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2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos
2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos3 key questions · 5 questions · 1 answered
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QuestionWhere it stands
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AnsweredA slow object at about 13,000 feet whose apparent speed is parallax from the camera aircraft's motion.
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Most likelyThe apparent acceleration is an artefact of the field-of-view change and loss of track; the object is a…