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tags category summary date location
Event
UAP
USNavy
Pentagon
2015
Modern Incident Unclassified Navy video of an F/A-18 Super Hornet crew's encounter with an object moving at extreme speed low over the ocean, first published in March 2018 and authorized for release April 27, 2020. 2015-01-21 Atlantic Ocean, off East Coast of the United States

The GoFast is one of three unclassified Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena videos; it appeared in March 2018, after the two videos the New York Times published in December 2017 (December 2017 New York Times AATIP Report).1 Politico reported in 2021 that Washington Headquarters Services had approved the videos "for unlimited distribution" inside the government, and the Pentagon stated on April 27, 2020 that it authorized the release of three unclassified Navy videos "circulating in the public domain after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017."12 The video, which was captured by the crew of an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the USS Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in 2015, shows a small, fast-moving object that appears to be traveling at an incredible speed just above the surface of the water.3

The Sighting

The GoFast video was recorded during the same series of encounters as the GIMBAL Video, which took place off the coast of the Southeastern United States. The video shows a small, round object that is being tracked by the aircraft's targeting pod. The pilots can be heard expressing their astonishment at the object's speed, with one exclaiming, "Whoa, got it! Whoo-hoooo! What the f--- is that thing?"3

Analysis and Significance

The GoFast video is significant because it appears to show a UAP exhibiting hypersonic velocity at a very low altitude, a feat that is not possible with any known conventional aircraft. While some analysts have suggested that the object's speed may be an illusion caused by a parallax effect, the pilots who witnessed the event were clearly impressed by its velocity.3

The release of the GoFast video, along with the Tic Tac and GIMBAL videos, was a crucial moment in the UAP disclosure movement. It provided another piece of credible evidence that the U.S. military was encountering objects with extraordinary capabilities, and it helped to fuel the public and congressional demand for greater transparency on the UAP issue.3

Footnotes

  1. U.S. Department of Defense. "Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos," April 27, 2020. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ (read through the Internet Archive capture, https://web.archive.org/web/2020id_/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/). Greenewald, John, Jr. "Navy Officially Releases UFO/UAP Videos, Calls Them 'Historical.'" The Black Vault, April 27, 2020 (reproduces the statement and gives the GOFAST date). https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/navy-officially-releases-ufo-uap-videos-calls-them-historical/ ↩︎

  2. Bender, Bryan. "The Hidden History of How Washington Embraced UFOs." Politico Magazine, May 28, 2021. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/28/ufos-secret-history-government-washington-dc-487900 ↩︎

  3. Elizondo, Luis. Imminent. William Morrow, 2024. ↩︎