UFO footage released by US military

dowie · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:16

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ots-footage-unidentified-object-a8116356.html

US fighter jets were sent to investigate a mysterious flying object as it hovered off the coast of San Diego, previously classified footage has revealed.

A video released by the US Department of Defence (DoD) shows Navy pilots reacting with astonishment as they tracked the whitish oval as it glided above the Pacific Ocean.

The footage was studied by a secret multimillion dollar programmetasked with investigating reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

The Pentagon has admitted the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Programme (AATIP) ran from 2007 to 2012 with $22m (£15m) in annual funding, buried in DoD budgets.

The recently released footage shows a 2014 encounter between an apparent object, roughly the size of a commercial plane, and two Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets, from the aircraft carrier Nimitz.

I've got to admit it does look rather bizarre.

What would you guys guess it was?

Weather balloon?
Some secret US project the navy pilots and people tasking them weren't aware of?
The Russians?
Aliens??? (

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Hades · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:19

ImNotSayingItsAliens.jpg

It does look odd.

Diddums · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:20

Attention seeking.

robfosters · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:22

My dad was right, they are coming to get us :eek:

NewGamer11 · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:24

Aliens confirmed!

Speck of dirt on the camera lens?

Ayahuasca · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:26

NewGamer11 said:
Aliens confirmed!

Speck of dirt on the camera lens?

There was a second F-18 and the pilot was seeing the same thing as they were discussing in the video.

Randomface74 · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:26

Have the air force never heard of the gopro?

Can't even see how the thing is flying, what its shape is, is there a rocket or propellers, etc... can't see much at all.

gord · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:27

It's fine, I watched a documentary about this the other day and I've put glasses of water all around my house.

robfosters · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:29

Probably a recce mission for the mother ship.

Is David Levinson on the case?

Nasher · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:30

Can't be a balloon, the pilot said it was going against the wind and there were loads of them.

Problem is they are in jet fighters so can't go slow enough to get a proper look. The cameras are using are IR ones meant for looking at ground targets at long distance, not that kind of thing.

robfosters · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:31

Nasher said:
Can't be a balloon, the pilot said it was going against the wind and there were loads of them.

Problem is they are likely in jet fighters so can't go slow enough to get a proper look.

If they’re in jet fighters,why didn’t they chase it? Scaredy cats.

Nasher · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:31

robfosters said:
If they’re in jet fighters,why didn’t they chase it?

Looks like it's not moving that fast, they are circling it.

wedrum · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:32

******** as usual

robfosters · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:33

Nasher said:
Looks like it's not moving that fast, they are circling it.

I’d have flown straight towards it.

aardvark · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:35

i'm guessing it BS, thats my best guess.

robfosters · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:37

More likely to be something dodgy from the Russians. God knows what they get up to in their underground laboratories.

Nasher · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:37

Well it could be faked, but it would take a lot of effort (including by the carrier the fighters came from) and people would certainly be in a lot of trouble over it.

something daft already!! · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:38

The truth is out there!

EGuitarStar · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:40

A Foo Fighter of course.

robfosters · 19 Dec 2017 at 15:41

something daft already!! said:
The truth is out there!

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