Status: Unresolved — AARO lists this as an unresolved case; explanations such as camera artifacts have been proposed.
Credit: U.S. Navy / Department of Defense (via DVIDS, video ID 956955) · Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work) · Source
The “Gimbal” video is a 34-second infrared recording made by a Navy F/A-18 targeting camera in 2015. It is one of three videos from the Navy's 2014–2015 East Coast operations that the Pentagon officially released in 2020. Navy pilots associated with the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, including Lt. Ryan Graves, said they were repeatedly unable to identify objects detected on instruments off the East Coast.
In the video, a single heat source moves across the display and appears to rotate on its axis, which gave the clip its name. Aircrew can be heard reacting as they watch it. The footage was first published by The New York Times in December 2017 and released officially by the Department of Defense in 2020. In 2025, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) posted it on DVIDS, the department's video site.
AARO lists GIMBAL among its unresolved cases and says available data are insufficient to determine what it shows. Other analysts have suggested explanations including a camera or lens effect, a distant aircraft or drone, or a misreading of the sensor display. The exact location was not published, so this pin is placed near the carrier group's home port region only as a general marker.
Sources: DVIDS: GIMBAL — UAP · AARO: Official UAP imagery
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