File 28528 · January 2015
GOFAST
Off the East Coast (Atlantic Ocean), United States · Region, not street
Opened 9/10/2026
Ledger illustration of the file — not a photograph of the object. Ledger illustration of the report. — Night Ledger illustration of the file
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Official Navy GOFAST FLIR Footage
U.S. Department of Defense / AARO
Original tape · original language kept
English writing · original voice kept
English writing of the original tape. GOFAST — U.S. Department of Defense / AARO. The voice on the recording is left as it was spoken.
AARO case resolution for GO FAST video, released as part of official Navy UAP imagery.
What was claimed
U.S. Navy F/A-18 ATFLIR infrared video of a small object appearing to skim above the ocean surface at high speed. Later AARO analysis attributed the apparent speed primarily to parallax effect from the aircraft's motion.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
During flight operations from the USS Theodore Roosevelt in early 2015, an F/A-18 crew captured forward-looking infrared footage of an unidentified object. The video shows the object moving rapidly from right to left against the ocean backdrop, prompting discussion from the aircrew. The object has a distinct thermal signature. The Pentagon officially released the video in April 2020 alongside FLIR and GIMBAL. Subsequent AARO analysis using the sensor data concluded the object was likely at higher altitude (around 13,000 feet) and moving at conventional speeds, with the apparent low-altitude high-speed motion resulting from the camera's look angle and aircraft velocity (parallax). The object itself remains unidentified.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
The station was flying. Starlink was not. A string of orbs in this year is usually not a train.
1998 —
International Space Station
A bright, steady moving star. A few minutes to cross. No strobe. Occupied since 2000. NASA publishes the pass times. Not unidentified.
Always
Venus and the bright planets
A fixed brilliant point. Does not streak. Does not hover over a street then leave. Often the first misread light in a rural report.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
Same craft · Nearby · Same year · 2015
GoFast FLIR
Off the U.S. East Coast · United States
Unidentified
A Navy FLIR clip shows a small object skimming what looks like the ocean at high speed. Range data later suggested it may have been higher and slower than it looks.
Same place · Same year · January 21, 2015
GIMBAL
Off the East Coast (Atlantic Ocean) · United States
Unidentified
U.S. Navy F/A-18 ATFLIR footage showing a rotating unidentified object tracked during operations from the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Cockpit audio captures pilot reactions to the object's apparent rotation and flight characteristics.
Same craft · Same year · 2015-07-17
Energy transfer
London Ontario · Unknown
Unidentified
1:30 am a craft came in from the West and an Orb came in from the East. The craft sent a wireless energy transfer to the Orb above it.
Same craft · Same country · Same years · 25 April 2013
Aguadilla infrared
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · United States
Unidentified
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Same craft · Same country · Weekend of 30 August 2026
Orb swarm over Nevada
Nevada · United States
Identified
A sped-up public clip circulated on X as a swarm of orbs crossing a Nevada night sky.
Same craft · Same country · Late August 2026 (last Wednesday before Sep 2)
Eerie Orb Maneuvers Erratically While Woman Walks Dog in Blakely
Blakely, Pennsylvania · United States
Unidentified
A woman walking her neighbor's dog observed a bright orb that hovered, then performed rapid up, down, left, and right movements at high speed before disappearing. She captured video of the event.