GIMBAL video
Official Navy cockpit-sensor footage showing a tracked object that appears to rotate within the infrared frame.
- Source
- U.S. Navy
- Recorded
- January 2015
- Assessment
- Unresolved · Optical effect possible
What the footage supports
The apparent rotation is the key feature. Infrared glare can rotate with a sensor assembly, so rotation in the image is not proof that the physical object rotated. The stable track and crew audio make the event worth preserving, but the clip is not conclusive.
What the public record says
Navy aircrew audio accompanies the infrared track. The commentary documents real-time uncertainty, while the apparent rotation still has to be separated from glare and sensor-system behavior.
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- source
- Strong
- continuity
- Partial
- metadata
- Limited
- corroboration
- Partial
- conventional Checks
- Open
What else could account for it?
Infrared glare rotating with the sensor
Distant aircraft
Atmospheric and focus effects
Evidence limits
No public raw sensor data, range solution, or synchronized radar track ties the apparent shape and rotation to the object itself.
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New developments
Public debate continues over whether the rotation belongs to the object or the imaging system; the released clip alone cannot settle that question.
Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern United States
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