Navy releases three videos that showcase “unidentified” objects

A screenshot from a 2015 video that shows an "unidentified aerial phenomena." (credit: U.S. Navy)

For years, UFO enthusiasts have excitedly shared three videos captured by US Navy pilots that show unidentified aerial phenomena. The videos, captured in November 2004 and twice in January 2015, were each publicly leaked a few years after their capture. They have been publicized on the History Channel and elsewhere.

On Monday, the US Department of Defense decided to officially release the three videos, which can be downloaded here. Before releasing the "Historical Navy Videos," the military determined that each did not reveal any "sensitive capabilities or systems," nor would releasing them "impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions" by unidentified objects.

"DOD is releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos," the statement reads. "The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as 'unidentified.'"

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