Gimbal Video
TopicGimbal Video
TopicA January 2015 U.S. Navy infrared recording of an unidentified object, notable for apparent rotation, pilot commentary, and unresolved disputes over its optics and motion.
A January 2015 U.S. Navy infrared recording of an unidentified object, notable for apparent rotation, pilot commentary, and unresolved disputes over its optics and motion.
“Gimbal” is the name attached to an infrared targeting-pod video recorded by a U.S. Navy F/A-18 aircrew off the U.S. East Coast in January 2015. The short monochrome clip shows a bright, oblong infrared signature near the center of the display. Crew audio expresses surprise, refers to a “whole fleet,” and comments as the image appears to rotate. The public video does not show that wider formation, leaving the remark as important testimony rather than imagery visible in the clip itself.
The footage circulated outside official channels before the Defense Department formally released it with “FLIR” and “GoFast” in April 2020. The department said the authorized release did not disclose sensitive capabilities and that the phenomena in the videos remained characterized as unidentified. That statement authenticated the recording as a Navy video; it did not endorse a particular explanation, velocity, distance, or origin. “Unidentified” here reflects what the official public record had established, not a finding of non-human technology.
The central dispute concerns what the image conveys. Some aviators and analysts interpret the apparent rotation and contextual accounts as signs of unusual flight behavior. Optical analyses argue that glare from a hot source can rotate on screen as the targeting system’s field of view changes, making the displayed blob turn without the underlying object doing so. The clip also lacks the full sensor data, precise geometry, and corroborating files needed to reconstruct the encounter. That makes sensor evidence and military video expertise essential: a targeting display is measurement data, but it is also an image produced by an optical and software chain.
Gimbal remains one of the defining modern UAP recordings because its provenance is official, the operators were trained, and its unanswered context helped drive public and congressional interest. It is often paired with the GoFast video, recorded by a Navy crew in the same broad period, although each clip poses a different geometric problem. The durable conclusion is narrower than either dismissal or extraordinary certainty: the public file documents a real military encounter and an apparently rotating infrared signature, while the object’s identity and the physical meaning of that rotation remain unsettled in the released record.
This theory proposes that the object recorded in the 2015 Gimbal FLIR video may have been a distant, low-observable U.S. aircraft, such as an F-35, participating in a compartmentalized electronic warfare operation during the Roosevelt workups. In this scenario, the aircraft generates deceptive radar contacts near its general line of sight, but deliberately displaced from its true position. The Roosevelt aviators detect these contacts on radar and direct their FLIR toward the same general area...
This theory proposes that the object recorded in the 2015 Gimbal FLIR video may have been a distant, low-observable U.S. aircraft, such as an F-35, participating in a compartmentalized electronic warfare operation during the Roosevelt workups. In this scenario, the aircraft generates deceptive radar contacts near its general line of sight, but deliberately displaced from its true position. The Roosevelt aviators detect these contacts on radar and direct their FLIR toward the same general area...
RT @MvonRen: An excellent headline story in @TIME. We’ve come a long way. Including “Gimbal,” a truly remarkable UAP case which occurred…
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Hi everyone, I just wanted to share this video that Marik Von Rennenkampff put out around two months ago explaining why the Gimbal UAP footage is actually anomalous and not simply a distant jet whose apparent rotation is caused by infrared glare, as skeptics often argue. Marik goes over several details that some ignore, including the object’s thermal characteristics, its apparent movement relative to the surrounding clouds, and the context provided by the pilots and radar data. Whether you ag...
Journalist MarikVR - The Gimbal UAP video shows something completely anomalous and unexplainable, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Calls out Sean Kirkpatrick for claiming it's a "balloon reflecting sunlight" when the Gimbal video was filmed at night going against hurricane force winds.
RT @MvonRen: Don’t let anyone tell you that there’s no evidence of UAP. After rigorous analysis, the Gimbal video/incident remains truly p…
RT @MvonRen: Don’t let anyone tell you that there’s no evidence of UAP. After rigorous analysis, the Gimbal video/incident remains truly p…
https://t.co/g0FErOeJLo [Quoted] IMPORTANT: New discoveries in the ‘Gimbal’ UAP Video *DEFINITIVELY* Falsify the ‘Glare’ and ‘Distant Jet’ Theories The object conducted extraordinary maneuvers despite lacking wings or apparent means of propulsion. Video: https://t.co/2AeL9UQ8Jw @DoW_AARO H/t: @ZaineMichael1 https://t.co/kvQAAyEHaB
RT @MvonRen: Don’t let anyone tell you that there’s no evidence of UAP. After rigorous analysis, the Gimbal video/incident remains truly p…