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How the Pentagon learned to start worrying and investigate UFOs nationalgeographic.com Jun 25, 2021 14 facts
accountIn January 2015, U.S. Navy Super Hornets encountered a UAP near Jacksonville, Florida, while the Russian Navy intelligence warship Viktor Leonov was transiting the area.
claimSince 2004, retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and former F/A-18 pilot Alex Dietrich has been requested to deliver briefings on UAP/UFO sightings to government officials at least once a year.
quoteBill Nelson stated to Politico: "A couple of years ago, as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I was briefed on what those Navy pilots saw, and I have talked to the Navy pilots. These are pilots who locked their radar on it. They tracked and then they saw it move so fast that they couldn’t believe it. And then they went and tracked it again, locked their radar on it in a new position."
accountIn 2004, the personal and professional stigma associated with reporting UFOs prevented the U.S. Navy from gathering more evidence on a specific UAP encounter, according to Dietrich.
claimLt. Danny Aucoin stated in interviews that the unidentified objects reacted to the U.S. Navy warplanes and moved around them.
accountVoorhis, a technician with six years of experience in the United States Navy, observed an object drop from 60,000 feet to the waterline, hover, and move at high velocity with confounding right-angle turns while operating combat systems on the USS Princeton.
measurementU.S. Navy pilots observed unidentified objects at various altitudes, including sea level, and tracked them accelerating to hypersonic speeds, defined as greater than five times the speed of sound.
measurementSome unidentified objects observed by U.S. Navy pilots exhibited extreme endurance, staying in the air for up to 12 hours without refueling.
claimThe United States Navy is equipping submarines with powered drones such as the AeroVironment Blackwing, which is a small winged drone equipped with a sensor suite.
accountDuring a recorded encounter, a U.S. Navy pilot remarked that the unidentified objects were moving against a 120-knot wind blowing to the west.
claimLt. Danny Aucoin and Lt. Ryan Graves are two U.S. Navy pilots who have come forward as witnesses to UAP sightings in 2014 and 2015.
accountDietrich retired from the United States Navy as a lieutenant commander in May 2021.
measurementA U.S. Navy task force reviewed 144 sightings of unidentified flying objects reported by U.S. government personnel between 2004 and 2021.
accountIn late 2014 and early 2015, U.S. Navy Super Hornets attached to the U.S.S. Roosevelt began encountering fast-moving, unidentified aircraft described by one pilot as looking like "a cube inside a sphere."
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 11 facts
accountThe New York Times reported in May 2019 that United States Navy pilots flying training missions off the eastern seaboard repeatedly encountered unidentified objects between the summer of 2014 and March 2015.
referenceA 2021 assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated that no standardized reporting mechanism for unidentified aerial phenomena existed until the United States Navy established one in March 2019.
claimIn April 2019, a United States Navy spokesperson stated the service had received reports of unauthorized or unidentified aircraft entering military-controlled ranges and was updating its reporting process.
claimIn 2019, U.S. Navy spokesperson Joseph Gradisher stated that the Navy and the U.S. Air Force take reports of unidentified aircraft very seriously for safety and security reasons and investigate each report.
claimThe United States Navy has reported that unauthorized and/or unidentified aircraft have entered various military-controlled ranges and designated air space in recent years.
claimThe United States Navy began developing new guidelines for reporting unidentified flying objects in response to an increase in sightings of unauthorized aircraft.
claimRyan Graves, a former U.S. Navy Lieutenant, described the appearance of UFOs near aircraft carriers as frequent.
claimMultiple U.S. intelligence and military agencies have collected information on UFOs, including the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force.
claimThe United States Navy updated and formalized its process for reporting unidentified aerial phenomena by 2020.
accountFormer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Ryan Graves stated that UAPs spotted by crew aboard the USS Nimitz, the USS Princeton, and other carriers in 2014 caused flight safety concerns among some Navy pilots.
accountThe United States Navy released official records on May 14, 2020, describing encounters with unexplained flying objects, including accounts from pilots regarding what they observed.
Strategic Rivalry between United States and China swp-berlin.org 5 facts
measurementThe United States Navy fleet has numbered between 279 and 290 vessels in recent years.
measurementThe Chinese navy possesses more than 300 warships, while the United States Navy fleet has numbered between 279 and 290 vessels in recent years.
perspectiveThe United States believes that as China upgrades its armed forces, it is increasingly able to restrict US Navy access to the Asia-Pacific region, thereby challenging America's status as a global power.
measurementThe United States Navy fleet has numbered between 279 and 290 vessels in recent years.
perspectiveThe United States views China's increasing military capabilities as a threat because they may allow China to close down the US Navy's access to the Asia-Pacific region.
How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 5 facts
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.'
accountIn April 2019, the United States Navy revised its official guidelines for pilots, encouraging them to report unidentified aerial phenomena (U.A.P.s) without fear of scorn or censure.
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 December 16, 2017 New York Times article included two videos, recorded by the Navy, of what were described in official channels as 'unidentified aerial phenomena' (U.A.P.).
accountIn April 2019, the United States Navy revised its official guidelines for pilots to encourage the reporting of unidentified aerial phenomena (U.A.P.s) without fear of scorn or censure.
The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ... govinfo.gov 4 facts
accountWithin three days of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy's Combat Intelligence Unit at Pearl Harbor began efforts to decrypt the Japanese Fleet code known as JN25.
claimThe Second Hoover Commission identified the NSC, CIA, NSA, FBI, Department of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Atomic Energy Commission as members of the U.S. intelligence community in 1955.
accountUnited States Navy cryptanalysts successfully cracked the Japanese naval code by May 1942, which enabled the American victory at the Battle of Midway and provided countermeasures throughout the remainder of the war in the Pacific.
claimPost-war investigations found that a lack of coordination between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy resulted in a failure to provide timely dissemination of relevant information to key decisionmakers.
UFOs and the U.S. government: The push towards greater ... - WBUR wbur.org Nov 14, 2023 4 facts
accountIn 2015, U.S. Navy pilots on the USS Theodore Roosevelt observed a fleet of unidentified radar contacts east of the aircraft carrier, which they investigated using FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) technology while expressing confusion about the nature of the objects.
accountThe U.S. Navy investigated whether new radar systems were malfunctioning by cross-referencing radar data with visual and infrared sensors.
accountThe U.S. Navy dismissed the theory that radar malfunctions caused the detection of strange objects because visual and infrared sensors also detected them.
accountThe U.S. Navy investigated whether the strange objects detected by new radar systems were caused by equipment malfunctions, but dismissed this theory after visual and infrared sensors also detected the objects.
Disclosure movement - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 4 facts
claimThe United States Navy confirmed that specific videos depicting unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are authentic.
claimThe New York Times story published on December 16, 2017, included the first of a series of videos filmed by US Navy pilots, which disclosure advocates claimed depicted vehicles representing "extraordinary technology."
perspectiveDisclosure advocates Harry Reid, Luis Elizondo, and Tom DeLonge expressed hope that the release of the US Navy UFO videos was the beginning of further government revelations regarding UFOs.
claimThe New York Times article published on December 16, 2017, included the first of a series of videos filmed by US Navy pilots that disclosure advocates claimed depicted vehicles representing extraordinary technology.
Global overview of dietary outcomes and dietary intake assessment ... link.springer.com Aug 21, 2021 4 facts
referenceA 1989 study by Singh et al., published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, evaluated the magnesium, zinc, and copper status of US Navy SEAL trainees.
referenceA 1994 study by Woodruff and Conway, published in Military Medicine, reported on responses to a health promotion tracking survey conducted within the U.S. Navy.
referenceA 1988 nutritional survey by DeBolt et al., published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, assessed the dietary intake of US Navy SEAL trainees.
referenceA 2016 study by Knapik et al., published in the journal Nutrients, investigated caffeine consumption habits among active-duty US Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
United States Foreign Intelligence Relationships everycrsreport.com May 15, 2019 3 facts
accountThe U.S. Navy and the British Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park signed the Holden Agreement in October 1942, which was the first formal signals intelligence arrangement between the two nations.
claimNew Zealand's nuclear-free zone policy effectively banned nuclear-capable United States Navy ships from making ports of call.
claimThe UKUSA Agreement expanded the oversight of the intelligence partnership to include the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Navy.
Ufology: From Fringe to Mainstream to Fringe? - Skeptic Magazine skeptic.com Feb 20, 2026 3 facts
claimThe U.S. Department of Defense confirmed the authenticity of forward-looking infrared videos of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) captured by U.S. Navy jets.
claimLuis Elizondo believed he had obtained official security clearance for the release of U.S. Navy UAP videos, but the Department of Defense stated the clearance was not intended to authorize public release.
accountLuis Elizondo passed three U.S. Navy UAP videos to Christopher Mellon shortly before resigning from government service in 2017.
UFOs and the U.S. government: The push towards greater ... - LAist laist.com Nov 14, 2023 2 facts
claimRyan Graves served in the U.S. Navy for more than 10 years before leaving the service.
accountThe U.S. Navy investigated whether the unidentified objects detected by new radar systems were caused by equipment malfunctions, but dismissed this theory after visual and infrared sensors on the aircraft also detected the objects.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology open.maricopa.edu 1 fact
accountA study of U.S. and Norwegian Navy personnel found a positive, small correlation between Life Change Unit (LCU) scores prior to a six-month voyage and the subsequent illness symptoms experienced during that voyage.
History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
accountOn June 14, 1985, Hezbollah hijacked TWA Flight 847 and executed an American Navy diver at the Beirut Airport.
Policy Steps to Prevent a Nuclear Iran | The Washington Institute washingtoninstitute.org Jan 28, 2025 1 fact
accountFollowing October 7, 2023, Iranian proxies achieved significant operational feats, including Hamas holding territory in Israel, the forced evacuation of Israeli communities, and the Houthis effectively closing a key maritime passage despite U.S. Navy efforts to reopen it.
Week of wonder: UFOs, the U.S. government and the push towards ... wbur.org Jul 24, 2024 1 fact
claimRyan Graves is a former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a former F/A-18F pilot.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Psychology 2e OpenStax pressbooks.cuny.edu 1 fact
claimA study by Rahe (1974) of U.S. and Norwegian Navy personnel found positive, though small, correlations between life change unit scores prior to a six-month voyage and subsequent illness symptoms experienced during that journey.
Miscellanea: The War in Iran - A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry acoup.blog Mar 25, 2026 1 fact
claimThe United States Navy is reluctant to conduct escort operations for commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf due to the high risk of Iranian anti-ship missile attacks.
Iran War: Kinetic, Cyber, Electronic and Psychological Warfare ... resecurity.com Mar 17, 2026 1 fact
accountThe U.S. Navy struck three Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf.