Navy Says All UFO Videos Classified, Releasing Them ‘Will Harm National Security’

[TedCruz]

The U.S. Navy says that releasing any additional UFO videos would “harm national security” and told a government transparency website that all of the government’s UFO videos are classified information.
In a Freedom of Information Act request response, the Navy told government transparency site The Black Vault that any public dissemination of new UFO videos “will harm national security as it may provide adversaries valuable information regarding Department of Defense/Navy operations, vulnerabilities, and/or capabilities. No portions of the videos can be segregated for release.”
The Black Vault was seeking all videos “with the designation of ‘unidentified aerial phenomena.’” This is an interesting response from the Navy because, often, military agencies will issue a so-called GLOMAR response, where they neither confirm nor deny that the records (in this case videos) exist, and refuse to say anything more. In this response, the Navy is admitting that it has more videos, and also gives a rationale for releasing three previous UFO videos.
“While three UAP videos were released in the past, the facts specific to those three videos are unique in that those videos were initially released via unofficial channels before official release,” it said. “Those events were discussed extensively in the public domain; in fact, major news outlets conducted specials on these events. Given the amount of information in the public domain regarding these encounters, it was possible to release the files without further damage to national security.”
It’s true that the three videos—which were leaked to former Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge and the New York Times—didn’t originally come out via official means. But in recent years, the Pentagon has regularly talked about UFOs, and earlier this year it showed additional clips from UFOs to Congress. The military has seemingly wanted to tell the public and Congress that UFOs are very much real and a threat, and that it needs more funding to determine what they are and, perhaps, protect us against them. But it continues to hold the videos close to the vest.

I fully agree with their assessment. What they are classifying is not the object itself but methods and means of procurement of that image. They don't want to expose sensor and system capabilities.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Or it may just get all the nutjobs in the US something to rally against.

 

[mlnevese]

They know I would sue them as I didn't authorize public use of my image

 

[show-Zi]

They know I would sue them as I didn't authorize public use of my image

They may sell DVD anthologies if you allow.

 

[cruelsister]

'Cosmic' and 'phantom' UFOs are all over Ukraine's skies, government report claims

The skies over Kyiv are swarming with unidentified flying objects (UFOs), according to a new report from the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Of course, given that Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a months-long war that relies heavily on aircraft and drones, it's likely that many of these so-called UFOs are military tools that appear too fleetingly to identify, a U.S. intelligence agency has speculated.

Published to the preprint database arXiv, the report — which has not yet been peer-reviewed — describes recent steps that Ukrainian astronomers have taken to monitor fast-moving, low-visibility objects in the daytime sky over Kyiv and the surrounding villages. Using specially calibrated cameras at two weather stations in Kyiv and Vinarivka, a village about 75 miles (120 kilometers) to the south, astronomers observed dozens of objects "that cannot scientifically be identified as known natural phenomena," the report said.

Government agencies tend to refer to such objects as UAP, short for "unidentified aerial phenomena."

"We observe a significant number of objects whose nature is not clear," the team wrote. "We see them everywhere."

The researchers divided their UAP observations into two categories: "cosmics" and "phantoms." According to the report, cosmics are luminous objects that are brighter than the background sky. These objects are designated with birds' names — such as "swift," "falcon" and "eagle" — and have been observed flying solo as well as in "squadrons," the team wrote.

Phantoms, by contrast, are dark objects, usually appearing "completely black," as if absorbing all light falling onto them, the team added. By comparing observations from the two participating observatories, the researchers estimated that phantoms range from 10 to 40 feet (3 to 12 meters) wide and can travel at speeds of up to 33,000 mph (53,000 km/h). For comparison, an intercontinental ballistic missile can reach speeds of up to 15,000 mph (24,000 km/h), according to The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

The researchers did not speculate as to what these UFOs may be. Rather, their paper focuses on the methods and calculations used to detect the objects. However, according to a 2021 report from the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), it's likely that at least some UAP are "technologies deployed by China, Russia, another nation, or a non-governmental entity."

Given the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022, it's reasonable to suspect that some UAP described in the new report may be linked to foreign surveillance or military technologies.

According to the ODNI report, other possible explanations for UAP include "airborne clutter," such as birds and balloons; atmospheric phenomena, such as ice crystals; or classified government projects. Neither the U.S. nor Ukraine reports raise the possibility of extraterrestrial visitors.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

I just started watching the 3rd season of War Of The Worlds last night, now there's UFO"s over Ukraine, coincidence....I think not.

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

 

[show-Zi]

Objects that are being developed in top secret are UFOs to those who aren't involved in the development.

Spoiler

Spoiler: I think the identity of the object is this

 

[mlnevese]

It's so easy to make fake videos these days. I won't trust any image or video until at least 3 specialists from different countries agree it's not fake.

 

[franz]

It's so easy to make fake videos these days. I won't trust any image or video until at least 3 specialists from different countries agree it's not fake.

I can't dismiss what I see with the naked eye, but when you hear about other people's observations, it becomes easier to believe what they say because you know it exists.

 

[[correlate]]

 

[Jonny Quest]

It's so easy to make fake videos these days. I won't trust any image or video until at least 3 specialists from different countries agree it's not fake.

I agree, the triangle ufo on the aircraft carrier video looks blurry, just like all the images of Big Foot look blurry.

Spoiler: Big Foot

 

[MuzzMelbourne]

I once saw a map of the globe with all reported UFO sightings in the World. 98% are concentrated in southern USA! Its a bizarre looking image.

Moonshine liquor is my explanation.

Ooooo, damn... there's that cat again. "here kitty kitty..."

 

[vtqhtr413]

If we apply our basic knowledge in mathematics, there is no question that there are other beings somewhere in the universe, there use to be Dinosaurs here, give that a moment's thought, what we don't know is how we could possibly travel the vast, I mean unimaginably extreme distances to meet them, (personally, I don't think it's possible), and if we figured that out, how do we get around ageing slower at near light speed, we haven't even figured out how to cope with the dilemma's that zero gravity poses, have you read how our astronauts eat, sleep, relieve themselves, Star Trek makes it seem easy, it really, really isn't.

A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.

There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests

A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.

www.livescience.com

 

[mlnevese]

It would be statistically unlikely for life not to exist elsewhere given the mind bogging number of worlds out there and the fact organic substances have been identified on asteroids and comets. Don't confuse organic substances with life though, those are building block substances, not life itself.

Then there is the question we have no real parameter to calculate how often complex life evolves and how often life creates intelligence. There may be whole worlds out there full of life with no intelligent technological civilizations. Also considering the wild variation of life right here it's possible there are species out there as smart as us but physically unable to develop advanced technology.

Then there is the question of why an advanced civilization would be here. I can think of some reasons:

1) Determine if we may be a threat to them if not now, in the future
2) Study a primitive civilization.
3) Study biodiversity.

Resource gathering is unlikely. There is nothing on Earth that can't be found elsewhere where no violent monkeys exist to bother the miners...

And that's even considering there is an easy way to travel the long distances involved. I can see no point in sending a living being on a 1000 + years trip just to collect some DNA or even worse, to mine some resources. Just send an AI robotic probe. We could do that right now and there is no way to predict what a civilization even a few centuries ahead of us could do.

 

[vtqhtr413]

House of Representatives To Hold Hearing On Whistleblower's UFO Claims - Slashdot

The House of Representatives in the United States plans to hold a hearing to investigate claims made by a whistleblower former intelligence official, David Grusch, that the US government possesses "intact and partially intact" alien vehicles. The Guardian reports: "There will be oversight of...

entertainment.slashdot.org

 

[monkeylove]

The UFO videos from the Navy are remarkable because they refer to incidents involving experts on flying objects or phenomena, i.e., military aviators and radar personnel, using radar and weapons tracking systems. It gets worse when several military personnel mention that this has been happening many times but are told by superiors not to discuss them further. In this case, the public only found out because the videos were leaked to the NYT.

 

[cartaphilus]

Anyone who says they saw UFOs they might actually just have been just visiting Romania