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FLIR1

Also known as: FLIR1, FLIR1 video, FLIR1 clip, 'FLIR1' video, "FLIR1" video, “FLIR1” video

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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com The New Yorker Apr 30, 2021 11 facts

perspectiveMick West contends that the 'FLIR1' video likely depicts a distant airplane rather than an unidentified aerial phenomenon.

claimThe New Yorker issued a correction stating an earlier version of the article misidentified the author of the reporting on Skinwalker Ranch, the website where it was published, and inaccurately described the technology used to capture the FLIR1 clip.

accountIn September 2019, a United States Navy spokesperson officially designated the 'FLIR1' video and two videos associated with 2015 East Coast sightings as showing 'incursions into our military training ranges by unidentified aerial phenomena.'

accountPilot Chad Underwood recorded a video of the U.A.P. encounter using an aircraft targeting pod, resulting in a clip known as 'FLIR1' which shows a blurry ashen dot outmaneuvering the FLIR track.

accountIn September 2019, a United States Navy spokesperson officially announced that the 'FLIR1' video and two videos associated with 2015 sightings off the East Coast showed 'incursions into our military training ranges by unidentified aerial phenomena.'

claimThe New York Times article "Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program" included two videos, one of which was titled "FLIR1."

claimAn earlier version of the New Yorker article misidentified the author of the reporting on Skinwalker Ranch, the website where it was published, and inaccurately described the technology used to capture the FLIR1 clip.

claimMick West contends that the 'FLIR1' video likely shows a distant plane and that the radar detections from the U.S.S. Princeton encounter were likely birds or clouds registered by a brand-new, miscalibrated radar system.

accountThe video clip known as 'FLIR1' features one minute and sixteen seconds of footage showing a blurry dot that appears to outwit the forward-looking infrared (FLIR) tracking system before making a rapid getaway.

perspectiveMick West contends that the 'FLIR1' video likely depicts a distant plane and suggests that other radar detections from the Nimitz encounter were likely birds or clouds registered by a miscalibrated radar system.

claimMick West contends in multiple YouTube videos that the “FLIR1” video likely depicts a distant plane.