Foundational Pentagon video release
Navy GOFAST Infrared Video: Official Sensor Analysis
Direct Record Summary
The GOFAST video is an official 34-second recording captured in early 2015 by a Navy strike fighter off the Florida coast. It documents a small, spherical object tracking across the ocean surface at high relative angular rate, evaluated by AARO and scientific teams as a parallax-enhanced low-altitude aerial encounter.
Official DoD video
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Source record
- Video ID
- NAVY-GOFAST
- Incident date
- 2015-01-20
- Runtime
- 34 seconds
- Location
- Atlantic Ocean / Florida Coast
- VIRIN
- 150120-N-0000X-003
- Filename
- GOFAST_2015_Roosevelt.mp4
The low-altitude Atlantic tracking pass
GOFAST is a textbook study in military sensor interpretation, illustrating how jet speed, camera depression angle, and ocean distance combine to create apparent hyper-velocity.
The 34-second lock sequence
- 00:01-00:14 - Flight crew attempts multiple sensor locks against a small, fast-moving thermal contact over the ocean.
- 00:15-00:22 - Sensor successfully achieves automated track lock; pilots express astonishment on audio recording.
- 00:23-00:34 - Sensor tracks object continuously as it glides steadily across ocean surface texture at constant aspect.
What the official record shows
The official video shows Navy weapon systems officers tracking a compact, cold aerial contact moving smoothly above the ocean.
The trigonometry of ocean-background tracking
It does not prove transmedium capability or extreme hypersonic speed over water, which is countered by triangulation trigonometry.
Questions that require full telemetry logs
Was this object an anomalous research craft, meteorological sensor package, or commercial UAV operating in naval warning area airspace?
Related records and terms
Frequently asked questions
What does the NAVY-GOFAST video show?
The official video shows Navy weapon systems officers tracking a compact, cold aerial contact moving smoothly above the ocean.
Fact checkWhat does this video record NOT prove?
It does not prove transmedium capability or extreme hypersonic speed over water, which is countered by triangulation trigonometry.
Fact checkWhat unresolved questions remain about this UAP case?
Was this object an anomalous research craft, meteorological sensor package, or commercial UAV operating in naval warning area airspace?
Fact checkSources
- Department of Defense historical Navy videos release - Official DoD statement authorizing the release of three unclassified Navy videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST).
- AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 - Official All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office report reviewing USG involvement with UAP from 1945 to 2023.
- ODNI 2021 Preliminary Assessment on UAP - Foundational June 25, 2021 Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessment on 144 military UAP incidents.