Case study · CASE-023 · Military infrared video / resolved kinematic assessment
GOFAST Navy FLIR video
DocumentedNo anomalous performance per AAROWhere Atlantic Ocean off Florida, USAWhen 2015-01
Case
- Overview
- Navy F/A-18F infrared clip of object apparently moving rapidly over sea; quantitative parallax analysis is central.
- Investigative phases
- 2015 FLIR recording; 2020 official release; AARO kinematic assessment
- Reported phenomena
- Apparent high-speed low-altitude motion
- Public evidence status
- Official video and AARO detailed methodology publicly accessible
- Alternative explanations / caveats
- AARO high confidence no exceptional/anomalous behavior; incomplete original data prevent full trajectory solution; object identity not definitively established
- Next research tasks
- Reproduce range/altitude/speed bounds; annotate sensor readout; compare competing kinematic reconstructions
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-29
Assessment
- Event date
- 2015-01
- Source category
- Official FLIR recording + government kinematic report
- Original data accessibility
- Video public; complete telemetry not public
- Witness / instrument basis
- Sensor video; kinematic modeling
- Corroboration limitations
- AARO high confidence no exceptional/anomalous behavior; incomplete original data prevent full trajectory solution; object identity not definitively established
- Extraordinary claim assessment
- No anomalous performance per AARO
- Current status
- No anomalous performance per AARO
- Priority research task
- Reproduce range/altitude/speed bounds; annotate sensor readout; compare competing kinematic reconstructions
- Lead source ID
- SRC-104
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-29
Evidence (1)
- Primary record / original reporting: GOFAST Navy FLIR video Claim unverified
Documents gathered (1 line of evidence)
On the timeline (1)
- 2015-01 GOFAST Navy FLIR video Reported