# Trevithick 2020: Navy Officially Releases Controversial UFO Videos

> Joseph Trevithick, 2020. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The release date, the official wording, and the location of the official files.

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# Navy Officially Releases Controversial UFO Videos

Joseph Trevithick, 2020. _The War Zone_.

Report of 27 April 2020 on the Department of Defense's release of FLIR, GOFAST and GIMBAL through the NAVAIR FOIA reading room, quoting the Pentagon statement and recalling the Navy's September 2019 confirmation.

**2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The release date, the official wording, and the location of the official files.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[A fast, low object as the aircrew's exclamations suggest.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/answers/ANS0D1SC2NM778Z/a-fast-low-object-as-the-aircrews-exclamations-suggest)

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[FLIR1 video (the "Tic Tac" video)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/artifacts/ART0D1SC6AT3YM7/flir1-video-the-tic-tac-video)

ART

[GIMBAL video](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/artifacts/ART0D1SC6TE3KSB/gimbal-video)

ART

[GOFAST video](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/artifacts/ART0D1SC7A26WVZ/gofast-video)

ART

[The Department of Defense releases FLIR1, GIMBAL and GOFAST](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/events/EVT0D1SBQP23M35/the-department-of-defense-releases-flir1-gimbal-and-gofast)

EVT

[The Navy confirms the videos show unidentified aerial phenomena](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/events/EVT0D1SBQE863Q4/the-navy-confirms-the-videos-show-unidentified-aerial)

EVT

[The 2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter)

The mystery article

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[United States Navy](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/organisations/ORG0D1SBMRA4B6W/united-states-navy)

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[What does the FLIR1 video show?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/questions/QST0D1SBTKT171M/what-does-the-flir1-video-show)

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## Cite it

```
Trevithick, J. (2020). Navy Officially Releases Controversial UFO Videos. The War Zone. https://www.twz.com/33179/navy-officially-releases-infamous-ufo-videos
```

[Read it free at twz.com](https://www.twz.com/33179/navy-officially-releases-infamous-ufo-videos)

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