On a spring morning in 2020 the U.S. Department of Defense had officially released footage of unidentified flying objects captured by Navy pilots.
The videos, commonly known as “Gimbal,” “Go Fast,” and “FLIR1,” had leaked years prior, but the Pentagon’s decision to acknowledge them added legitimacy to claims of mysterious aerial phenomena.
However, along with this admission came questions—why had these videos taken years to be declassified? And what other information might remain hidden from the public eye?
This incident is just one of many in the murky world of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and alleged Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) encounters, where government agencies hold significant control over information.
Who are the gatekeepers deciding what the public gets to know, and what motives lie behind their decisions?