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Dozens<ref name=":2" /> of pilots reported sighting [[Unidentified flying object|unidentified flying objects]] "almost daily" while training for a deployment to the Persian Gulf.<ref name=":1" /> Onboard and off-board radar, infrared detections, and visual sightings by the pilots and [[Weapon systems officer|weapon systems officers]] were reported. The sightings were described in the reports as looking "like a sphere encasing a cube".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/mystery-of-the-damn-things/|title=Mystery of the “damn things”|last=Tegler|first=Jan|last2=Hofacker|first2=Cat|date=November 2019|website=Aerospace America|publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Once, pilots reported an object almost collided with two jets prompting the [[VFA-11|VFA-11 fighter squadron]] to submit an aviation flight safety report.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> According to a Navy spokesman, there have been a number of reports and, while some cases could have been commercial drones, the source of others remains unknown as not enough data is available for accurate tracking, prompting new classified guidance on reporting procedures "for suspected intrusions into our airspace.”<ref name=":1" />
Dozens<ref name=":2" /> of pilots reported sighting [[Unidentified flying object|unidentified flying objects]] "almost daily" while training for a deployment to the Persian Gulf.<ref name=":1" /> Onboard and off-board radar, infrared detections, and visual sightings by the pilots and [[Weapon systems officer|weapon systems officers]] were reported. The sightings were described in the reports as looking "like a sphere encasing a cube".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/mystery-of-the-damn-things/|title=Mystery of the “damn things”|last=Tegler|first=Jan|last2=Hofacker|first2=Cat|date=November 2019|website=Aerospace America|publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Once, pilots reported an object almost collided with two jets prompting the [[VFA-11|VFA-11 fighter squadron]] to submit an aviation flight safety report.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> According to a Navy spokesman, there have been a number of reports and, while some cases could have been commercial drones, the source of others remains unknown as not enough data is available for accurate tracking, prompting new classified guidance on reporting procedures "for suspected intrusions into our airspace.”<ref name=":1" />


Two [[infrared]] video recordings by an [[Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet|F/A-18 Super Hornet]] have been released showing encounters with unidentified flying objects.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> One video metadata indicated it was made off the coast of [[Jacksonville, Florida]], on January 20, 2015. The second video was taken a few weeks later.<ref name=":1" /> According to astrophysicist Leon Golub, the reports have a number of mundane explanations such as "bugs in the code for the imaging and display systems, atmospheric effects and reflections, neurological overload from multiple inputs during high-speed flight.”<ref name=":1" />
Two [[infrared]] video recordings by an [[Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet|F/A-18 Super Hornet]] have been released showing encounters with unidentified flying objects.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> One video was made off the coast of [[Jacksonville, Florida]], on January 20, 2015.<ref name=":1" /> The second video was taken a few weeks later.<ref name=":1" /> According to astrophysicist Leon Golub, the reports have a number of mundane explanations such as "bugs in the code for the imaging and display systems, atmospheric effects and reflections, neurological overload from multiple inputs during high-speed flight.”<ref name=":1" />


The videos were released in December 2017 by ''The New York Times'' and an entertainment company named "[[To the Stars (company)|To the Stars]]",<ref name=":2" /><ref name="NYT-20171216-B">{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Helene|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html|title=Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program|date=December 16, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 17, 2017|last2=Blumenthal|first2=Ralph|last3=Kean|first3=Leslie}}</ref> part of a wider release by former intelligence officer [[Luis Elizondo]] who said that he wanted to shed light on a secretive [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] operation to analyze reported UFO sightings, the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]].<ref name="Politico-20171216">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/16/pentagon-ufo-search-harry-reid-216111|title=The Pentagon's Secret Search for UFOs|last=Bender|first=Bryan|date=December 16, 2017|website=[[Politico]]|access-date=December 17, 2017}}</ref><ref name="WP-20171216">{{Cite news|last=Warrick|first=Joby|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-pentagons-secret-ufo-office-sought-to-make-evidence-public/2017/12/16/90bcb7cc-e2b2-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html|title=Head of Pentagon's secret 'UFO' office sought to make evidence public|date=December 16, 2017|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=December 21, 2017|authorlink=Joby Warrick}}</ref><ref name="WP-20180309">{{cite news|last=Mellon|first=Christopher|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-military-keeps-encountering-ufos-why-doesnt-the-pentagon-care/2018/03/09/242c125c-22ee-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html|title=The military keeps encountering UFOs. Why doesn’t the Pentagon care?|date=March 9, 2018|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 12, 2018|authorlink=Christopher Mellon}}</ref> The Navy confirmed the authenticity of the videos stating only that they depict what they consider to be "[[unidentified aerial phenomena]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-confirms-videos-did-capture-ufo-sightings-it-calls-them-n1056201|title=Yep, those are UFOs, Navy says about 3 videos of strange sightings|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/09/18/those-ufo-videos-are-real-navy-says-please-stop-saying-ufo/|title=Those UFO videos are real, the Navy says, but please stop saying ‘UFO’|last=Epstein|first=Kayla Epstein|date=|website=Washington Post|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5680192/navy-confirms-ufo-videos-real/|title=Navy Confirms Existence of 'Unidentified' Flying Objects Seen in Leaked Footage|website=Time|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref>
The videos were released in December 2017 by ''The New York Times'' and an entertainment company named "[[To the Stars (company)|To the Stars]]",<ref name=":2" /><ref name="NYT-20171216-B">{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Helene|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html|title=Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program|date=December 16, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 17, 2017|last2=Blumenthal|first2=Ralph|last3=Kean|first3=Leslie}}</ref> part of a wider release by former intelligence officer [[Luis Elizondo]] who said that he wanted to shed light on a secretive [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] operation to analyze reported UFO sightings, the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]].<ref name="Politico-20171216">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/16/pentagon-ufo-search-harry-reid-216111|title=The Pentagon's Secret Search for UFOs|last=Bender|first=Bryan|date=December 16, 2017|website=[[Politico]]|access-date=December 17, 2017}}</ref><ref name="WP-20171216">{{Cite news|last=Warrick|first=Joby|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-pentagons-secret-ufo-office-sought-to-make-evidence-public/2017/12/16/90bcb7cc-e2b2-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html|title=Head of Pentagon's secret 'UFO' office sought to make evidence public|date=December 16, 2017|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=December 21, 2017|authorlink=Joby Warrick}}</ref><ref name="WP-20180309">{{cite news|last=Mellon|first=Christopher|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-military-keeps-encountering-ufos-why-doesnt-the-pentagon-care/2018/03/09/242c125c-22ee-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html|title=The military keeps encountering UFOs. Why doesn’t the Pentagon care?|date=March 9, 2018|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 12, 2018|authorlink=Christopher Mellon}}</ref> The Navy confirmed the authenticity of the videos stating only that they depict what they consider to be "[[unidentified aerial phenomena]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-confirms-videos-did-capture-ufo-sightings-it-calls-them-n1056201|title=Yep, those are UFOs, Navy says about 3 videos of strange sightings|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/09/18/those-ufo-videos-are-real-navy-says-please-stop-saying-ufo/|title=Those UFO videos are real, the Navy says, but please stop saying ‘UFO’|last=Epstein|first=Kayla Epstein|date=|website=Washington Post|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5680192/navy-confirms-ufo-videos-real/|title=Navy Confirms Existence of 'Unidentified' Flying Objects Seen in Leaked Footage|website=Time|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref>

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USS Theodore Roosvelt UFO incidents
USS Theodore Roosevelt underway in the Atlantic Ocean in March 2015.
DateJune 2, 2014 – March 10, 2015 (2014-06-02 – 2015-03-10)
LocationEast Coast of the United States

The USS Theodore Roosevelt UFO incidents were a series of radar-visual encounters of unidentified flying objects by United States Navy fighter pilots of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) carrier strike group that occurred between summer of 2014 to March 2015 along the East Coast of the United States.[1][2]

Dozens[2] of pilots reported sighting unidentified flying objects "almost daily" while training for a deployment to the Persian Gulf.[1] Onboard and off-board radar, infrared detections, and visual sightings by the pilots and weapon systems officers were reported. The sightings were described in the reports as looking "like a sphere encasing a cube".[1][3] Once, pilots reported an object almost collided with two jets prompting the VFA-11 fighter squadron to submit an aviation flight safety report.[1][3] According to a Navy spokesman, there have been a number of reports and, while some cases could have been commercial drones, the source of others remains unknown as not enough data is available for accurate tracking, prompting new classified guidance on reporting procedures "for suspected intrusions into our airspace.”[1]

Two infrared video recordings by an F/A-18 Super Hornet have been released showing encounters with unidentified flying objects.[1][2] One video was made off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, on January 20, 2015.[1] The second video was taken a few weeks later.[1] According to astrophysicist Leon Golub, the reports have a number of mundane explanations such as "bugs in the code for the imaging and display systems, atmospheric effects and reflections, neurological overload from multiple inputs during high-speed flight.”[1]

The videos were released in December 2017 by The New York Times and an entertainment company named "To the Stars",[2][4] part of a wider release by former intelligence officer Luis Elizondo who said that he wanted to shed light on a secretive Department of Defense operation to analyze reported UFO sightings, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.[5][6][7] The Navy confirmed the authenticity of the videos stating only that they depict what they consider to be "unidentified aerial phenomena".[8][9][10]

The incidents have been the subject of classified congressional hearings aimed at understanding and identifying the potential threat to the safety and security of aviators.[11][12][13] Following the encounters, the Navy announced it had updated the way pilots were to formally report UFO incidents,[11][12] in order to encourage pilots to flag disturbances.[9]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cooper, Helene; Blumenthal, Ralph; Kean, Leslie (2019-05-26). "'Wow, What Is That?' Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  2. ^ a b c d McMillan, Tim (2020-01-17). "The Tale of the Tape: The Long, Bizarre Saga of the Navy's UFO Video". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  3. ^ a b Tegler, Jan; Hofacker, Cat (November 2019). "Mystery of the "damn things"". Aerospace America. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Cooper, Helene; Blumenthal, Ralph; Kean, Leslie (December 16, 2017). "Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program". The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  5. ^ Bender, Bryan (December 16, 2017). "The Pentagon's Secret Search for UFOs". Politico. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. ^ Warrick, Joby (December 16, 2017). "Head of Pentagon's secret 'UFO' office sought to make evidence public". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  7. ^ Mellon, Christopher (March 9, 2018). "The military keeps encountering UFOs. Why doesn't the Pentagon care?". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "Yep, those are UFOs, Navy says about 3 videos of strange sightings". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  9. ^ a b Epstein, Kayla Epstein. "Those UFO videos are real, the Navy says, but please stop saying 'UFO'". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Navy Confirms Existence of 'Unidentified' Flying Objects Seen in Leaked Footage". Time. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  11. ^ a b "Congress receive classified briefing on 'UFO encounters with US navy'". The Independent. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  12. ^ a b Bender, Bryan. "Senators get classified briefing on UFO sightings". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  13. ^ McMillan, Tim (2020-02-14). "Inside the Pentagon's Secret UFO Program". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  14. ^ Janos, Adam. "Why Have There Been So Many UFO Sightings Near Nuclear Facilities?". HISTORY. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
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