. Legitimized Luis Elizondo's 2017 disclosure and validated Navy pilot testimony about the Nimitz and Roosevelt encounters.