The Nimitz ‘Tic Tac’ and the FLIR1 Video (2004)
In November 2004, Navy pilots off San Diego reported a white, wingless ‘Tic Tac’ object. The infrared clip known as FLIR1 surfaced in 2017, and the Pentagon formally released it in 2020.
In November 2004, Navy pilots off San Diego reported a white, wingless ‘Tic Tac’ object. The infrared clip known as FLIR1 surfaced in 2017, and the Pentagon formally released it in 2020.
A 2015 Navy infrared clip appears to show a small object racing over the waves. The Pentagon released it in 2020, but the on-screen numbers point to something slower.
On 21 January 2015, an F/A-18’s infrared pod recorded 34 seconds of a dark, haloed shape that seems to rotate. The Navy and the Pentagon call it unidentified. The best-developed explanation is glare from a distant jet engine, rotated by the camera itself. Here is the dated record.