# West 2017: 2004 USS Nimitz Tic Tac UFO FLIR footage (FLIR1)

> Mick West, Metabunk contributors, 2017. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The sceptical analysis of FLIR1's apparent acceleration.

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# 2004 USS Nimitz Tic Tac UFO FLIR footage (FLIR1)

Mick West, Metabunk contributors, 2017. _Metabunk_.

A discussion thread begun 23 October 2017 analysing FLIR1 frame by frame: the field-of-view changes, the loss of lock, the digital zoom at the end, and candidate identifications.

**2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The sceptical analysis of FLIR1's apparent acceleration.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The apparent acceleration is an artefact of the field-of-view change and loss of track; the object is a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/answers/ANS0D1SBZ0E19AH/the-apparent-acceleration-is-an-artefact-of-the-field-of)

Answer

ANS

[The pod's autotrack depends on contrast and loses lock on zoom changes; the clip shows exactly this sequence.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBZ883M04/the-pods-autotrack-depends-on-contrast-and-loses-lock-on)

Evidence

EVD

[The sharp movement coincides with the operator's change of field of view and a digital zoom, which magnify…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBYRM1TWN/the-sharp-movement-coincides-with-the-operators-change-of)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

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

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
West, M., & Metabunk contributors (2017). 2004 USS Nimitz Tic Tac UFO FLIR footage (FLIR1). Metabunk. https://www.metabunk.org/threads/2004-uss-nimitz-tic-tac-ufo-flir-footage-flir1.9190/
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[Read it free at metabunk.org](https://www.metabunk.org/threads/2004-uss-nimitz-tic-tac-ufo-flir-footage-flir1.9190/)

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