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Watch Pentagon’s newly released Navy videos showing ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ including infamous ‘Tic Tac’ clip
THE US Department of Defense on Monday officially released three videos showing pilots interacting with UFOs.
The Pentagon footage, which had previously been leaked and has been seen before, was set public following an investigation into whether the sensitive material revealed "any sensitive capabilities or systems".
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The DoD said after review the three clips don't "impinge on any subsequent investigations of [these types of] military air space incursions".
The clips show three separate incidents involving "unidentified aerial phenomena," one from November 2004 and two from January 2015.
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A Department of Defense spokesperson said in a : "The U.S. Navy previously acknowledged that these videos circulating in the public domain were indeed Navy videos...
"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 aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as 'unidentified.'"
The 2004 video shows the USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" incident, shot by pilot Chad Underwood.
Some footage from the unexplained encounter was released in 2017, but DOD have now released the full clip -
The incident unfolded during carrier group exercises in the Pacific, off the coast of Mexico, with six pilots in total spotting the strange sight.
They described seeing a "Tic Tac-shaped" object about 40 feet long hovering some 50 feet above the water.
What the f*** is that thing?!
Pilot who witnessed 2015 UFO incident
One baffled pilot who spotted the UFO said: "It would go from like 50 feet off the ground... it looked like it was just hovering over the water.
“But there was no method of propulsion that was keeping it airborne: no wings, no heat, keeping it airborne or aloft.”
reports one pilot the object "accelerated" off "like nothing I’ve ever seen" when they approached.
Following the Times story's publication, the Pentagon acknowledged the existence of its which was founded in 2007 to study UFOs.
But the scheme was disbanded in 2012.
The two incidents from 2015 show similar hovering objects.
Puzzled pilots can be heard questioning "What the f*** is that thing?!" as the UFO whizzes through the air.
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It's the first time the DOD has declassified the footage after admitting the three creepy encounters were genuine in 2019.
Former senator, Harry Reid said he was "glad" the Pentagon had released the material, but hinted the clips "only scratched the surface".
He added: "The US needs to take a serious, scientific look at this and any potential national security implications. The American people deserve to be informed".
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