covering the week stop text alerts like Linux bias the Pentagon says it can explain three previously leaked videos of supposed UFOs and the explanation is simple they are real and they're still a total mystery the US government Declassified three top-secret videos of unexplained aerial phenomena on Monday confirming that clips that first surfaced in 2017 are legitimate that's not to say that the UFOs are not of this world but that the Pentagon is unable to identify the objects seen flying in the videos word Wizards are making the connection unidentified flying objects UFOs the US Navy has officially released the footage pentagon spokesperson sue GAO said on monday but this is to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real or whether or not there is more to the videos she said after a thorough review the Department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military airspace incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena in other words the objects are not theirs the announcements the announcement is more of indication for Tom DeLonge the blink-182 band member and alien enthusiasts who release the videos to the New York Times in 2017 through his UFO research organization to the Stars Academy of Arts and Science while the US Navy didn't acknowledge the videos when they first serviced in 2020 2017 Joe grand asure spokesperson for the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for information warfare confirmed they are real in an interview with CNN last September saying the Navy designates the objects contained in these videos as on of an unidentified aerial phenomenon new ApS grad grad asure said at the time that transparency around the sightings was important so that pilots won't feel ashamed to report something that could be dangerous for many years our aviators didn't report these incursions because of the stigma attached to previous technology and theories about what may or may not be in those videos all three videos are now available to the Penn Dawkins reading-room the Pentagon did not release any additional footage or content along with the three clips but it has stoked a flurry of excitement among UFO enthusiasts with its simple acknowledgement that the videos are legitimate the truth is out there [Music]