The Gimbal UFO: New Findings Falsify Prosaic Explanations MarikvR 2026-09-23 | The Gimbal UFO: New Findings Falsify Prosaic Explanations
Pentagon Clueless About Most Famous UFO Videos? MarikvR 2024-07-23 | On 17 July 2024, I spoke with former All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick. Astoundingly, Kirkpatrick, the U.S. government's former top UFO analyst, was thoroughly uninformed about the most recognizable and widely-viewed UAP footage (i.e., the 2015 "Gimbal," "GoFast," and 2004 "FLIR1"/"Tic Tac" videos). This raises numerous questions as to what dismissive "debunking" comments Kirkpatrick may have told members of Congress - not versed in the nuances of these incidents - about this footage.This brief montage addresses "Gimbal," highlighting Kirkpatrick's astounding apparent lack of knowledge of basic elements of the most recognizable UFO footage in the world.Kirkpatrick also previously endorsed a deeply flawed NASA analysis of the well-known “GoFast” video, stating, “‘GoFast’ was actually explained at the NASA panel. They did a really nice job of pulling that apart.” Yet after I highlighted the study’s glaring errors to Kirkpatrick, he told me, “I haven't looked at NASA's analysis.”For the former director of the U.S. government’s UAP analysis office to be so ill-informed about the most recognizable UAP footage in the world (which led, in no small part, to the creation of his office) is, quite simply, stunning. This, of course, is yet further evidence that the three well-known U.S. Navy UAP videos are indeed truly anomalous, as our repeatable and verifiable analyses demonstrate. The "Gimbal" analysis may be found below.youtube.com/watch?v=WsbMIm9QtEA&tarxiv.org/pdf/2306.08773
A Discussion with the Pentagons ex-UFO Hunter, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick MarikvR 2024-07-19 | On 17 July 2024, I spoke with former All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick. Discussion topics are listed below.While I am grateful for his time, I was taken aback by how little Kirkpatrick knew about the three most recognizable UAP videos in the public domain.For example, this is the second time that Kirkpatrick told me that the strong, highly anomalous infrared signature in the “Gimbal” video - arguably the most recognizable UAP footage of all time - is likely due to a “glare” reflection from the sun.“Gimbal” was recorded at *night.*Similarly, Kirkpatrick endorsed a deeply flawed NASA analysis of the well-known “GoFast” video in March, stating, “‘GoFast’ was actually explained at the NASA panel. They did a really nice job of pulling that apart.” But after I highlighted the study’s glaring errors to Kirkpatrick, he told me, “I haven't looked at NASA's analysis.”Moreover, Kirkpatrick made assertions (e.g., that the anomalous “stepped” rotation in “Gimbal” is due to image compression) that even Mick West, the most prominent UAP skeptic, characterized as “nonsense” and “obviously wrong.”For the former director of the U.S. government’s UAP analysis office to be so ill-informed about the most recognizable UAP footage in the world (which led, in no small part, to the creation of his office) is, quite simply, stunning. This, of course, is yet further evidence that the three Navy UAP videos are indeed truly anomalous, as our repeatable and verifiable analyses demonstrate.Nor did Dr. Kirkpatrick address, at least to my satisfaction, why the most powerful member of the Senate, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), reintroduced the UAP Disclosure Act *after* AARO categorically denied the legislation’s underlying allegations of unreported/illegal UAP “legacy programs” that retrieve and attempt to reverse-engineer craft of “non-human” origin. (The UAPDA, it should be noted, is arguably the most extraordinary legislation in U.S. history.)In other words, what, despite AARO's vehement denials, compelled the Senate Majority Leader to double down on a requirement that the U.S. government seize recovered UAP and “biological evidence of non-human intelligence” allegedly held by private entities?In a brief post-discussion email exchange, I attempted to clarify a number of items, most notably why AARO grossly misrepresented the first truly scientific study of UAP. The study, conducted by Battelle in the early 1950s (as “Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14”), found that *33%* of the highest-quality UAP reports *with sufficient data to evaluate* were “Unknown.”In Vol. 1 of its Historical Records Review, AARO astoundingly - and falsely - claimed that Battelle’s scientific analysis found that “all cases that had enough data were resolved and readily explainable.”I have not received a response.*Discussion Topics:*-The Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act (UAPDA)-Did AARO successfully “kill” the UAPDA in 2023?-David Grusch-The most perplexing UAP footage Dr. Kirkpatrick saw while at AARO-2015 “Gimbal”/“GoFast” videos (see links below)-East Coast UAP incidents-“Metallic orbs”-2004 “FLIR1”/“Tic Tac” video-Verifiable, raw data confirms military eyewitness accounts of highly anomalous incidents (“Gimbal,” “GoFast,” and “FLIR1”)Gimbal Analysis:youtube.com/watch?v=WsbMIm9QtEAarxiv.org/pdf/2306.08773
Gimbal UAP: AIAA 2023 (Extended) MarikvR 2023-06-14 | Full Manuscript: https://shorturl.at/gR036Geometrical reconstructions of the "Gimbal" UAP incident corroborate witness accounts of an object exhibiting highly anomalous flight characteristics.At the range given by naval aviators, mathematical reconstructions show that the object conducted advanced maneuvers, despite the apparent lack of wings or infrared signatures indicative of conventional means of propulsion.
The Gimbal UFO: 3D Models Suggest Extraordinary Flight Characteristics MarikvR 2022-03-31 | The "Gimbal" video is arguably the most recognizable UFO footage in the public domain. Now, thanks to three independent, repeatable, and reproducible 3D analyses, this UAP video is even more compelling.Geometric/3D modeling by: TheCholla (Yannick), Edward Current, and one additional individual.
