Four months into 2020 and it already feels like an eternity. From the fires that ravaged Australia, to Kobe Byrant¡¯s death and, of course, the coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the world, a number of strange things have happened so far. And as if all that wasn¡¯t enough, we have a new development on the ¡®alien life¡¯ front.?
The Pentagon has reportedly officially released three short clips of US Navy pilots' encounter with what they have termed ¡®unidentified aerial phenomena.¡¯
The infraredvideos, filmed from US Navy planes in 2004 and 2015, showed ¡®unidentifiedaerial phenomena¡¯ (UAPs).?The objectscan be seen traversing the skies in an unexplained manner and at extremely highspeeds.?
Two of the videos contained the recordings of the communications by thepilots, who were clearly blown away by the velocity of the unknown aircraft.
The Pentagonsaid it released the footage to ¡°to clear up any misconceptions by the publicon whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real or whether ornot there is more to the videos,¡± a statement on the Department of Defense websitesaid.
¡°After athorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release ofthese unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities orsystems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military airspace incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena,¡± the statement said.
FormerSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, tweeted in support of the Pentagon releasingthe videos Monday. In his tweet, Reid added that the videos ¡°only scratchthe surface of research and materials available.¡±
One of thevideos released shows an incident from 2004 in which Navy pilots encountered anobject 40 feet long hovering about 50 feet above the water, according to theNew York Times; the two other videos are from 2015 and show strange objectsmoving very quickly ¡ª one racing above the water, another rotating in mid air(the videos were released after unauthorized leaks in 2007 and 2017, CBS Newsreports.)
The releaseof the videos and the Times report on the experiences of the Navy pilots whoencountered the objects comes as government officials have sought toinvestigate and lend more transparency to the subject in recent years.