Claim · E-029
Luis Elizondo: Writes that in the FLIR1 case (the Nimitz “Tic Tac”) the pilot saw the object first on radar and then with the naked eye, trying to lock onto it, and that the object showed no thermal or acoustic signature and reached hypersonic speeds.
Luis Elizondo · Aug 20, 2024 · Book “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs” (HarperCollins, August 20, 2024) (Book)
Hearsay Sightings, video, sensors
Contradicted
The pilot who recorded the video stated that he saw nothing with the naked eye and, according to Mick West's analysis, the footage shows a thermal signature and does not show hypersonic speeds. In the Nimitz episode, by contrast, pilots Fravor and Dietrich say they saw the object with the naked eye: the contradiction concerns the pilot who recorded the FLIR1 video.
- In support
- The video is authentic and the Navy classifies the object as an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
- Against or denials
- Pilot Chad Underwood said in 2019 that he saw nothing with his own eyes; according to West, the video shows a thermal signature, the sensor does not record sounds at a distance, and hypersonic speeds are not evident in the footage.
Sources
- Metabunk (Mick West) – “Errors in Imminent”, August 23, 2024 (analysis, skeptical)
- 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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