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Claim · E-028

Luis Elizondo: Writes that the halo around the object in the GIMBAL video was not a camera artifact or a reflection, that on the scale of the “observables” it was clearly an antigravity device, and that the pilots confirmed with their eyewitness testimony everything the video shows.

Luis Elizondo · Aug 20, 2024 · Book “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs” (HarperCollins, August 20, 2024) (Book)

Opinion or hypothesis Sightings, video, sensors

Disputed

Independent analyses conflict (Mick West sees a known optical artifact in it, supporters cite non-public CIA analyses) and there is no public official assessment of the halo.

In support
The UAP Files blog (favorable) cites CIA analyses according to which the halo is not an artifact, but they are neither public nor verified; the Navy classifies the object as an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
Against or denials
Mick West (Metabunk) identifies the halo as a known camera artifact and observes that the pilots saw only radar tracks and the video, not the object with the naked eye; the book itself describes the object first as cold (p. 146) and then as very hot (p. 150).

Sources

  1. Metabunk (Mick West) – “Errors in Imminent”, August 23, 2024 (analysis, skeptical)
  2. UAP Files (Substack) – reply to Mick West's analyses, August 27, 2024 (analysis, pro-disclosure)
  3. The Black Vault – the Navy confirms that the videos show UAP and were not authorized for public release, September 10, 2019 (analysis)

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