# Peings 2023: Reconstruction of Potential Flight Paths for the January 2015 'Gimbal' UAP

> Yannick Peings, Marik von Rennenkampff, 2023. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The main technical case against the glare explanation.

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# Reconstruction of Potential Flight Paths for the January 2015 'Gimbal' UAP

Yannick Peings, Marik von Rennenkampff, 2023. _arXiv_.

A reconstruction of GIMBAL's possible flight paths from on-screen data; at the 6 to 8 nautical mile range the aircrew reported, the best fit decelerates and reverses, matching the crew's radar account. Code and data public.

**2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos** Preprintdoi: **[10.2514/6.2023-4101](https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-4101)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The main technical case against the glare explanation.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[A real object at 6 to 8 nautical miles that decelerates and reverses, as the aircrew reported from radar.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/answers/ANS0D1SC0Q474SE/a-real-object-at-6-to-8-nautical-miles-that-decelerates-and)

Answer

ANS

[Peings and von Rennenkampff GIMBAL flight-path reconstruction code and data](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D1SC5V62N2W/peings-and-von-rennenkampff-gimbal-flight-path)

Dataset

DAT

[At the reported range the best-fit path decelerates and reverses, matching the crew's description.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SC0YY6KD4/at-the-reported-range-the-best-fit-path-decelerates-and)

Evidence

EVD

[The crew's radar account exists only in interviews; no radar data has been released.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SC16R51K8/the-crews-radar-account-exists-only-in-interviews-no-radar)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

[Is GIMBAL a rotating object or rotating glare?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/questions/QST0D1SBTVM5ZTZ/is-gimbal-a-rotating-object-or-rotating-glare)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Peings, Y., & von Rennenkampff, M. (2023). Reconstruction of Potential Flight Paths for the January 2015 'Gimbal' UAP. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-4101
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[Read it free at arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08773)

Key

**SRC** 0D1SBEN01RTX

Kind

Preprint

Rights

arXiv-nonexclusive

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published original

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