Latest / Safe Aerospace Podcast / Former DISA Contractor Saw a UAP Live on an MQ-9 Feed Over East Asia | Kevin Campbell
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- 0:00What do
- 0:00you see
- 0:00What
- 0:01they see
- 0:01It was
- 0:02a single
- 0:02object
- 0:03Spiritual
- 0:04in shape
- 0:05Not
- 0:05a perfect
- 0:05circle
- 0:06It was
- 0:07moving
- 0:07across
- 0:08the water
- 0:09a decent
- 0:09speed
- 0:09I would say
- 0:10it was
- 0:10very close
- 0:11to touch
- 0:12on the
- 0:12surface of
- 0:12the water
- 0:13we were
- 0:14using
- 0:15in this
- 0:15case
- 0:15MQ nine
- 0:16And this
- 0:17was in
- 0:17the East
- 0:18China Sea
- 0:19Yellow Sea
- 0:19in that
- 0:20region
- 0:20This thing
- 0:21had no
- 0:21wings
- 0:22no sign of
- 0:23propulsion
- 0:24or
- 0:25you know
- 0:25no rivets
- 0:26You're
- 0:26seeing an
- 0:26IR image
- 0:27And so
- 0:28you're
- 0:28not seeing
- 0:28like an
- 0:29exhaust
- 0:29plume
- 0:29or anything
- 0:30like that
- 0:30When
- 0:31it got up
- 0:32what did they
- 0:33detect
- 0:45Welcome to
- 0:46the
- 0:46American
- 0:47Safe
- 0:47Space
- 0:48podcast I'm
- 0:48Ryan Graves
- 0:49today
- 0:50joined
- 0:50by Kevin
- 0:51who's
- 0:51going to
- 0:51tell us
- 0:52a
- 0:52little bit
- 0:52about
- 0:53his
- 0:53experiences
- 0:55seeing
- 0:55various
- 0:56data sets
- 0:57in his time
- 0:57in the military
- 0:59If you haven't
- 0:59yet make
- 1:00sure you
- 1:00subscribe
- 1:01to this
- 1:01channel
- 1:01We're going
- 1:01to be
- 1:02having more
- 1:02witnesses
- 1:03like Kevin
- 1:04I do want
- 1:04to have
- 1:05maybe
- 1:05a public
- 1:06apology to
- 1:07to air
- 1:07in our
- 1:07creative
- 1:07director
- 1:08You know
- 1:09as
- 1:09you might
- 1:09have
- 1:09noticed
- 1:10our
- 1:10studio is
- 1:12a
- 1:12little bit
- 1:12closer
- 1:13to the Two
- 1:13Ferns
- 1:14model
- 1:14I think
- 1:15than what
- 1:15we would
- 1:16like
- 1:16eventually
- 1:16But
- 1:17right now
- 1:18you know
- 1:18this is
- 1:18temporary
- 1:19We'll
- 1:19probably do
- 1:19some
- 1:19interviews
- 1:20outside
- 1:21Ice is
- 1:21going to be
- 1:21at Oshkosh
- 1:22this year
- 1:23big flying
- 1:24at the end
- 1:24of July
- 1:25And we're
- 1:25looking
- 1:26forward to
- 1:27seeing some
- 1:27of you
- 1:28there
- 1:28But we'll
- 1:28also be
- 1:29doing
- 1:29some
- 1:29interviews
- 1:29there
- 1:30and
- 1:30whatnot
- 1:30But
- 1:31you know
- 1:31I'm pretty
- 1:32excited
- 1:32about the
- 1:33direction
- 1:34that
- 1:34Americans
- 1:35say
- 1:35Farrell
- 1:35space
- 1:36is going
- 1:37I think
- 1:37we'll have
- 1:37our own
- 1:38studio
- 1:38soon
- 1:38So
- 1:39thanks for
- 1:39being
- 1:40with us
- 1:40Sorry
- 1:40Aaron
- 1:41I didn't
- 1:41bring
- 1:42enough
- 1:42props
- 1:42today but
- 1:43but soon
- 1:44we'll
- 1:44have a
- 1:44pretty
- 1:44cool place
- 1:45I think
- 1:45But
- 1:45thanks for
- 1:46joining
- 1:46us here
- 1:46in Austin
- 1:47Kevin
- 1:47why don't
- 1:47you tell us
- 1:48a
- 1:48little bit
- 1:48about how
- 1:49you found
- 1:49yourself in
- 1:50that chair
- 1:51Military
- 1:51time
- 1:52I'm
- 1:52a
- 1:52Department
- 1:53of War
- 1:53contractor
- 1:54I never had
- 1:54military
- 1:55time
- 1:56but
- 1:57I worked
- 1:57as a Satcom
- 1:58network
- 1:58engineer
- 1:59for the
- 2:00Defense
- 2:00Information
- 2:00Systems
- 2:01Agency
- 2:02I worked in
- 2:02the network
- 2:03operations
- 2:03center
- 2:04at Hiller
- 2:04Force Base
- 2:05in Utah
- 2:06and part of
- 2:07that job
- 2:08when
- 2:08deployed
- 2:09units was
- 2:09set up
- 2:09their
- 2:09Satcom
- 2:10equipment
- 2:10They'd call
- 2:11into us
- 2:12we would do
- 2:13network
- 2:13builds
- 2:13for them
- 2:14We'd
- 2:14get them
- 2:14connected
- 2:14into the
- 2:15network
- 2:15monitor
- 2:16that
- 2:16traffic
- 2:17you know
- 2:17and part of
- 2:18that was
- 2:18watching
- 2:19the drones
- 2:19and
- 2:20whatever
- 2:20aerial
- 2:21assets
- 2:21that were
- 2:22being used
- 2:23for
- 2:23reconnaissance
- 2:24and
- 2:24whatever
- 2:25to verify
- 2:25the clarity
- 2:26of the footage
- 2:27and
- 2:27make sure
- 2:28everything's
- 2:28going
- 2:28smoothly
- 2:29So it was
- 2:29during
- 2:30my time
- 2:30there
- 2:31because
- 2:31I'd be
- 2:31watching
- 2:31drones
- 2:32all the time
- 2:32that
- 2:33I started
- 2:33seeing
- 2:33these
- 2:34strange
- 2:34things
- 2:35go on
- 2:35to
- 2:36the point
- 2:36to where
- 2:36I was like
- 2:36okay
- 2:37I would
- 2:38feel like
- 2:38I should
- 2:39come
- 2:39forward
- 2:39especially
- 2:40after
- 2:40seeing your
- 2:40guys's
- 2:41hearing
- 2:41That's what
- 2:42that's what
- 2:42really
- 2:43inspired me
- 2:43to do
- 2:44It was your
- 2:44guys's
- 2:45initial
- 2:45hearing
- 2:46a couple
- 2:47years back
- 2:4823 Yeah
- 2:49Okay
- 2:49Well
- 2:49before
- 2:50we get
- 2:50into that
- 2:50let's
- 2:50kind of
- 2:51let's maybe
- 2:51suss out
- 2:52a little
- 2:52bit of the
- 2:53the details
- 2:54on what
- 2:54that job
- 2:55responsibility
- 2:56entails
- 2:57And so
- 2:57you were
- 2:58working
- 2:58just
- 2:58kind of
- 2:59clarify
- 2:59for people
- 3:00and for
- 3:00myself
- 3:00you're
- 3:01working for
- 3:02a private
- 3:02company
- 3:03You're
- 3:03employed
- 3:04by them
- 3:04You have
- 3:04security
- 3:05clearance
- 3:06And
- 3:06they were
- 3:07employing
- 3:07you as
- 3:08kind of
- 3:09like an
- 3:09IT support
- 3:10I don't
- 3:10want to
- 3:11you know
- 3:12diminish it
- 3:12at all
- 3:12But
- 3:13you were
- 3:13doing
- 3:14technical
- 3:14support
- 3:15for
- 3:15different
- 3:16data
- 3:16streams
- 3:16and whatnot
- 3:17for the
- 3:17military
- 3:18as
- 3:18a contractor
- 3:19Yeah
- 3:19it was a
- 3:20it was
- 3:20quite
- 3:21a
- 3:21bit of stuff
- 3:21we were doing
- 3:22because
- 3:23missions
- 3:23would
- 3:23call in
- 3:24to
- 3:24troubleshoot
- 3:24something
- 3:25going on
- 3:26like hey
- 3:26we don't
- 3:26have a good
- 3:27Satcom
- 3:27connection
- 3:28or even
- 3:28something
- 3:29as simple
- 3:29as like
- 3:30they'd get
- 3:30set up
- 3:31out
- 3:31in the field
- 3:32They'd
- 3:32call into
- 3:32us and say
- 3:33hey
- 3:33we're ready
- 3:33to be
- 3:34brought to
- 3:34the network
- 3:35We would
- 3:35remotely
- 3:35activate
- 3:36their
- 3:36Com modems
- 3:37and then
- 3:37start
- 3:38They'd
- 3:38be able
- 3:38to start
- 3:39transmitting
- 3:40information
- 3:40Did
- 3:40you ever work
- 3:41with
- 3:41like F-18
- 3:42guys
- 3:42or Navy
- 3:43guys
- 3:43We did work
- 3:44with naval
- 3:44vessels
- 3:45They would call in
- 3:45because
- 3:46they
- 3:46would have
- 3:46specific
- 3:47set
- 3:47commissions
- 3:47and equipment
- 3:48they were using
- 3:49and that
- 3:50communication
- 3:50would go
- 3:51through
- 3:51Disa
- 3:51of course
- 3:52So I was
- 3:53in contact
- 3:53with quite
- 3:54a few naval
- 3:55vessels
- 3:55Yeah
- 3:56I imagine
- 3:57when
- 3:57it gets
- 3:57down to
- 3:57us in F-18
- 3:58you know
- 3:59we try
- 3:59to be
- 3:59self-contained
- 4:00right
- 4:00We
- 4:00don't want
- 4:01to be
- 4:01calling
- 4:01troubleshooting
- 4:02in the
- 4:02states
- 4:02as an
- 4:03expeditionary
- 4:03group
- 4:04you know
- 4:04in the
- 4:04Middle East
- 4:05But I could
- 4:05see
- 4:06the ships
- 4:06having
- 4:06some like
- 4:07big picture
- 4:07linkage
- 4:08issues
- 4:08Yeah
- 4:09And
- 4:09there was a
- 4:10go by
- 4:11priorities
- 4:11You know
- 4:12like we
- 4:12we go from
- 4:13something
- 4:13as small
- 4:14as like
- 4:14a training
- 4:15mission
- 4:15in the
- 4:16States
- 4:16Guys
- 4:17that are
- 4:17just
- 4:17learning
- 4:18their job
- 4:18their MOS
- 4:19satcom
- 4:20stuff
- 4:20they'd
- 4:20call in
- 4:21simulate
- 4:22you know
- 4:22getting
- 4:22connected
- 4:23with Disa
- 4:23and
- 4:24you know
- 4:25do that
- 4:25type
- 4:25of thing
- 4:25all the way
- 4:26up to
- 4:26deployed
- 4:27forces
- 4:27you know
- 4:28all the way
- 4:28up to
- 4:28POTUS
- 4:29You know
- 4:29I worked on
- 4:29the vice
- 4:30president's
- 4:31satcom
- 4:31stuff
- 4:31before
- 4:32That's
- 4:32cool Yeah
- 4:33And
- 4:33you used
- 4:33the term
- 4:34Disa
- 4:34I think
- 4:35or the
- 4:35acronym
- 4:36Disa Disa
- 4:37Can
- 4:37you spell
- 4:38that out
- 4:38for us
- 4:39Yeah
- 4:39Defense
- 4:39information
- 4:40systems
- 4:40agency
- 4:41Okay
- 4:42Okay
- 4:42Well
- 4:43that's
- 4:43very cool
- 4:44You know
- 4:44I don't
- 4:44think
- 4:44people will
- 4:45realize
- 4:46just how
- 4:46much like
- 4:47backbone
- 4:47infrastructure
- 4:48Yeah
- 4:49Needs
- 4:49to like
- 4:50be working
- 4:50at 100%
- 4:51to enable
- 4:52you know
- 4:52a lot of
- 4:53things
- 4:53even just
- 4:53you know
- 4:53in fat
- 4:54flying off
- 4:55and
- 4:55you know
- 4:55although
- 4:56you guys
- 4:56didn't
- 4:56touch it
- 4:57you know
- 4:57the crypto
- 4:58links the
- 4:59GPS
- 4:59connections
- 5:00and
- 5:01even more
- 5:01so and
- 5:02you know
- 5:02the Joint
- 5:02Strike
- 5:03Fighter
- 5:03F-35
- 5:05and other
- 5:05platforms
- 5:06those are
- 5:06absolutely
- 5:07critical
- 5:07to making
- 5:08those
- 5:08platforms
- 5:09actually
- 5:09valuable
- 5:09right
- 5:10Because
- 5:10they're
- 5:10soaking up
- 5:10so much
- 5:11information
- 5:11Right
- 5:12You know
- 5:12these
- 5:12backbone
- 5:13data
- 5:13networks
- 5:14are what
- 5:14allows us
- 5:15to have
- 5:15these
- 5:16advantages
- 5:16that
- 5:16we have
- 5:17by linking
- 5:17everything
- 5:18together
- 5:18is
- 5:19pretty cool
- 5:20How long
- 5:20did you do
- 5:21that
- 5:22About
- 5:22a year
- 5:23I have
- 5:24So
- 5:24I went out
- 5:25to Utah
- 5:25initially
- 5:27because I
- 5:27was in
- 5:27Korea
- 5:27for
- 5:28a couple
- 5:28of years
- 5:28before
- 5:28that
- 5:29working
- 5:29and I went
- 5:30out to
- 5:30Utah
- 5:31I was trying
- 5:32to move
- 5:32from
- 5:32security
- 5:33into it
- 5:34you know
- 5:34studying
- 5:35and
- 5:35eventually
- 5:36trying to
- 5:36get
- 5:36back out
- 5:37to Korea
- 5:37doing it
- 5:37stuff
- 5:38you know
- 5:38And so
- 5:39the job
- 5:40Adisa
- 5:40popped up
- 5:41and
- 5:41that was
- 5:41like a
- 5:41perfect
- 5:42route
- 5:42I had the clearance
- 5:43for it
- 5:43I had the
- 5:44the base
- 5:45level
- 5:45IT certs at
- 5:46that time
- 5:46So
- 5:47they brought
- 5:47me on
- 5:48Onboarding
- 5:49takes
- 5:49a while
- 5:49you know
- 5:50before
- 5:50you get
- 5:50your access
- 5:51and
- 5:51everything
- 5:51So you're
- 5:52kind of
- 5:52shoulder
- 5:53surfing
- 5:53people
- 5:53there
- 5:54in the knock
- 5:54until
- 5:55you're all
- 5:55set up
- 5:55and
- 5:55actually
- 5:56working
- 5:56on stuff
- 5:57you know
- 5:57So
- 5:58and that's
- 5:58actually
- 5:58where I
- 6:00first saw
- 6:02this
- 6:02collection
- 6:03of like
- 6:03sipper
- 6:04videos of
- 6:05like drone
- 6:05strikes and
- 6:06other
- 6:07stuff
- 6:07So
- 6:07where was
- 6:07this
- 6:08physically
- 6:08located
- 6:09Hill Air
- 6:09Force Base
- 6:09this was
- 6:10still
- 6:10a Hill
- 6:10Air Force
- 6:11base
- 6:12And that is
- 6:12where
- 6:13you saw
- 6:14the data
- 6:14that was up
- 6:15related
- 6:16Yeah
- 6:17Let's
- 6:17kind of
- 6:18get
- 6:18into that
- 6:18a little
- 6:19bit
- 6:19And
- 6:19you know
- 6:19just to
- 6:20kind of
- 6:20set
- 6:20the stage
- 6:21because we
- 6:22you know
- 6:22are going
- 6:23to be
- 6:23brushing up
- 6:24on things
- 6:25here
- 6:26Asa doesn't
- 6:27accept
- 6:28or solicit
- 6:29classified
- 6:29information
- 6:30Just to be
- 6:30clear
- 6:31there are times
- 6:31when
- 6:32someone
- 6:32with
- 6:32information
- 6:34behind that
- 6:35curtain
- 6:36such as
- 6:36yourself
- 6:37you know
- 6:37looks to
- 6:38looks
- 6:39to ASU
- 6:39to help us
- 6:40get that
- 6:40information
- 6:40in the
- 6:41right
- 6:41hands
- 6:41But
- 6:41we don't
- 6:42accept it
- 6:42We don't want
- 6:43it
- 6:43I've had
- 6:44a security
- 6:44clearance
- 6:45for almost
- 6:46my entire
- 6:47adult life
- 6:48I don't
- 6:48want that
- 6:49headache
- 6:49Most
- 6:49Americans
- 6:50for safe
- 6:50aerospace
- 6:51And so
- 6:52let's
- 6:52of course
- 6:53you know
- 6:54be very
- 6:54cautious
- 6:55I think
- 6:55we should
- 6:55avoid
- 6:56I know
- 6:57you're
- 6:57you're in
- 6:57possession
- 6:58of squadron
- 6:59names
- 7:00and exact
- 7:00locations
- 7:01but let's
- 7:02avoid
- 7:03naming
- 7:03those
- 7:03explicitly
- 7:04if we can
- 7:05Let's
- 7:05talk about
- 7:06the system
- 7:07that
- 7:07you were
- 7:07using
- 7:08just in
- 7:08broad terms
- 7:09about what
- 7:09it provides
- 7:10and how
- 7:11the topic
- 7:12came into
- 7:13your
- 7:13awareness
- 7:14through
- 7:14that and
- 7:15also
- 7:15the year
- 7:15So you
- 7:16talk
- 7:16you know
- 7:16you said
- 7:17you saw
- 7:17the hearing
- 7:17in 2023
- 7:19Yeah
- 7:19Let's
- 7:19let's let's
- 7:20anchor
- 7:20there
- 7:20for a minute
- 7:21You know
- 7:21I've been
- 7:21talking
- 7:21a lot
- 7:22about how
- 7:23once people
- 7:23realize
- 7:24this
- 7:24information
- 7:24is
- 7:25important
- 7:25then
- 7:25they're
- 7:25going to
- 7:26preserve
- 7:26it
- 7:26And that's
- 7:27going to
- 7:27allow us
- 7:28to get
- 7:28that
- 7:28information
- 7:29into the
- 7:29right
- 7:29hands
- 7:30And so
- 7:31it's cool
- 7:31to hear
- 7:32you
- 7:32mentioned
- 7:32that
- 7:32a few minutes
- 7:33ago
- 7:33but maybe
- 7:33we could
- 7:33pick it up
- 7:34from there
- 7:34So you saw
- 7:35the here
- 7:35you were
- 7:36were
- 7:36somewhat
- 7:37motivated
- 7:37It sounds
- 7:38like you
- 7:38already had
- 7:39information
- 7:39or had
- 7:40come into
- 7:40information
- 7:41at that
- 7:41job
- 7:42So
- 7:42let's talk
- 7:42about that
- 7:43as well
- 7:44As I saw
- 7:44your guys's
- 7:45hearing
- 7:45And at
- 7:46the same
- 7:46time
- 7:47this type of
- 7:48activity
- 7:48was going
- 7:49on
- 7:49And the
- 7:50hearing
- 7:51itself
- 7:51what
- 7:51surprised me
- 7:52the
- 7:52most about
- 7:53it was
- 7:54wasn't
- 7:54so much
- 7:55the information
- 7:55about you
- 7:56that was
- 7:56being
- 7:57talked
- 7:57about
- 7:57It was our
- 7:59the members
- 8:00of
- 8:00Congress
- 8:00our
- 8:00politicians
- 8:01that
- 8:02were like
- 8:02coming to
- 8:03you guys
- 8:03asking
- 8:03like okay
- 8:04so
- 8:04where do we go
- 8:05from here
- 8:05How do we figure
- 8:06this out
- 8:07You know
- 8:07I was like
- 8:08I was shocked
- 8:09I was like
- 8:09you're
- 8:09telling me
- 8:10you guys
- 8:10don't know
- 8:10how to
- 8:11navigate or
- 8:11get into
- 8:12this stuff
- 8:12to find
- 8:13this
- 8:13information
- 8:13but you're
- 8:14the one
- 8:14selected
- 8:15to like
- 8:16research
- 8:17this stuff
- 8:17for us
- 8:18You know
- 8:18what I
- 8:18mean
- 8:18And that
- 8:19that
- 8:19kind of
- 8:20concerned
- 8:21me
- 8:21The
- 8:21decision
- 8:22makers
- 8:22didn't
- 8:22have access
- 8:23to the
- 8:23information
- 8:24that
- 8:24they were
- 8:25legally
- 8:25obligated
- 8:26you know
- 8:27congressionally
- 8:27mandated
- 8:28in order
- 8:28to make
- 8:29decisions
- 8:29about
- 8:30Yeah that
- 8:30concern
- 8:31to me
- 8:31And
- 8:31of course
- 8:31you know
- 8:32my personal
- 8:32curiosity
- 8:33as well
- 8:34you know
- 8:34and the
- 8:34American
- 8:35people
- 8:35and myself
- 8:36clearly
- 8:36have
- 8:37a desire
- 8:38to know
- 8:38what's
- 8:38going on
- 8:39with this
- 8:39stuff
- 8:39Yeah
- 8:40I would even
- 8:40argue more
- 8:40than just
- 8:41the desire
- 8:41but innate
- 8:42right
- 8:42to
- 8:43understand
- 8:43the world
- 8:43around
- 8:44them
- 8:44There are
- 8:44interactions
- 8:45I agree
- 8:46that they
- 8:47you know
- 8:47folks
- 8:47are
- 8:47experiencing
- 8:48to be
- 8:49gaslit
- 8:49by a
- 8:50government
- 8:50You know
- 8:51it's not a
- 8:51healthy
- 8:51position
- 8:52to be in
- 8:53Well
- 8:53maybe let's
- 8:54jump back
- 8:54a little bit
- 8:55before
- 8:55the hearing
- 8:55So when did
- 8:56you first
- 8:56come into
- 8:57contact
- 8:57with
- 8:57the UAP
- 8:58conversation
- 8:59within your
- 9:00professional
- 9:00duties
- 9:01or perhaps
- 9:01outside of it
- 9:02if that happened
- 9:03earlier
- 9:04Yeah
- 9:04So I guess
- 9:05it would be
- 9:06like my
- 9:06first week
- 9:07at Disa
- 9:07So like
- 9:08I said
- 9:09when you're
- 9:09like
- 9:10onboarding
- 9:10your
- 9:10first week
- 9:11you don't
- 9:11have access
- 9:12yet right
- 9:13You're
- 9:13going
- 9:13through all
- 9:13this
- 9:13paperwork
- 9:14and
- 9:14clearance
- 9:15stuff and
- 9:16you know
- 9:16it just
- 9:16takes a
- 9:17while
- 9:17So you're
- 9:18just
- 9:18shoulder
- 9:18surfing
- 9:19with your
- 9:19coworkers
- 9:20watching
- 9:20them do
- 9:20the tasks
- 9:21and what
- 9:22your job is
- 9:22going
- 9:23to be
- 9:23And then
- 9:23kind of
- 9:24like a rite
- 9:24of passage
- 9:25at this
- 9:25it's like
- 9:26well
- 9:26while
- 9:26you're
- 9:26waiting
- 9:26for access
- 9:27you're
- 9:27going to
- 9:27watch
- 9:28the Acer
- 9:29drone
- 9:30videos
- 9:30you know
- 9:31And we
- 9:31have this
- 9:32share
- 9:32drive
- 9:32a collection
- 9:33of videos
- 9:34of like
- 9:35all the
- 9:35best drone
- 9:36strikes
- 9:36and just
- 9:37interesting
- 9:37stuff
- 9:38over
- 9:38the years
- 9:38that
- 9:39they've
- 9:39compiled
- 9:40on the side
- 9:41And you
- 9:42just sit
- 9:42there
- 9:42and
- 9:42watch it
- 9:43A lot
- 9:43of cool
- 9:43stuff
- 9:44One of those
- 9:44videos was
- 9:45a UAP event
- 9:46that happened
- 9:47quite
- 9:47a few years
- 9:48ago
- 9:49and it was
- 9:51just
- 9:51unexplainable
- 9:52So
- 9:52it was a file
- 9:53that you
- 9:53just
- 9:53happened
- 9:54upon as you
- 9:55were
- 9:55exploring
- 9:55the system
- 9:56or it
- 9:56was part
- 9:56of a group
- 9:57of data
- 9:57that they
- 9:57kind of
- 9:58presented
- 9:58you to get
- 9:59acclimated
- 9:59to
- 10:00the system
- 10:00Yeah it's
- 10:01just
- 10:01sitting
- 10:01there
- 10:02I mean
- 10:02yeah it's
- 10:03not really
- 10:04like tasked
- 10:05or
- 10:05anything
- 10:05It's just
- 10:07you see
- 10:07something
- 10:08on there
- 10:08as just
- 10:09get saved
- 10:10into the
- 10:10shared
- 10:10drive
- 10:11You know
- 10:11the Acer
- 10:12people
- 10:13it's been
- 10:13on Disa
- 10:14for years
- 10:14So it's not
- 10:15a organized
- 10:16collection
- 10:16process
- 10:16when it comes
- 10:17to UAP
- 10:17You're
- 10:18saying that
- 10:19people
- 10:20are just
- 10:20seeing
- 10:20things
- 10:21and
- 10:21deciding to
- 10:22kind of
- 10:22grab
- 10:22that clip
- 10:23and
- 10:23throw
- 10:24it into
- 10:24a folder
- 10:24and
- 10:25this was
- 10:25just one
- 10:25of many
- 10:26folders
- 10:26you know
- 10:27that
- 10:27someone
- 10:27created
- 10:27before
- 10:28you got there
- 10:28and you're
- 10:29like oh
- 10:29this is the UAAP
- 10:30folder
- 10:31I guess
- 10:31more
- 10:32essentially
- 10:32like that
- 10:33But you're
- 10:33not
- 10:33suggesting
- 10:34it was like
- 10:34an
- 10:34organized
- 10:35collection
- 10:35effort
- 10:36This was
- 10:36kind of
- 10:36just like
- 10:37the
- 10:37colleague
- 10:38to
- 10:38colleague
- 10:38like cool
- 10:39folder
- 10:39of stuff
- 10:40right
- 10:40Kind of
- 10:40Yeah
- 10:41Hey
- 10:41check this
- 10:41out Yeah
- 10:42You want to
- 10:42see this
- 10:43This thing
- 10:44that happened
- 10:44a few years
- 10:45back
- 10:45you know
- 10:46and it just
- 10:46so happened
- 10:47UAP stuff
- 10:47winded up
- 10:48in there
- 10:48Do you know
- 10:49when that
- 10:49folder was
- 10:50created
- 10:51I don't know
- 10:51exactly
- 10:52what year
- 10:52I know
- 10:53I've seen
- 10:53footage in
- 10:54that folder
- 10:54going back
- 10:55like ten
- 10:56years
- 10:56plus
- 10:56though
- 10:57And
- 10:58the system
- 10:59that you're
- 10:59using
- 11:00I presume
- 11:01they're not
- 11:01constantly
- 11:02recording
- 11:03So does
- 11:04that mean
- 11:04if someone
- 11:05did access
- 11:06information
- 11:06from
- 11:07the system
- 11:07that
- 11:07probably
- 11:08clipped in
- 11:08real time
- 11:09more or
- 11:09less
- 11:09or within
- 11:10some
- 11:10window
- 11:11is
- 11:11that fair
- 11:11to say
- 11:12How
- 11:12it works
- 11:13is when
- 11:14I would
- 11:14monitor
- 11:14the drones
- 11:15as a
- 11:15program
- 11:16called UVs
- 11:17You vids
- 11:17is what
- 11:17we
- 11:18called it
- 11:18on the side
- 11:19So how my
- 11:20workstation
- 11:20was I
- 11:20had like
- 11:21two nipper
- 11:21screens
- 11:22you know
- 11:22green side
- 11:23and then
- 11:23two sipper
- 11:24screens
- 11:25unglazed
- 11:25and clash
- 11:26where
- 11:26those might
- 11:26not
- 11:26be aware
- 11:27And so on
- 11:28the side
- 11:29there's UVs
- 11:30which
- 11:30is
- 11:30basically
- 11:31almost like
- 11:32a
- 11:32classified
- 11:33YouTube
- 11:33Right
- 11:33The military
- 11:34has its
- 11:34own
- 11:35internet
- 11:35type
- 11:36of thing
- 11:37And
- 11:37when you're
- 11:37tapped into
- 11:38that
- 11:39you know
- 11:39UBS
- 11:41there's
- 11:41like
- 11:41almost like
- 11:42a globe
- 11:43a map
- 11:43of the world
- 11:43Right
- 11:44And
- 11:45there's
- 11:45like every
- 11:45drone
- 11:46that's
- 11:46currently
- 11:47streaming
- 11:47live
- 11:48And I
- 11:48could
- 11:49tap into
- 11:49those drones
- 11:50and I could
- 11:51maximize
- 11:51them on
- 11:52my screen
- 11:52Usually I
- 11:53would
- 11:53have like
- 11:53nine drones
- 11:54up at one
- 11:54time
- 11:55I'd be
- 11:55watching
- 11:55real time
- 11:56you know
- 11:56whatever
- 11:57I thought
- 11:57was
- 11:57interesting
- 11:58or
- 11:58something
- 11:58a mission
- 11:59I was
- 11:59working
- 12:00on that
- 12:00I wanted to
- 12:01monitor the
- 12:01drone
- 12:02clarity
- 12:02and all
- 12:02that stuff
- 12:03you know
- 12:03What
- 12:03would
- 12:03that be
- 12:04by the way
- 12:04You know
- 12:05like
- 12:05I think
- 12:05that's a
- 12:06pretty cool
- 12:06position
- 12:06to be
- 12:07What was
- 12:07the best
- 12:07part of
- 12:07my job
- 12:08for sure
- 12:08Yeah
- 12:08So
- 12:09basically
- 12:10I guess as
- 12:10I would
- 12:11say
- 12:11monitor
- 12:11the
- 12:11situation
- 12:12Right
- 12:12But I
- 12:13actually
- 12:13was
- 12:13ultimately
- 12:14Yeah yeah
- 12:14the
- 12:14ultimate
- 12:15Right
- 12:16So I
- 12:17would be
- 12:17on these
- 12:17drone feeds
- 12:18and then
- 12:19if someone
- 12:21like saw
- 12:22something
- 12:22that
- 12:22they wanted
- 12:23to say
- 12:23if there is
- 12:23a way to
- 12:24like
- 12:24clip it
- 12:24and
- 12:25they would
- 12:25do it
- 12:25in like 5
- 12:26or 15
- 12:26minute
- 12:26increments
- 12:27I don't
- 12:27exactly
- 12:27know how
- 12:28it worked
- 12:28but it'd
- 12:29wind up
- 12:29on like
- 12:30a highlight
- 12:30section
- 12:31right
- 12:31And from
- 12:32there
- 12:32you could
- 12:32download it
- 12:33into like a
- 12:34your sipper
- 12:35files
- 12:35or
- 12:35whatever
- 12:36And
- 12:36that's how
- 12:36it would
- 12:37be
- 12:37extracted
- 12:37into the
- 12:38share
- 12:38drive
- 12:38Right
- 12:39You know
- 12:39there's no
- 12:40massive
- 12:41database of
- 12:41video files
- 12:42going back
- 12:43a long time
- 12:43that
- 12:43we could
- 12:44scrub
- 12:44So this
- 12:44you know
- 12:45this folder
- 12:45is probably
- 12:46what
- 12:46we have
- 12:46from this
- 12:47right
- 12:48Unless
- 12:48of course
- 12:48the government
- 12:49wanted
- 12:49to take
- 12:49this
- 12:50serious
- 12:50and
- 12:50actually
- 12:51implement
- 12:52systems
- 12:53that would
- 12:53allow us
- 12:54to either
- 12:55real time
- 12:55or
- 12:56you know
- 12:56save
- 12:56the data
- 12:57for
- 12:5748 hours
- 12:58and do that
- 12:58type of
- 12:59scrub
- 12:59So there's
- 13:00an
- 13:00opportunity
- 13:01right
- 13:01to
- 13:01gather more
- 13:02information
- 13:02low hanging
- 13:03fruit
- 13:03that we
- 13:03could be
- 13:04taking
- 13:04advantage
- 13:04of in
- 13:05this
- 13:05conversation
- 13:06All right
- 13:07So you
- 13:07get in
- 13:07this folder
- 13:08what are you
- 13:08seeing
- 13:09in there
- 13:09I mean
- 13:09what are
- 13:10some of
- 13:10these older
- 13:11videos look
- 13:11like
- 13:12You know
- 13:12we'll get into
- 13:13I think
- 13:14here
- 13:14in a minute
- 13:15what
- 13:15you were
- 13:15kind of
- 13:16seeing more
- 13:16real time
- 13:17and
- 13:17whatnot
- 13:17But you
- 13:17know
- 13:18what about
- 13:18those
- 13:18that first
- 13:19glimpse in
- 13:19what was
- 13:20in there
- 13:20and
- 13:20Oh
- 13:21by the way
- 13:21I just want
- 13:22to caveat
- 13:22for
- 13:22everyone
- 13:23This was a few
- 13:24years ago
- 13:25Right
- 13:25And so no
- 13:25one's
- 13:26expecting
- 13:26you
- 13:26remember to
- 13:26be perfect
- 13:27here
- 13:28I think
- 13:28you know
- 13:29we're
- 13:29moving
- 13:30forward
- 13:30in a
- 13:30culture
- 13:31where
- 13:31we can
- 13:31perhaps
- 13:31get this
- 13:32into a
- 13:32more real
- 13:33time
- 13:33But
- 13:33you know
- 13:33we'll
- 13:34do our
- 13:34best with
- 13:35you know
- 13:35the time
- 13:35frames that
- 13:36we've been
- 13:36dealing
- 13:36with here
- 13:38Yeah
- 13:38The first
- 13:38UAP video
- 13:39that was
- 13:39already
- 13:40there
- 13:40on the
- 13:40share drive
- 13:41when I saw
- 13:42was
- 13:44and I
- 13:44have to
- 13:45let you
- 13:45know
- 13:45there's
- 13:46no I have
- 13:46no like
- 13:47context
- 13:47operationally
- 13:48about
- 13:48what I'm
- 13:49looking at
- 13:49you know
- 13:50as
- 13:51operational
- 13:52security
- 13:52Right
- 13:52I just see
- 13:53the date of
- 13:54the video
- 13:55I don't
- 13:55know what
- 13:55the mission
- 13:56was or
- 13:56why we're
- 13:56there
- 13:57I just
- 13:57get to watch
- 13:58you know
- 13:58what
- 13:58I mean
- 13:59So this was
- 14:01a drone
- 14:01feed that
- 14:02I presume
- 14:03a drone
- 14:03feed
- 14:04It appeared
- 14:04to be
- 14:05somewhere
- 14:05in the
- 14:05Middle
- 14:05East
- 14:06It was over
- 14:07some
- 14:08village
- 14:08Looked like
- 14:09a standard
- 14:09reconnaissance
- 14:10mission
- 14:10on a
- 14:10target
- 14:11a building
- 14:11of some
- 14:12kind
- 14:12But across
- 14:13the screen
- 14:13just comes
- 14:14streaking
- 14:15across
- 14:15as I can't
- 14:16remember
- 14:16It was like
- 14:165 to 7
- 14:18streaks
- 14:18of light
- 14:20just
- 14:20white hot
- 14:21you know
- 14:22a gated
- 14:22rectangular shape
- 14:24And
- 14:24they just
- 14:25streak
- 14:25across
- 14:25And
- 14:26this was
- 14:26like a
- 14:26couple
- 14:27seconds
- 14:27long
- 14:28The whole
- 14:28video
- 14:28itself was
- 14:29very short
- 14:30Were they
- 14:30like right
- 14:31above like
- 14:31a village
- 14:32or a town
- 14:32or
- 14:33were they
- 14:33like a high
- 14:33altitude
- 14:34Yeah
- 14:35It was
- 14:36above
- 14:37a village
- 14:37Yeah
- 14:38Kind of
- 14:38like that
- 14:39downward
- 14:39looking
- 14:39like
- 14:40some things
- 14:40above it
- 14:40at some
- 14:41unknown
- 14:41altitude
- 14:42Yeah
- 14:43What
- 14:43were they
- 14:44in
- 14:44a formation
- 14:44of sorts
- 14:45Yeah
- 14:45It looked
- 14:45like a
- 14:46like a
- 14:47delta
- 14:47wing
- 14:47formation
- 14:48like that
- 14:48v a V
- 14:49formation
- 14:49Right
- 14:50But they're
- 14:50all
- 14:50individual
- 14:51objects
- 14:51It was
- 14:51daytime
- 14:52You could break out
- 14:53that their
- 14:53individual
- 14:54I couldn't
- 14:55I
- 14:55don't know
- 14:55exactly
- 14:56what time
- 14:56it was
- 14:57because
- 14:57everything
- 14:57was an
- 14:57IR right
- 14:58Yeah
- 14:58It was
- 14:59white
- 14:59hot against
- 15:00a more
- 15:01darker
- 15:01background
- 15:02of the
- 15:02village
- 15:02Were they
- 15:03like a
- 15:04point
- 15:05source of
- 15:06energy
- 15:06coming
- 15:06at the camera
- 15:07or could
- 15:08you like
- 15:08make out
- 15:09like there
- 15:09was a
- 15:09center
- 15:09of mass
- 15:10No
- 15:11it was just
- 15:11these solid
- 15:13streaks
- 15:13of light
- 15:14It wasn't
- 15:15like
- 15:16I guess
- 15:16bleeding
- 15:17out
- 15:17you know
- 15:17what I
- 15:18mean
- 15:18It was
- 15:18confined
- 15:19into a
- 15:20pretty
- 15:20solid shape
- 15:21but
- 15:22it was just
- 15:22this brown
- 15:23So
- 15:23there was
- 15:23like a fine
- 15:24trail
- 15:25behind
- 15:25these
- 15:25objects or
- 15:26or perhaps
- 15:27you couldn't
- 15:27tell if
- 15:28it was
- 15:28a trail
- 15:29behind it
- 15:29or that was
- 15:30the object
- 15:31Exactly
- 15:31Yeah Yeah
- 15:31Okay
- 15:32So it was
- 15:32hard to
- 15:33Okay
- 15:33Interesting
- 15:34So that was
- 15:35that was
- 15:35the first
- 15:35first one
- 15:36you saw
- 15:36What else
- 15:37Yeah
- 15:38That was
- 15:38as far
- 15:39as for
- 15:39you apes
- 15:40that was
- 15:40there
- 15:40all
- 15:40the other
- 15:41all
- 15:41the other
- 15:41videos
- 15:42on there
- 15:42which
- 15:42we had like
- 15:43hundreds
- 15:43Right
- 15:44It's
- 15:44all drone
- 15:45strikes or
- 15:47you know
- 15:47bird's eye
- 15:47view of
- 15:48firefights
- 15:48happening
- 15:49from
- 15:49the past
- 15:50you know
- 15:50special
- 15:51operations
- 15:51that type
- 15:52of stuff
- 15:53you know
- 15:53that we
- 15:53thought was
- 15:54really
- 15:54cool
- 15:54that was say
- 15:55yeah
- 15:55So okay
- 15:56so you're
- 15:56in there
- 15:56You see one
- 15:57weird thing
- 15:57and maybe
- 15:58it was
- 15:58like okay
- 15:59you know
- 15:59and by
- 16:00his father
- 16:00cool war
- 16:01footage
- 16:01and
- 16:01whatnot
- 16:02by the
- 16:02way cool
- 16:03and
- 16:04somewhat
- 16:04scary
- 16:04and creepy
- 16:05to think
- 16:05that
- 16:05you know
- 16:06as I was
- 16:06flying
- 16:06out there
- 16:07on some
- 16:07mission
- 16:07maybe not
- 16:08this
- 16:08particular
- 16:09situation
- 16:09but
- 16:10that you
- 16:10have
- 16:11Forgive me
- 16:11but some
- 16:11you know
- 16:12kid
- 16:12you know
- 16:13sitting in
- 16:13some office
- 16:14somewhere
- 16:14in the
- 16:14United
- 16:15States
- 16:15just like
- 16:15watching
- 16:16what we're
- 16:16doing out
- 16:17there
- 16:17you know
- 16:17kind of
- 16:17tagging
- 16:18along
- 16:18It's
- 16:18kind of
- 16:19never
- 16:19really
- 16:19thought
- 16:19about that
- 16:20before
- 16:20But it is
- 16:21interesting
- 16:22because
- 16:22you know
- 16:22we're
- 16:22sitting
- 16:23there
- 16:23just
- 16:23doing our work
- 16:24and then
- 16:24the drones
- 16:25are up
- 16:25Lot guys
- 16:26just
- 16:26don't pay
- 16:26attention
- 16:26to it
- 16:27But as soon
- 16:28as we see
- 16:28lays
- 16:28does on
- 16:29the screen
- 16:30is
- 16:30hey hey
- 16:31you know
- 16:32hey watch
- 16:32you know
- 16:33that's
- 16:33cool Yeah
- 16:34But yeah
- 16:34you know
- 16:35just you
- 16:35never know
- 16:36who's
- 16:36watching
- 16:36you know
- 16:36in these
- 16:37scenarios
- 16:37or who's
- 16:37going
- 16:37to watch
- 16:38down
- 16:38the road
- 16:38And
- 16:38we always
- 16:39kind of
- 16:39knew
- 16:39that
- 16:39was there
- 16:40but never
- 16:41actually
- 16:41talked
- 16:42to people
- 16:43behind the
- 16:43curtain
- 16:43So that
- 16:44cool
- 16:44All right
- 16:45So you know
- 16:46and just
- 16:46maybe
- 16:46this is
- 16:46a good point
- 16:47So you see
- 16:48one
- 16:48weird
- 16:48video
- 16:48I mean
- 16:49what's
- 16:49your mind
- 16:49Stay here
- 16:50You are
- 16:51you into
- 16:51the UAP
- 16:52topic
- 16:52Is this
- 16:53like did
- 16:54you have
- 16:54context
- 16:54to be
- 16:55like wow
- 16:55this is
- 16:55one of
- 16:55those
- 16:56things
- 16:56I've heard
- 16:56about
- 16:57or you just
- 16:57not
- 16:58really sure
- 16:58what to do
- 16:58with this
- 16:59Yeah
- 16:59I mean
- 16:59I've
- 17:00always been
- 17:00into this
- 17:00topic
- 17:01as a kid
- 17:01you know
- 17:02what I
- 17:02mean
- 17:02Growing up
- 17:03fascinated
- 17:03with UFOs
- 17:04aliens
- 17:04all that
- 17:05stuff
- 17:05just like
- 17:05everybody
- 17:06else
- 17:06How
- 17:06can you be
- 17:07when you're
- 17:07a kid
- 17:07You know
- 17:08like
- 17:08Yeah yeah
- 17:09And so
- 17:10getting
- 17:10to see it
- 17:11because I
- 17:11had seen
- 17:12like the
- 17:12previous
- 17:13footage
- 17:13that
- 17:13released
- 17:13like the
- 17:14gimbal
- 17:14and all
- 17:15that
- 17:15the go
- 17:15fast video
- 17:16that
- 17:17you guys
- 17:17presented
- 17:17And so
- 17:18that was
- 17:18fascinating
- 17:19to me
- 17:19And then
- 17:20seeing that
- 17:20on
- 17:20the side
- 17:22I was like
- 17:22yeah
- 17:22that's
- 17:22that's
- 17:23legit
- 17:23And I
- 17:24had talked
- 17:24with guys
- 17:24in the
- 17:25knock
- 17:25about this
- 17:26like hey
- 17:26what do you think
- 17:26that is
- 17:27And
- 17:27you know
- 17:28we'd debate
- 17:28with
- 17:28each other
- 17:28like
- 17:29no that's
- 17:29gotta be
- 17:30ordinance
- 17:30or that's
- 17:30got to be
- 17:31something
- 17:31I was like
- 17:31no way
- 17:32You know
- 17:33I'm
- 17:33very
- 17:33familiar
- 17:34with how
- 17:34ordinance
- 17:35looks going
- 17:35through
- 17:35the air
- 17:36just from
- 17:37all the footage
- 17:37I've seen
- 17:38And I
- 17:38remember
- 17:39I was
- 17:39arguing
- 17:40with one of
- 17:40the missile
- 17:41defense
- 17:41guys
- 17:41because
- 17:41we're
- 17:42broken up
- 17:42into
- 17:43sections
- 17:43right
- 17:44My
- 17:44section is
- 17:44called ESG
- 17:45which is
- 17:46enterprise
- 17:46Com Gateway
- 17:47Services
- 17:48You got
- 17:49cyber
- 17:49defense
- 17:49over here
- 17:50and then
- 17:51you got
- 17:51Azer
- 17:52over here
- 17:52and so on
- 17:53and so
- 17:53forth
- 17:54The circle
- 17:55around the
- 17:56the commanders
- 17:56in the
- 17:56middle
- 17:57the
- 17:57officers
- 17:57Right
- 17:58And so we
- 17:59we talked
- 17:59about it
- 18:00and be like
- 18:00what do you think
- 18:01that is
- 18:01And lots
- 18:02of
- 18:02different
- 18:02ideas
- 18:03being
- 18:03floating
- 18:03around
- 18:03You know
- 18:04what
- 18:04I mean
- 18:04Some guys
- 18:05were like
- 18:05yeah
- 18:06that's
- 18:06totally
- 18:06anomalous
- 18:06And other
- 18:07guys
- 18:07there's got
- 18:08to be
- 18:08an
- 18:08explanation
- 18:09Say one
- 18:09certainty
- 18:10on the
- 18:10as on
- 18:11the outside
- 18:11as well
- 18:12Right
- 18:12Remind me
- 18:12what year
- 18:13this is
- 18:13again
- 18:14when you're
- 18:14getting in
- 18:15Yeah
- 18:15This was
- 18:15in 20 2324
- 18:18Yeah
- 18:19Before the
- 18:19hearing
- 18:20I think
- 18:21Yeah before
- 18:21the
- 18:21hearing
- 18:22And then
- 18:22while
- 18:23I was there
- 18:24I think
- 18:24you guys
- 18:25had the
- 18:25hearing
- 18:26And that's
- 18:26when I
- 18:26was like
- 18:27oh okay
- 18:28You know
- 18:28I should
- 18:28probably
- 18:29jump
- 18:29on this
- 18:30So
- 18:30what happened
- 18:31next then
- 18:31from there
- 18:32Happen
- 18:32next
- 18:33I can't
- 18:33remember if
- 18:34I started
- 18:34seeing
- 18:35my stuff
- 18:35before
- 18:36or after
- 18:36your
- 18:37hearing
- 18:37Right
- 18:38I just know
- 18:39after your
- 18:39hearing
- 18:40very
- 18:41shortly
- 18:41before
- 18:42or after is
- 18:43when I saw
- 18:44the ups
- 18:44that I saw
- 18:45and then
- 18:46On the
- 18:47on this
- 18:47system
- 18:48Yeah
- 18:48And then
- 18:49felt
- 18:49compelled
- 18:49to
- 18:49reach out
- 18:50and
- 18:51you know
- 18:51report it
- 18:51Well
- 18:52let's talk
- 18:52about those
- 18:52experiences
- 18:53What did you see
- 18:54And again
- 18:54this is now
- 18:55like on the
- 18:55real time
- 18:55feed Yeah
- 18:56Yeah Okay
- 18:57I
- 18:58We were
- 18:58working
- 18:58eight hour
- 18:59shifts
- 18:59Right
- 19:00So I was
- 19:01working
- 19:01nights
- 19:01at the
- 19:02time the
- 19:03the mid
- 19:03shift
- 19:04you know
- 19:04So daytime
- 19:05in the US
- 19:05Oh actually
- 19:06no
- 19:06This was
- 19:06this was
- 19:07sorry
- 19:07Sorry
- 19:08Yeah
- 19:08So
- 19:09I would come in
- 19:10and then
- 19:11I get all
- 19:11my stuff
- 19:12going
- 19:12start
- 19:13working
- 19:13on stuff
- 19:13and then
- 19:14I'd pull up
- 19:14the drone
- 19:14feeds
- 19:15and
- 19:15every day
- 19:16coming in
- 19:16I would check
- 19:16the
- 19:17highlights
- 19:17and got
- 19:17all right
- 19:17what's new
- 19:18You know
- 19:18anything
- 19:19interesting
- 19:19you know
- 19:20And one day
- 19:22there was
- 19:22a footage
- 19:23of what
- 19:24appeared
- 19:24to be a UAP
- 19:25on there
- 19:26that I was
- 19:26like
- 19:26Holy cow
- 19:27you know
- 19:28what
- 19:28What is it
- 19:28that I'm
- 19:29looking at
- 19:29You know
- 19:29and I
- 19:30looked into
- 19:30where the
- 19:30location
- 19:31was where
- 19:31the drones
- 19:32were flying
- 19:33when
- 19:33this was
- 19:34you know
- 19:34and I
- 19:35was
- 19:35monitoring
- 19:36these
- 19:36drones
- 19:36in real
- 19:37time out
- 19:37while I was
- 19:38at work
- 19:38That was on
- 19:39the
- 19:39highlights
- 19:40Right
- 19:41So
- 19:41someone else
- 19:41pulled it
- 19:42Yeah
- 19:42someone
- 19:42else did
- 19:43I went to
- 19:44an Acer
- 19:45guy and I
- 19:46was like
- 19:46hey
- 19:46do you see
- 19:47this video
- 19:47on the
- 19:47highlights
- 19:47right now
- 19:48Like
- 19:49can you
- 19:49pull this
- 19:49into the
- 19:50share
- 19:50drive
- 19:50He's like
- 19:50yeah
- 19:51I can
- 19:51Yeah
- 19:51Did you
- 19:52ever
- 19:52Figure
- 19:52Out
- 19:52who pulled
- 19:53it
- 19:53originally
- 19:54No
- 19:54I did not
- 19:55I assume
- 19:56it was the
- 19:57you mean
- 19:57who
- 19:57uploaded it
- 19:58and the
- 19:58highlights
- 19:58to you
- 19:59Know
- 19:59who found
- 20:00who like
- 20:00first
- 20:00Discovered
- 20:01it
- 20:01you know
- 20:01like
- 20:01I don't
- 20:02care if
- 20:02their
- 20:02rationale
- 20:03what they
- 20:03thought
- 20:03when they
- 20:04first
- 20:04pulled it
- 20:04I would love
- 20:05to know
- 20:05that too
- 20:06Now
- 20:07the way
- 20:07the UVF is
- 20:08set up
- 20:08is like
- 20:10you can see
- 20:10how many
- 20:10people have
- 20:11viewed it
- 20:11It's
- 20:12kind of
- 20:12like
- 20:12YouTube
- 20:12you know
- 20:13there's
- 20:13also like
- 20:14a live
- 20:14stream
- 20:15function
- 20:15as it's
- 20:16going like
- 20:17there's
- 20:17also like
- 20:18a live
- 20:18chat
- 20:19Hey I'm
- 20:19just live
- 20:19streaming
- 20:20from
- 20:20The skiff
- 20:21you know
- 20:21Hey Yeah
- 20:22So
- 20:23a lot of times
- 20:23they would
- 20:24whoever
- 20:25was like
- 20:25the
- 20:25administrator
- 20:26of it
- 20:26of it
- 20:27would like
- 20:27open up
- 20:28the chat
- 20:28at certain
- 20:28times
- 20:29so
- 20:29you could
- 20:29communicate
- 20:30The only time
- 20:31I ever
- 20:31saw it
- 20:32happen
- 20:32is when
- 20:32a drones
- 20:33going down
- 20:33and
- 20:34everyone's
- 20:34typing
- 20:34F's on
- 20:35the chat
- 20:35you know
- 20:35what I
- 20:36mean
- 20:36So yeah
- 20:38you know
- 20:38So salute
- 20:39oh seven
- 20:41Yeah yeah
- 20:41So yeah
- 20:42I don't
- 20:42know who
- 20:43originally
- 20:43put it up
- 20:43in there
- 20:44Okay
- 20:44So you see
- 20:45this video
- 20:45what
- 20:46maybe for
- 20:46we
- 20:46get into details
- 20:47But you do
- 20:48want to say
- 20:48generally
- 20:49whereabouts
- 20:51it was
- 20:52detected
- 20:53and what
- 20:54platform
- 20:55detected it
- 20:55perhaps or
- 20:57just
- 20:57vaguely
- 20:58And then
- 20:59what
- 21:00What
- 21:00did they
- 21:01detect
- 21:02Yeah
- 21:02So we were
- 21:03using in
- 21:04this case
- 21:04MQ nines
- 21:06And
- 21:06this was
- 21:07in the East
- 21:07China Sea
- 21:08Yellow Sea
- 21:09you know
- 21:10in that
- 21:10region
- 21:11What did you see
- 21:12What did they
- 21:12see
- 21:13So this
- 21:13first one
- 21:14it was
- 21:15a single
- 21:15object
- 21:16spherical
- 21:17in shape
- 21:18not
- 21:18a perfect
- 21:19circle
- 21:20You know
- 21:20they
- 21:20never are
- 21:21It seems
- 21:21it was
- 21:22but it was
- 21:22spherical
- 21:23It was moving
- 21:24across
- 21:25the water
- 21:26at a
- 21:27decent
- 21:27speed
- 21:27I would say
- 21:28it was
- 21:28very close
- 21:29to touch
- 21:29on the
- 21:30surface of
- 21:30the water
- 21:31First
- 21:31it was
- 21:32panned out
- 21:33as white
- 21:33hot and
- 21:33I are
- 21:34and it was
- 21:35just
- 21:35tracking it
- 21:35going along
- 21:36And then
- 21:37it zoomed
- 21:38in on it
- 21:39watching it
- 21:40kind of
- 21:40almost
- 21:40tumblin
- 21:41away
- 21:42I couldn't
- 21:43decide
- 21:43It was
- 21:43a somewhat
- 21:44uneven
- 21:44sphere
- 21:45and
- 21:45you could
- 21:45see that
- 21:46it was
- 21:46kind of
- 21:47the flight
- 21:47path was
- 21:48tumbling
- 21:48or
- 21:48you could
- 21:49kind of
- 21:49tell it
- 21:49rotating
- 21:50It kind of
- 21:50seemed to
- 21:51be both
- 21:51Yeah
- 21:52at times
- 21:52would
- 21:52be it'd
- 21:53be moving
- 21:53like
- 21:53straight
- 21:54across
- 21:54the water
- 21:55and doing
- 21:55like this
- 21:55kind of
- 21:56tumbling
- 21:56motion
- 21:57I want to say
- 21:57it's going
- 21:58like end
- 21:58over end
- 21:59but it has
- 21:59like this
- 22:00kind of
- 22:00bobbing
- 22:01movement
- 22:01you know
- 22:01what I
- 22:01mean Yes
- 22:02Yeah
- 22:03Do you have
- 22:03any
- 22:03estimate of
- 22:04the
- 22:04altitude
- 22:05It had
- 22:05to be
- 22:07gosh
- 22:08a couple
- 22:08feet over
- 22:08the water
- 22:09Oh
- 22:09a couple
- 22:09seat Yeah
- 22:10Yeah
- 22:11Very
- 22:11very close
- 22:12to
- 22:12the water
- 22:12Did
- 22:13they have a lock
- 22:13on
- 22:13the object
- 22:15it didn't
- 22:15have like
- 22:16an actual
- 22:17square
- 22:17around it
- 22:17Like a
- 22:18targeting
- 22:18square
- 22:18is what
- 22:19I would
- 22:19call it
- 22:19where
- 22:19it could
- 22:20actually
- 22:20measure
- 22:20like
- 22:20the size
- 22:21and stuff
- 22:22like the
- 22:22drones are
- 22:22capable
- 22:23of doing
- 22:23But it was
- 22:24locked onto
- 22:24the target
- 22:25and or
- 22:25if it was
- 22:26moving
- 22:26with it
- 22:26or
- 22:27they were
- 22:27slewing it
- 22:28Yeah
- 22:28Either that
- 22:29or the
- 22:29drone
- 22:29operator
- 22:30was
- 22:30really good
- 22:30with
- 22:30the stick
- 22:31because
- 22:31he was
- 22:31following
- 22:32He's
- 22:32probably
- 22:32locked in
- 22:33some way
- 22:33It's
- 22:33very hard
- 22:33and
- 22:34it's like
- 22:34it's jerky
- 22:35If if it's
- 22:36operator
- 22:36control
- 22:37it's
- 22:37impossible
- 22:37to smooth
- 22:38Probably
- 22:39hard to
- 22:39estimate
- 22:39the size
- 22:40I imagine
- 22:41Yeah
- 22:41Unless
- 22:41you have
- 22:42a comment
- 22:42on that
- 22:43Yeah
- 22:43So I know
- 22:44like in in
- 22:45future
- 22:46events
- 22:46that I saw
- 22:47they did
- 22:48get a
- 22:48like a
- 22:49square
- 22:49around it
- 22:49to measure
- 22:50It is
- 22:50a tool
- 22:51that
- 22:51the drone
- 22:51can use
- 22:52I guess
- 22:52And
- 22:53sometimes
- 22:54it'd be
- 22:54have one
- 22:55meter next
- 22:55to it
- 22:56Other times
- 22:56it'd be
- 22:57three
- 22:57meters
- 22:58So
- 22:58between 1
- 22:58to 3m
- 23:00is
- 23:00my estimate
- 23:01And
- 23:01there was
- 23:01also
- 23:02I've seen
- 23:02it pass
- 23:03in front of
- 23:03a ship
- 23:04as appeared
- 23:05to be
- 23:05a fishing
- 23:06vessel
- 23:07you know
- 23:07So in the
- 23:08right hands
- 23:08that that
- 23:09footage
- 23:10Someone
- 23:10from there
- 23:10Yeah Yeah
- 23:11You know
- 23:11what I
- 23:11mean So
- 23:12Okay so
- 23:14before
- 23:14we get into
- 23:14these other
- 23:15sightings
- 23:16you're
- 23:16seeing this
- 23:16fear
- 23:17It's
- 23:17tumbling
- 23:17It's
- 23:17kind of
- 23:18bobbing
- 23:18in the air
- 23:18Do you have
- 23:19any sense
- 23:19of the
- 23:19winds
- 23:20You know
- 23:20is this
- 23:21moving
- 23:21against
- 23:21the winds
- 23:22Is this
- 23:22with the
- 23:23winds
- 23:23Is this
- 23:24moving
- 23:24fast
- 23:25Is this
- 23:25moving
- 23:25slow
- 23:26And
- 23:26how does
- 23:26you know
- 23:27How does this
- 23:28video end
- 23:29I kind of
- 23:29get a
- 23:30really
- 23:30a sense
- 23:31of like
- 23:31when
- 23:31direction
- 23:32I could see
- 23:33like the
- 23:33waves
- 23:33of course
- 23:34like the
- 23:35whitecaps
- 23:35and
- 23:35whatnot
- 23:36but I
- 23:37couldn't
- 23:37tell
- 23:37direction
- 23:38and
- 23:38that type
- 23:38of thing
- 23:39I could
- 23:39see like
- 23:39the way
- 23:40the drone
- 23:40was
- 23:40oriented
- 23:41and
- 23:41the angle
- 23:42it was
- 23:42looking
- 23:42at it from
- 23:43But
- 23:44that information
- 23:45I know
- 23:46I don't
- 23:47have that
- 23:48I would say
- 23:49it was
- 23:49moving at
- 23:49a decent
- 23:50speed
- 23:50I mean
- 23:50this thing
- 23:51had no
- 23:51wings
- 23:52no sign
- 23:52of like
- 23:53propulsion
- 23:54or
- 23:55you know
- 23:55no rivets
- 23:56nothing
- 23:56like
- 23:56and you're
- 23:57seeing an
- 23:57IR image
- 23:58and so
- 23:58you're
- 23:59not seeing
- 23:59like an
- 23:59exhaust
- 24:00plume
- 24:00or anything
- 24:00like that
- 24:01when it
- 24:02got up
- 24:02really
- 24:03close
- 24:03on it
- 24:03You know
- 24:04the best
- 24:04way I can
- 24:05compare
- 24:05it to
- 24:06is the
- 24:07recent
- 24:07drops that
- 24:08came out
- 24:08You saw
- 24:09the ones
- 24:09like
- 24:10there's one
- 24:10that does
- 24:10move past
- 24:11the ship
- 24:11and the
- 24:12and the
- 24:12latest
- 24:12drops
- 24:13they did
- 24:14It looks
- 24:14similar to
- 24:14that
- 24:15And also
- 24:15the one
- 24:15moving
- 24:16between
- 24:16like those
- 24:16windmills
- 24:17and stuff
- 24:17It looked
- 24:18very
- 24:18similar
- 24:18Yeah
- 24:19So you're
- 24:19talking
- 24:19about
- 24:19the drop
- 24:20from the
- 24:20Department
- 24:20of War
- 24:21Depending
- 24:21on when
- 24:22this airs
- 24:22that might
- 24:23best be
- 24:23referred to
- 24:24as the
- 24:24first drop
- 24:25But yeah
- 24:25okay
- 24:25I think
- 24:26we'll all
- 24:26know what
- 24:26you talk
- 24:27about
- 24:28Okay
- 24:28Up close
- 24:30because it
- 24:30did zoom in
- 24:31pretty
- 24:31close
- 24:31to it
- 24:32And what
- 24:32I saw
- 24:33it appeared
- 24:34to be like
- 24:34three
- 24:35vortexes
- 24:36on the top
- 24:36and bottom
- 24:37the very
- 24:37very faint
- 24:39It was
- 24:39really odd
- 24:40It was still
- 24:41like that
- 24:41white
- 24:41hot spear
- 24:43but it had
- 24:44these three
- 24:45very
- 24:45transparent
- 24:46vortexes
- 24:46on the top
- 24:47and bottom
- 24:47and
- 24:48like side
- 24:49by side
- 24:49or
- 24:50like one
- 24:51two three
- 24:51Yeah
- 24:52And then
- 24:53and the
- 24:54water
- 24:54itself
- 24:54it almost
- 24:55looked
- 24:55like a
- 24:56like a
- 24:56laser
- 24:57underwater
- 24:58Like as
- 24:59the object
- 24:59was going
- 25:00across
- 25:00the waves
- 25:01right
- 25:01underneath
- 25:01it was like
- 25:02this
- 25:02almost
- 25:02like a
- 25:03point
- 25:03of energy
- 25:03I couldn't
- 25:04tell if
- 25:04it was like
- 25:05a
- 25:05reflection
- 25:06or
- 25:06something
- 25:06under the
- 25:07water
- 25:07like
- 25:08underneath it
- 25:08but
- 25:08it was like
- 25:09a straight
- 25:09line
- 25:10of what
- 25:10looked like
- 25:11a laser
- 25:12or a very
- 25:13tight
- 25:13reflection
- 25:14of it
- 25:14Interesting
- 25:15Yeah
- 25:16potentially
- 25:17some
- 25:17kind of
- 25:17our energy
- 25:18Coming
- 25:18out the
- 25:19Bottom
- 25:19into
- 25:20the ocean
- 25:20for
- 25:20whatever
- 25:21reason
- 25:21It's
- 25:21interesting
- 25:22how low
- 25:22it is too
- 25:23Yeah
- 25:23that's
- 25:24that's
- 25:24that's
- 25:24very
- 25:24interesting
- 25:25Especially
- 25:26you know
- 25:26if it is
- 25:26putting out
- 25:27some kind
- 25:27of energy
- 25:27into the
- 25:28ocean
- 25:28you know
- 25:28there's
- 25:29things
- 25:29we can
- 25:29learn
- 25:29from that
- 25:30How did this
- 25:31video end
- 25:32I mean
- 25:32it just
- 25:33keeps
- 25:33tracking it
- 25:34for a while
- 25:34and then
- 25:35it just
- 25:36I guess
- 25:36the drone
- 25:36just like
- 25:37okay
- 25:37we're done
- 25:38and just
- 25:38lets it
- 25:38go off
- 25:38screen
- 25:39and
- 25:39that's it
- 25:39You know
- 25:40what I
- 25:40mean
- 25:40Right
- 25:40So this one
- 25:41is somewhat
- 25:41ambiguous
- 25:42right
- 25:42It could be
- 25:43some
- 25:43kind of
- 25:43strange
- 25:44platform
- 25:44We're
- 25:45not seeing
- 25:45the same
- 25:45rocket off
- 25:46or
- 25:46anything
- 25:47but it's
- 25:47a data
- 25:48point
- 25:48right
- 25:48So
- 25:48what happens
- 25:49next
- 25:49Kind of
- 25:50as you see
- 25:50this video
- 25:51and you're
- 25:51like
- 25:52you
- 25:52save it
- 25:53What's
- 25:53next
- 25:54Yeah
- 25:54I told the
- 25:55answer guy
- 25:55I was like
- 25:56hey save
- 25:56this video
- 25:57Like that's
- 25:58that's
- 25:58pretty
- 25:58cool
- 25:58you know
- 25:59And so
- 25:59we did
- 26:00we had it
- 26:00saved
- 26:01in there
- 26:01And from
- 26:02that point
- 26:02moving
- 26:02forward
- 26:03I was
- 26:04watching
- 26:04every drone
- 26:05in that
- 26:05area 24
- 26:06over seven
- 26:06you know
- 26:06what I
- 26:07mean
- 26:07And
- 26:07activity
- 26:08did pick
- 26:08up
- 26:08like the
- 26:09amount
- 26:09of assets
- 26:10that
- 26:10we were
- 26:10deploying
- 26:10out there
- 26:11Almost
- 26:12seemed like
- 26:12we were
- 26:12looking
- 26:13for this
- 26:13type
- 26:13of thing
- 26:14And
- 26:14what gives you
- 26:15what
- 26:15gives you
- 26:15that
- 26:16You know
- 26:16what makes
- 26:17you
- 26:17confident
- 26:17to say
- 26:18that
- 26:18What
- 26:18did you see
- 26:19either
- 26:19out of the
- 26:22new
- 26:22availability
- 26:23of aircraft
- 26:23in
- 26:23that area
- 26:24or how
- 26:24they were
- 26:25searching
- 26:25the area
- 26:26that gave
- 26:26you that
- 26:27impression
- 26:27when the
- 26:28first video
- 26:28happened
- 26:29that
- 26:29first event
- 26:30it was
- 26:31one MQ nine
- 26:32out there
- 26:32just
- 26:33the middle
- 26:33of the ocean
- 26:34which is
- 26:34already
- 26:34weird
- 26:35you know
- 26:35why have it
- 26:36flying
- 26:37a mission
- 26:37in the
- 26:37middle of
- 26:37the ocean
- 26:38for no
- 26:38reason
- 26:38right
- 26:39And then
- 26:39after that
- 26:40incident
- 26:40there
- 26:40would be
- 26:41two out
- 26:41there
- 26:42split
- 26:43apart
- 26:43like in
- 26:44different
- 26:44regions
- 26:44almost
- 26:45doing like
- 26:45a search
- 26:45pattern
- 26:46and
- 26:46different
- 26:47sections
- 26:47Right
- 26:48So and then
- 26:50they'd be
- 26:50working
- 26:50in shifts
- 26:51when one
- 26:52a third one
- 26:53would be
- 26:53on the way
- 26:53to relieve
- 26:54another
- 26:54the other
- 26:54one's
- 26:55going back
- 26:55So
- 26:55they started
- 26:56continuous
- 26:56coverage
- 26:57in this
- 26:57area Yeah
- 26:58Which means
- 26:59they've
- 26:59prioritized
- 27:00it Yeah
- 27:01What else
- 27:01did they
- 27:02see
- 27:02Second one
- 27:03was another
- 27:03highlight
- 27:04is when
- 27:05I came in
- 27:05to work
- 27:06looked in
- 27:07the
- 27:07highlights
- 27:07I was like
- 27:08oh there's
- 27:08another
- 27:08one
- 27:09You know
- 27:09I don't
- 27:09remember
- 27:10how many
- 27:10how much
- 27:11time had
- 27:11passed
- 27:11between
- 27:11the first
- 27:12and this
- 27:12one
- 27:12It's been
- 27:13a while
- 27:13but it was
- 27:14on the
- 27:15highlights
- 27:15Again
- 27:15I looked
- 27:16at
- 27:16this video
- 27:17and it was
- 27:17another
- 27:18object
- 27:18white hot
- 27:19And I are
- 27:21this one
- 27:21though
- 27:22they
- 27:22switched to
- 27:23electro
- 27:23optical
- 27:24color
- 27:24Right
- 27:25And they
- 27:26got it
- 27:26in three
- 27:26frames
- 27:27in color
- 27:28And it was
- 27:29like this
- 27:29brown
- 27:30rust color
- 27:31almost
- 27:32which
- 27:32is odd
- 27:33because
- 27:33And
- 27:34the shape
- 27:34was
- 27:34different
- 27:34too
- 27:35because
- 27:35an IR
- 27:36it was the
- 27:36circular shape
- 27:37but
- 27:39in color
- 27:39it was
- 27:40almost
- 27:41elongated
- 27:42almost like
- 27:42a cocoon
- 27:43or like a
- 27:43peanut
- 27:44almost
- 27:45It was super weird
- 27:46but
- 27:46we only got it
- 27:46in
- 27:46three frames
- 27:47because
- 27:47the drone
- 27:47couldn't
- 27:48get a
- 27:48lock on it
- 27:48and EO
- 27:49but then
- 27:50it switched
- 27:50back to IR
- 27:50and was
- 27:51following
- 27:51this thing
- 27:52and then
- 27:52it looked
- 27:52like a
- 27:52sphere
- 27:53in IR
- 27:53Yeah
- 27:54Interesting
- 27:55Yeah
- 27:55All right
- 27:56So brownish
- 27:57rusty
- 27:58peanut
- 27:58shaped
- 27:59object
- 28:00altitude
- 28:01Couldn't
- 28:01tell
- 28:02Couldn't
- 28:02tell that
- 28:02close
- 28:03to the
- 28:03every time
- 28:03It's
- 28:04always
- 28:04close to
- 28:04the water
- 28:05The
- 28:05proximity
- 28:06of the
- 28:06water
- 28:06speeds or
- 28:07kinematic
- 28:08behavior
- 28:10I don't
- 28:11think
- 28:11it was
- 28:11going like
- 28:12impossibly
- 28:13fast
- 28:14you know
- 28:15but it was
- 28:15moving
- 28:16you know
- 28:16especially
- 28:17for
- 28:17something
- 28:18of that
- 28:19that shape
- 28:19that like
- 28:20aerodynamic
- 28:21wise
- 28:21that makes
- 28:22no sense
- 28:22How far are we
- 28:23from like
- 28:23the nearest
- 28:24landmass
- 28:26I can't
- 28:26tell
- 28:26exactly
- 28:27I know
- 28:27on
- 28:28the third
- 28:28one that
- 28:28I saw
- 28:29I did
- 28:30map it out
- 28:30like okay
- 28:30exactly how
- 28:31far off
- 28:32are we
- 28:32And it was
- 28:33like almost
- 28:33a hundred
- 28:34miles
- 28:34offshore
- 28:35of
- 28:35South Korea
- 28:36And so
- 28:36this one
- 28:37kind of
- 28:37same thing
- 28:38you see it
- 28:38And then
- 28:39they just
- 28:39disengaged
- 28:39from it
- 28:40or did
- 28:41some
- 28:41other way
- 28:42I think
- 28:42it was
- 28:43doing
- 28:43some
- 28:43maneuvering
- 28:44It was
- 28:44tracking it
- 28:45for a while
- 28:45because
- 28:45it was
- 28:46trying to
- 28:46get in
- 28:46color
- 28:46and IR
- 28:47switching
- 28:47back
- 28:48and forth
- 28:48It was
- 28:49object
- 28:49maneuvering
- 28:50Yeah
- 28:50It was
- 28:51this one
- 28:51was
- 28:52actually
- 28:53change
- 28:53in
- 28:53directions
- 28:54It was almost
- 28:56doing
- 28:57like almost
- 28:59a J
- 28:59hook
- 28:59maneuver
- 29:00you know
- 29:01almost
- 29:01turning
- 29:01back
- 29:01the way
- 29:02Critical
- 29:02one
- 29:03No I'd say
- 29:04like a
- 29:04turn
- 29:04like a left
- 29:05right turn
- 29:06if I
- 29:06if this is
- 29:07like the
- 29:07ocean here
- 29:08and like
- 29:08this
- 29:08the angle
- 29:09of
- 29:09the drone
- 29:09it was
- 29:10coming
- 29:10across
- 29:10and doing
- 29:11like a
- 29:11J hook
- 29:11like that
- 29:12you know
- 29:12And this
- 29:13that's
- 29:13not the
- 29:14first time
- 29:14The third video
- 29:15that
- 29:15happened
- 29:16as well
- 29:16And and
- 29:17this second
- 29:18event
- 29:18it was
- 29:19broken
- 29:19up into
- 29:20two
- 29:20different
- 29:20videos
- 29:20I don't
- 29:21know why
- 29:22but
- 29:22it's like
- 29:24sometimes
- 29:24new videos
- 29:25the same
- 29:25event
- 29:26just in
- 29:27different
- 29:27time
- 29:27increments
- 29:28would be
- 29:28broken up
- 29:29into
- 29:29different
- 29:29sections
- 29:30you know
- 29:30but
- 29:30it's the
- 29:30same event
- 29:31you know
- 29:32So now
- 29:32we're
- 29:32spheres
- 29:33were
- 29:34peanuts
- 29:35What's
- 29:35next
- 29:36Yeah
- 29:36Next one
- 29:37Third one
- 29:38I saw
- 29:38this live
- 29:39It was
- 29:40funny about
- 29:40this is
- 29:41I was
- 29:41coming in
- 29:42to work
- 29:42to relieve
- 29:43the day
- 29:44shift guys
- 29:45And because
- 29:46by now
- 29:46we were
- 29:47chatting
- 29:47about it
- 29:47all
- 29:47the time
- 29:48I was
- 29:48like hey
- 29:48watch
- 29:49this video
- 29:50that
- 29:50I found on
- 29:51some a
- 29:52share
- 29:52drive
- 29:53You know
- 29:53the guys
- 29:53were
- 29:53kind of
- 29:53getting
- 29:54interested
- 29:54in it
- 29:54you know
- 29:54what I
- 29:55mean
- 29:55And I'm
- 29:56like well
- 29:56how do you
- 29:56like
- 29:57show me
- 29:57exactly
- 29:57what drones
- 29:58you're
- 29:58looking at
- 29:58so I can
- 29:59watch
- 29:59this stuff
- 30:00when I'm
- 30:00working
- 30:00So
- 30:01I was like
- 30:01showing
- 30:01them
- 30:01I was like
- 30:02okay
- 30:02you want to
- 30:02pull these
- 30:02drones up
- 30:03you know
- 30:04And I was
- 30:04doing it
- 30:05as an
- 30:05example
- 30:06I was
- 30:06clicking
- 30:06this MK
- 30:07nine
- 30:07and when
- 30:08I pulled up
- 30:09the screen
- 30:10it was
- 30:10on this
- 30:11UAP flight
- 30:12and over
- 30:12the water
- 30:12I was like
- 30:13yeah
- 30:14that's just
- 30:14what I'm
- 30:14talking
- 30:15about
- 30:15Yeah
- 30:15You know
- 30:16look and ye
- 30:17shall see
- 30:18Yeah
- 30:18So I'm
- 30:19watching
- 30:19this live
- 30:19with
- 30:20my coworker
- 30:20and I'm
- 30:21like okay
- 30:22yeah yeah
- 30:23Perfect
- 30:24example
- 30:24right here
- 30:25You know
- 30:25And this
- 30:26one we got
- 30:28it in
- 30:28color and I
- 30:31it was
- 30:32an IR
- 30:32It
- 30:32appeared to
- 30:33be the
- 30:34same
- 30:34spherical shape
- 30:35but
- 30:35this one
- 30:36was like
- 30:36blinking
- 30:36like a star
- 30:37almost
- 30:38It was different
- 30:39you know
- 30:39it got
- 30:40zoomed down
- 30:40really
- 30:41close like
- 30:41almost
- 30:42filling up
- 30:42the screen
- 30:43And it was
- 30:45radiating
- 30:45almost like
- 30:47in IRR
- 30:47Yeah yeah
- 30:48Blinking
- 30:49like a
- 30:49star
- 30:49Like
- 30:49if you look
- 30:50at a star
- 30:50through a
- 30:51telescope
- 30:52kind of or
- 30:52kind of
- 30:53twinkling
- 30:53it's a
- 30:54twinkling
- 30:54Yeah
- 30:55And can you
- 30:55make out
- 30:55of shape
- 30:56Not really
- 30:56because
- 30:57it was
- 30:57it was
- 30:57very radiant
- 30:59It was
- 30:59circular
- 31:00shape
- 31:00I guess
- 31:00You know
- 31:01you
- 31:01interpret
- 31:01that as
- 31:02someone
- 31:02seeing all
- 31:03this video
- 31:03Yeah
- 31:04I don't
- 31:04know man
- 31:04That's why
- 31:05I'm coming
- 31:05to you
- 31:06You know
- 31:07I want the people
- 31:08to see it
- 31:08so
- 31:08they could
- 31:08decide
- 31:08for themselves
- 31:09You know
- 31:09what I
- 31:10mean
- 31:10I want
- 31:11like
- 31:11analysis
- 31:12of it
- 31:12I want to know
- 31:12what I saw
- 31:13you know
- 31:14because
- 31:15when it
- 31:15would
- 31:15switch
- 31:15to color
- 31:17on this
- 31:17one it was
- 31:18a white
- 31:19sphere
- 31:21almost
- 31:22like
- 31:22almost
- 31:22TikTok
- 31:23like
- 31:23And
- 31:23you know
- 31:24just
- 31:24cruising
- 31:25across
- 31:25the water
- 31:25you know
- 31:26blue water
- 31:27white
- 31:27object IR
- 31:29You tell
- 31:29the size
- 31:30of this one
- 31:30or
- 31:31this one
- 31:31Got
- 31:31this one
- 31:32did get
- 31:32measured by
- 31:33the drone
- 31:33This is the one
- 31:34that varied
- 31:34between 1
- 31:35to 3m
- 31:36At first
- 31:37it showed
- 31:37the square
- 31:38was like
- 31:38one meter
- 31:38and then
- 31:39it did
- 31:39it again
- 31:40It was
- 31:40at three
- 31:41meters
- 31:41still down
- 31:42right
- 31:42above
- 31:42the ocean
- 31:43Yeah
- 31:43This is
- 31:43how that
- 31:44tumble
- 31:44appearance
- 31:45or as
- 31:46the
- 31:46previous
- 31:46one did
- 31:46Or is this
- 31:47one that
- 31:47say so
- 31:48Yeah
- 31:49Estimates
- 31:49of of
- 31:50speed
- 31:50at all
- 31:51if you're
- 31:51capable
- 31:52I really
- 31:52can't say
- 31:53Yeah
- 31:54Maneuvering
- 31:55I can't
- 31:55remember
- 31:55first on
- 31:56the second
- 31:56or third
- 31:56video
- 31:57where
- 31:57in color
- 31:57did this
- 31:58J hook
- 31:58maneuver
- 31:59And it
- 32:00came
- 32:00it
- 32:00came down
- 32:01and it
- 32:01almost at
- 32:02a 180 back
- 32:02the way
- 32:03it came
- 32:03this white
- 32:04arc and
- 32:05went back
- 32:05the way
- 32:05it came
- 32:06So moving
- 32:06intelligently
- 32:07Right
- 32:07And
- 32:08this is
- 32:08more of
- 32:08the longer
- 32:09it kind of
- 32:09Tic-Tac
- 32:10shape or
- 32:11not
- 32:12that along
- 32:13because
- 32:13I've seen
- 32:13like the
- 32:14the example
- 32:15that
- 32:15they use
- 32:15of the
- 32:16Tic-Tac
- 32:16almost
- 32:16looks like
- 32:17a propane
- 32:17tank
- 32:17right
- 32:18I want to say
- 32:19like a pill
- 32:19like that
- 32:20You know
- 32:20what I
- 32:20mean
- 32:21More
- 32:21circular
- 32:22Yeah yeah
- 32:23Okay
- 32:23What else
- 32:24about
- 32:24this one
- 32:25As
- 32:25the drone
- 32:26was
- 32:26tracking
- 32:26it
- 32:27it was trying
- 32:27to switch
- 32:28into EO
- 32:29you know
- 32:30color
- 32:30and
- 32:31going back
- 32:32and forth
- 32:32like that
- 32:33And
- 32:33eventually
- 32:34it lost
- 32:35it it
- 32:36it
- 32:36had it like
- 32:36zoomed up
- 32:37all the way
- 32:38on screen
- 32:38And then
- 32:40it
- 32:40panned out
- 32:41like
- 32:41assuming
- 32:42that no
- 32:44the the
- 32:44the
- 32:45altitude
- 32:45of the drone
- 32:46and how far
- 32:46away
- 32:46is from
- 32:47the object
- 32:47it
- 32:47could have
- 32:48been like
- 32:48a couple
- 32:49miles from
- 32:50end to end
- 32:50of my
- 32:50screen
- 32:51that I'm
- 32:51looking at
- 32:51you know
- 32:52what
- 32:52I mean
- 32:52But it was
- 32:53just gone
- 32:53It
- 32:53disappeared
- 32:54and
- 32:55you could
- 32:55see the
- 32:55drone
- 32:56like
- 32:57looked like
- 32:57where
- 32:57to go
- 32:58you know
- 32:58what
- 32:58I mean
- 32:58And it was
- 32:59just gone
- 33:00Yeah
- 33:00I don't know
- 33:00if it
- 33:00went
- 33:01underwater
- 33:01I don't
- 33:02know
- 33:02I went
- 33:03great to
- 33:03capture
- 33:04Yeah
- 33:04Whatev
- 33:04Right
- 33:05Yeah
- 33:06What's next
- 33:06then
- 33:07Did this
- 33:07continue
- 33:08That was
- 33:08that was
- 33:09the last
- 33:09one that
- 33:09I saw
- 33:10there
- 33:10Yeah
- 33:11And
- 33:11how much
- 33:12longer
- 33:12were you
- 33:12there
- 33:13I was there
- 33:14to do
- 33:14like a
- 33:14probationary
- 33:15period
- 33:15with this
- 33:16company
- 33:16this
- 33:16contractor
- 33:17because
- 33:17I knew that
- 33:18if I was
- 33:18with them
- 33:19for a
- 33:19while
- 33:19they had
- 33:20contracts
- 33:20in Korea
- 33:21which I was
- 33:21trying
- 33:21to go back
- 33:22out to
- 33:23which
- 33:23I eventually
- 33:23did Right
- 33:25You know
- 33:25I was there
- 33:25for
- 33:25just over
- 33:26eight
- 33:26months
- 33:26I think
- 33:27What
- 33:27do you think
- 33:28I mean
- 33:28were
- 33:29you just
- 33:29not
- 33:29looking
- 33:29Do
- 33:29you think
- 33:30they just
- 33:30stopped
- 33:31You know
- 33:31it
- 33:31seemed like
- 33:32it was
- 33:32somewhat
- 33:33consistent
- 33:33for
- 33:33a period
- 33:34and then
- 33:34nothing for
- 33:34eight
- 33:35months
- 33:35What do you think
- 33:36happened
- 33:37Yeah
- 33:37because
- 33:37I know
- 33:38as soon
- 33:38as the
- 33:38first one
- 33:38happened
- 33:39like
- 33:39I mentioned
- 33:40they seemed
- 33:40to
- 33:41prioritize
- 33:41this
- 33:41right
- 33:42They had assets
- 33:43out there
- 33:44all the
- 33:44time
- 33:44like 24
- 33:45over seven
- 33:46So
- 33:46they continue
- 33:46to have
- 33:47assets in
- 33:47that area
- 33:48where
- 33:48you're
- 33:48seeing the
- 33:49the one
- 33:49we just
- 33:49talked
- 33:50about
- 33:50this fear
- 33:51they gone
- 33:51on
- 33:51So I mean
- 33:52how
- 33:52many assets
- 33:53are we
- 33:53talking
- 33:53about here
- 33:55Like I
- 33:55said
- 33:55always two
- 33:56MQ nines
- 33:57out there
- 33:57at least
- 33:57Right
- 33:58a third
- 33:58on the way
- 33:58to relieve
- 33:59another
- 33:59type
- 33:59of thing
- 34:00And there
- 34:01I don't know
- 34:01if you
- 34:01can provide
- 34:02a loose
- 34:02estimate
- 34:03maybe
- 34:04a few
- 34:04hundred
- 34:05miles from
- 34:05a landing
- 34:06They're like
- 34:07their base
- 34:07of
- 34:07operations
- 34:08or these
- 34:08things
- 34:08traveling
- 34:09you know
- 34:10across
- 34:10the world
- 34:10in order
- 34:11to to
- 34:11do this
- 34:12Not
- 34:12that far
- 34:13but yeah
- 34:14I'd say
- 34:15within the
- 34:16Indo-Pak
- 34:16region
- 34:17Right
- 34:17Yeah
- 34:17So they are
- 34:18prioritizing
- 34:19this with
- 34:19with local
- 34:20assets
- 34:21Okay
- 34:21So we have
- 34:23multiple
- 34:24instances
- 34:24People
- 34:25are
- 34:25capturing
- 34:26them
- 34:26A lot of
- 34:27times it's
- 34:27not
- 34:27even you
- 34:27capturing
- 34:28at other
- 34:28people
- 34:29I'd love to
- 34:29hear
- 34:30what else
- 34:30they've
- 34:30seen
- 34:30Perhaps
- 34:31right
- 34:31Maybe
- 34:32they have
- 34:32their own
- 34:32folder
- 34:33that you
- 34:33don't have
- 34:33access
- 34:34That's
- 34:34what I'm
- 34:34saying
- 34:34Because
- 34:35you know
- 34:35that's just
- 34:36our folder
- 34:36in Disa
- 34:37Yeah
- 34:37I know
- 34:37there's
- 34:38guys and
- 34:38other
- 34:39skiffs
- 34:39somewhere
- 34:39that have
- 34:40their own
- 34:40folders
- 34:41that are
- 34:41saving
- 34:41stuff
- 34:41as well
- 34:42you know
- 34:42what I
- 34:42mean
- 34:43So it's
- 34:44hard
- 34:44what your
- 34:45what
- 34:45your mind
- 34:46state
- 34:46you know
- 34:46you're like
- 34:46all right
- 34:47You know
- 34:47we've seen
- 34:48these
- 34:48this
- 34:48hearing
- 34:49has happened
- 34:50What
- 34:50led you to
- 34:51you know
- 34:51what
- 34:52did you do
- 34:52next
- 34:52Did
- 34:52you report
- 34:53this to
- 34:53someone
- 34:54I assume
- 34:55you've been
- 34:55talking
- 34:55with your
- 34:56colleagues
- 34:56a little bit
- 34:57I want to
- 34:57talk about
- 34:58their
- 34:58reactions
- 34:59to
- 34:59But you
- 34:59know
- 34:59what happened
- 35:00next for
- 35:00you never
- 35:02really
- 35:02reported
- 35:03anyone
- 35:03at Disa
- 35:04Like
- 35:04honestly
- 35:05it's it's
- 35:05a very
- 35:06laid back
- 35:06environment
- 35:07Like
- 35:07you tell
- 35:08a guy hey
- 35:09that's
- 35:09the aliens
- 35:09again
- 35:10They're
- 35:10like yeah
- 35:11Anyways
- 35:12back to
- 35:12work
- 35:13right
- 35:13Yeah
- 35:13It's
- 35:14you see all
- 35:14sorts
- 35:15of stuff
- 35:15at this
- 35:16job right
- 35:16You know
- 35:17we're
- 35:17watching
- 35:17everything
- 35:18around
- 35:18the world
- 35:19You know
- 35:19there was
- 35:20really no
- 35:21nothing
- 35:21set up
- 35:22within this
- 35:23to be like
- 35:23hey if you
- 35:24see
- 35:24anything
- 35:24like this
- 35:25let us
- 35:25know
- 35:25I never
- 35:26heard of
- 35:26anything
- 35:27like that
- 35:27you know
- 35:28So that's
- 35:28when I saw
- 35:29your guys's
- 35:30hearing
- 35:30and I
- 35:30was like
- 35:31And then
- 35:32you know
- 35:32Asa was
- 35:33created
- 35:34your guys's
- 35:35organization
- 35:35And I
- 35:37reached out
- 35:37to you
- 35:38guys
- 35:38and I was
- 35:39like hey
- 35:39I've a very
- 35:40vaguely
- 35:41I was like
- 35:41I work and
- 35:42government
- 35:42contracting
- 35:43I've seen
- 35:44some stuff
- 35:44in the
- 35:45right
- 35:45environment
- 35:45I'd like
- 35:46to talk
- 35:46about it
- 35:47you know
- 35:47So that's
- 35:48where
- 35:48I went
- 35:49from there
- 35:49This is
- 35:50pretty
- 35:50early on
- 35:50I think
- 35:51this was
- 35:51a time when
- 35:51we were
- 35:53taking our
- 35:54witnesses
- 35:54to the
- 35:54relatively
- 35:55newly
- 35:55formulated
- 35:56arrow
- 35:57office
- 35:58Tell me about
- 35:58that
- 35:58experience
- 35:59Once I made
- 36:00contact
- 36:00with
- 36:01you guys
- 36:01and
- 36:02reported
- 36:03what I
- 36:03had seen
- 36:04in order
- 36:05to get
- 36:05and talk
- 36:06with
- 36:06someone
- 36:07in the
- 36:07classified
- 36:07environment
- 36:08about
- 36:08the exact
- 36:09details
- 36:10that would be
- 36:11arrow
- 36:12exist
- 36:13to
- 36:13facilitate
- 36:13that
- 36:14supposedly
- 36:14Right
- 36:15I remember
- 36:16this was like
- 36:16this must have
- 36:17been the
- 36:17early days
- 36:17of arrow
- 36:18because
- 36:19I remember
- 36:20in the
- 36:20email chain
- 36:21that was
- 36:21like hey
- 36:22so if you
- 36:23want to
- 36:23talk to
- 36:24someone
- 36:24about this
- 36:25I know
- 36:26you're not
- 36:26working
- 36:26with this
- 36:27anymore
- 36:27but
- 36:27tell one of
- 36:28your
- 36:28buddies
- 36:28to email
- 36:29this
- 36:29address
- 36:31And I
- 36:31was like
- 36:32I was like
- 36:32are you kidding
- 36:33me
- 36:33Like
- 36:33this is it
- 36:34This is the government
- 36:34This is the
- 36:35government
- 36:35process
- 36:36for this
- 36:36Like
- 36:37this is
- 36:37ridiculous
- 36:38You know
- 36:38I'm good
- 36:39on that
- 36:40I'll wait
- 36:40until
- 36:40you guys
- 36:41have
- 36:41something
- 36:41better
- 36:41going
- 36:42you know
- 36:43because
- 36:43that's just
- 36:44arrow
- 36:45I think
- 36:45Has been
- 36:46a
- 36:46controversial
- 36:46organization
- 36:47you know
- 36:48especially
- 36:48early on
- 36:49under the
- 36:49leadership
- 36:50of Doctor
- 36:50Sean
- 36:51Kirkpatrick
- 36:51You know
- 36:52who have
- 36:52interacted
- 36:52with there
- 36:54is new
- 36:54leadership
- 36:55under John
- 36:57You know
- 36:57who I've
- 36:57spoken
- 36:58with
- 36:58And I think
- 36:59he is doing
- 37:00the best
- 37:01he can
- 37:01within
- 37:02the
- 37:02constraints
- 37:03of being
- 37:04within
- 37:04the DoD
- 37:05you know
- 37:05working on
- 37:06this issue
- 37:07and even
- 37:07just
- 37:08recently
- 37:08it seems
- 37:09like
- 37:09there's
- 37:09been some
- 37:10mending of
- 37:10the fences
- 37:11between him
- 37:13and
- 37:13that office
- 37:14and some of
- 37:15some of the
- 37:15critics of
- 37:16the office
- 37:17in
- 37:17Congress
- 37:17And I
- 37:18hope that
- 37:19reconciliation
- 37:20is earnest
- 37:22Because
- 37:22arrow has
- 37:24decided
- 37:24To
- 37:25cooperate
- 37:25with the
- 37:25intent
- 37:26of what
- 37:26Congress
- 37:27Yeah
- 37:27it
- 37:27looks like
- 37:28they've got
- 37:28their stuff
- 37:28together
- 37:29and
- 37:29they are
- 37:30taking that
- 37:30serious
- 37:30I'm
- 37:31cautiously
- 37:31optimistic
- 37:32And
- 37:32you know
- 37:33I think
- 37:33as an
- 37:33organization
- 37:34there's
- 37:34a role
- 37:35for arrow
- 37:35to play
- 37:36I don't
- 37:36think
- 37:36Arrow
- 37:37should be
- 37:38necessarily
- 37:38the whole
- 37:39of
- 37:39government
- 37:40owner
- 37:40on this
- 37:41topic
- 37:41It's
- 37:41too big
- 37:42just for
- 37:42for
- 37:43that office
- 37:43and
- 37:44those authorizations
- 37:45that
- 37:45they have
- 37:46But I am
- 37:47optimistic
- 37:48that there
- 37:48might be
- 37:49a positive
- 37:50path
- 37:50forward
- 37:50for them
- 37:51But
- 37:51regardless
- 37:52at this
- 37:52point
- 37:53under
- 37:53Kirkpatrick's
- 37:54leadership
- 37:54you weren't
- 37:55getting
- 37:56the warm
- 37:57fuzzies
- 37:58that
- 37:58this was
- 37:58going to be
- 37:59a
- 37:59professional
- 38:00clean
- 38:00process
- 38:01And so
- 38:02we look for
- 38:02another
- 38:03path
- 38:03What do we do
- 38:04then
- 38:05Yeah
- 38:05we got in
- 38:05contact
- 38:06with
- 38:06the FBI
- 38:07Surprisingly
- 38:08the FBI
- 38:08took it
- 38:08really
- 38:09serious
- 38:09They were
- 38:10actually
- 38:10all they
- 38:11wanted to
- 38:11hear
- 38:11everything
- 38:12And
- 38:12that was
- 38:12that was
- 38:13pretty
- 38:13good
- 38:13I was impressed
- 38:14with how
- 38:15they
- 38:16handled it
- 38:16You know
- 38:17I got
- 38:17in a call
- 38:17with them
- 38:18discuss
- 38:19things
- 38:19and
- 38:20they seemed
- 38:21to take
- 38:21it really
- 38:21serious
- 38:22because
- 38:22you know
- 38:22they're
- 38:22working
- 38:22with FAA
- 38:23and
- 38:23all this stuff
- 38:24So I guess
- 38:25they're
- 38:25trying
- 38:25to compile
- 38:25their own
- 38:26database
- 38:26Right
- 38:27Which
- 38:28I was happy
- 38:28to help
- 38:29with
- 38:29You know
- 38:30it just
- 38:30surprised me
- 38:31that
- 38:33there's
- 38:33different
- 38:33government
- 38:34agencies
- 38:35trying to
- 38:35go at it
- 38:36themselves
- 38:36and compile
- 38:37their own
- 38:38individual
- 38:39studies
- 38:39of this
- 38:39And there's
- 38:40not like
- 38:40a
- 38:40centralized
- 38:41place
- 38:41that
- 38:41they can
- 38:41pull it
- 38:42from
- 38:42I agree
- 38:42there needs
- 38:43to be that
- 38:44I think
- 38:44that
- 38:44people were
- 38:45perhaps
- 38:45hoping
- 38:45that arrow
- 38:46would be that
- 38:46but
- 38:47they saw
- 38:47that there
- 38:48was perhaps
- 38:48a
- 38:49misaligned
- 38:49incentives
- 38:50with the
- 38:51DoD
- 38:51investigating
- 38:52what could
- 38:52potentially
- 38:53lead to
- 38:53the
- 38:53uncovering
- 38:54of illegal
- 38:55activities
- 38:56And the
- 38:56Dodds
- 38:56obviously
- 38:57there's
- 38:57some
- 38:58you know
- 38:58misalignment
- 38:58of
- 38:59incentives
- 39:00there
- 39:00And so
- 39:01while
- 39:01I would
- 39:02normally
- 39:03you know
- 39:03preach that
- 39:04we do need
- 39:04a
- 39:04centralized
- 39:05location
- 39:05I think
- 39:06early on
- 39:07time period
- 39:07that we've
- 39:08had over
- 39:08the past
- 39:08couple of
- 39:09years it's
- 39:09been very
- 39:10productive
- 39:10to have
- 39:11multiple
- 39:12organizations
- 39:13providing
- 39:13independent
- 39:14audits
- 39:14if you
- 39:15will
- 39:15some of
- 39:15this
- 39:15information
- 39:16such that
- 39:16one group
- 39:17can't
- 39:17necessarily
- 39:18control
- 39:18the
- 39:18conversation
- 39:19And I
- 39:20then think
- 39:20you know
- 39:21the
- 39:21outcropping
- 39:21of that
- 39:22is a more
- 39:23centralized
- 39:24trusted
- 39:25you know
- 39:25government
- 39:26database
- 39:27on the
- 39:28it appears
- 39:28that like
- 39:30you know
- 39:30you have
- 39:30different
- 39:30agencies
- 39:31going at it
- 39:31by
- 39:32themselves
- 39:32Well
- 39:33incentivizes
- 39:34the other
- 39:34agencies
- 39:34to be like
- 39:35okay
- 39:35we need to
- 39:36at
- 39:36the end of
- 39:36the day
- 39:36the FBI
- 39:37is better
- 39:38resourced
- 39:38and better
- 39:39staff
- 39:40and has
- 39:40the
- 39:40experience
- 39:41to actually
- 39:41run
- 39:42investigations
- 39:42Right
- 39:43That's not
- 39:44what the
- 39:44primaries
- 39:45you know
- 39:46background
- 39:46and
- 39:46responsibilities
- 39:47of
- 39:47the staff
- 39:48at Aero
- 39:49are and
- 39:50you know
- 39:50just to be
- 39:52clear
- 39:52you know
- 39:52in case
- 39:53folks
- 39:53weren't
- 39:54aware
- 39:54you know
- 39:55a few years
- 39:55back
- 39:56there was a
- 39:57small group
- 39:57of of folks
- 39:59within
- 39:59the FBI
- 40:00who were
- 40:00initially
- 40:01trying
- 40:01to
- 40:01understand
- 40:01the
- 40:02situation
- 40:03and what
- 40:04national
- 40:04security
- 40:04threats
- 40:05they might
- 40:06be able
- 40:06to address
- 40:07with the
- 40:07information
- 40:08collected
- 40:08here
- 40:08not just
- 40:09the one
- 40:09you know
- 40:09not in a
- 40:10you know
- 40:11okay UAP
- 40:12or early
- 40:12counter UAS
- 40:13kind of
- 40:14mindset
- 40:14but really
- 40:15looking
- 40:15into UAP
- 40:16as its
- 40:17own
- 40:17category
- 40:18and that
- 40:19you know
- 40:19organization
- 40:20has grown
- 40:21when you
- 40:22come to ASA
- 40:23And
- 40:23if your case
- 40:24touches on
- 40:24potential
- 40:25national
- 40:25security
- 40:26or
- 40:26classified
- 40:27information
- 40:28or even
- 40:28certain
- 40:29types
- 40:29of
- 40:30sightings
- 40:30because
- 40:30we are
- 40:31starting to
- 40:31pick up
- 40:31some trends
- 40:32that are
- 40:33important
- 40:33for
- 40:33national
- 40:33security
- 40:34we asked
- 40:35a permission
- 40:36witness
- 40:36and
- 40:36let them
- 40:37know that
- 40:38you know
- 40:38if they
- 40:39so choose
- 40:40they can do
- 40:40either a
- 40:42anonymous
- 40:43or
- 40:43you know
- 40:44or
- 40:44a standard
- 40:45interview
- 40:45with
- 40:45the witness
- 40:46where
- 40:46there's
- 40:46an Acer
- 40:47rep
- 40:47on the call
- 40:48and
- 40:48they get
- 40:48to share
- 40:49that
- 40:49information
- 40:49added to
- 40:50a data
- 40:50set that's
- 40:51extremely
- 40:51actionable
- 40:51right now
- 40:52That's
- 40:52going to
- 40:53Congress
- 40:54and it's
- 40:54changing
- 40:55the
- 40:55conversation
- 40:56Of course
- 40:56if you
- 40:56come to
- 40:57a sun
- 40:57you don't
- 40:57want that
- 40:58information
- 40:58is shared
- 40:59then
- 40:59that's the
- 40:59default state
- 41:00So I don't
- 41:01want
- 41:01people to
- 41:02fear that
- 41:03you know
- 41:03we're just
- 41:03willy nilly
- 41:04sending
- 41:04their
- 41:05information
- 41:05But I think
- 41:06most people
- 41:07and
- 41:07you took
- 41:07this route
- 41:08chose
- 41:09to pursue
- 41:09that as
- 41:10an avenue
- 41:11Why'd
- 41:11you do
- 41:12that
- 41:13Yeah
- 41:13I felt
- 41:13personally
- 41:14compelled
- 41:14to
- 41:15you know
- 41:16like I
- 41:16said
- 41:16I've
- 41:17ever seen
- 41:17the hearing
- 41:17and seeing
- 41:18exactly
- 41:19our
- 41:19government's
- 41:20representatives
- 41:20capabilities
- 41:21of getting
- 41:22answers
- 41:22on this
- 41:23which is
- 41:23almost none
- 41:24It
- 41:24really concerned
- 41:25me unless
- 41:26it was
- 41:27really
- 41:27concerning
- 41:28to me
- 41:28you know
- 41:29and I
- 41:31felt
- 41:31personally
- 41:31compelled
- 41:32to my
- 41:32own
- 41:33curiosity
- 41:34You know
- 41:34I feel like
- 41:34we have
- 41:35a
- 41:35responsibility
- 41:36to address
- 41:37this
- 41:37We have the right
- 41:38to know
- 41:38Right
- 41:39If indeed
- 41:41you know
- 41:41we've
- 41:42reverse
- 41:42engineered
- 41:43stuff
- 41:43or whatever
- 41:44recovered
- 41:44crashes
- 41:45you know
- 41:46that type
- 41:46of
- 41:46technology
- 41:47you know
- 41:48then that's
- 41:48that's
- 41:48American
- 41:49treasure
- 41:49right
- 41:50It
- 41:50belongs
- 41:50to we
- 41:50the people
- 41:51you know
- 41:51And the
- 41:52people want
- 41:52to know
- 41:52what
- 41:53this is
- 41:53Right
- 41:54So that's
- 41:55kind of
- 41:55my
- 41:55perspective
- 41:56on it
- 41:56Your
- 41:57organization's
- 41:57been great
- 41:58for this
- 41:58You know
- 41:58you
- 41:59guys are
- 41:59the ones
- 41:59that put me
- 42:00in contact
- 42:00with
- 42:00the FBI
- 42:02You know
- 42:02you got me
- 42:03the route
- 42:03to arrow
- 42:04You know
- 42:04that didn't
- 42:04work out
- 42:06What
- 42:06I will say
- 42:07to guys
- 42:07come up
- 42:08forward is
- 42:09you know
- 42:10the
- 42:10standard
- 42:10route
- 42:11You know
- 42:11arrow
- 42:12and you
- 42:13know
- 42:13the DoD IG
- 42:14they will
- 42:15facilitate
- 42:16a place
- 42:17where
- 42:17you can
- 42:17talk about
- 42:18the
- 42:18classified
- 42:19stuff
- 42:19Now it's
- 42:20probably
- 42:20going to
- 42:21get
- 42:21stonewalled
- 42:22It might be
- 42:22released
- 42:23We
- 42:23don't know
- 42:23But it will
- 42:24be compiled
- 42:24there
- 42:25You know
- 42:25what I
- 42:25mean
- 42:26Unless in
- 42:27my experience
- 42:27it was
- 42:27where
- 42:28it's at
- 42:28Right
- 42:29Because
- 42:29I think
- 42:30arrow
- 42:30did confirm
- 42:31that
- 42:31they saw
- 42:31those
- 42:31videos
- 42:32Right
- 42:33The FBI
- 42:33you got me
- 42:34in contact
- 42:34with them
- 42:35That was great
- 42:36You know
- 42:36they're
- 42:37doing
- 42:37their own thing
- 42:38They've been
- 42:38really
- 42:39serious
- 42:39about
- 42:39the topic
- 42:40And
- 42:40they did
- 42:41facilitate
- 42:41and accept
- 42:42the videos
- 42:43that that
- 42:44you knew
- 42:45where
- 42:46they were
- 42:46I'll say
- 42:46not that
- 42:46you had
- 42:47they
- 42:47weren't in
- 42:48your
- 42:48possession
- 42:48Right
- 42:50Well good
- 42:50I'm glad
- 42:50we had
- 42:51a positive
- 42:51outcome
- 42:51from that
- 42:52There's
- 42:52a lot
- 42:52going on
- 42:53right now
- 42:53Congresswoman
- 42:54Luna has
- 42:55requested
- 42:55certain
- 42:56videos
- 42:56from
- 42:56the DoD
- 42:58Did
- 42:58any of
- 42:58those look
- 42:58familiar
- 43:00Yes
- 43:00The list
- 43:01that she
- 43:01just
- 43:02put out
- 43:03of ones
- 43:03that are
- 43:04supposedly
- 43:04going to be
- 43:04in the
- 43:05next drop
- 43:06one of them
- 43:07the date
- 43:08and time is
- 43:11in
- 43:11the region
- 43:12that she
- 43:12mentioned
- 43:13I'm
- 43:14like 99%
- 43:15sure that
- 43:15that is one
- 43:16of my
- 43:16videos
- 43:17Yeah
- 43:17a lot
- 43:18of those
- 43:18drones
- 43:19the names
- 43:19like Toxic
- 43:20and Wily
- 43:21those are
- 43:21in
- 43:22the list
- 43:22I've watched
- 43:23those
- 43:23drones
- 43:24personally
- 43:25I'm
- 43:25familiar
- 43:26with those
- 43:26names
- 43:27Right
- 43:27But yeah
- 43:28one of
- 43:28the ones in
- 43:29that list
- 43:29is I'm
- 43:30pretty
- 43:30sure
- 43:30one of
- 43:31the ones
- 43:31that I am
- 43:32talking
- 43:32about
- 43:32Yeah Yeah
- 43:34So I'm
- 43:34excited
- 43:34Yeah
- 43:34I mean
- 43:35how
- 43:35does that
- 43:35feel
- 43:35Right
- 43:35I mean
- 43:36you
- 43:36started
- 43:36you know
- 43:37in
- 43:38this dark
- 43:38as a
- 43:39as
- 43:39I imagine
- 43:40a dark
- 43:40cool
- 43:41office
- 43:41you know
- 43:42somewhere
- 43:42and you
- 43:43see these
- 43:44things
- 43:44you go
- 43:44through
- 43:44this
- 43:45process
- 43:45you
- 43:45report it
- 43:46and now you
- 43:46see that
- 43:47you know
- 43:48some of the
- 43:49videos that
- 43:49you've been around
- 43:50are now
- 43:51being
- 43:51requested
- 43:51by members
- 43:52of
- 43:52Congress
- 43:52It
- 43:52must feel
- 43:53pretty
- 43:53good
- 43:54I hope
- 43:54that
- 43:54all of them
- 43:55get
- 43:55released
- 43:56you know
- 43:56not just
- 43:57that
- 43:57particular
- 43:58one
- 43:58I feel like
- 43:59context can
- 43:59be gained
- 44:00from all
- 44:01the ones
- 44:01that I
- 44:01reported
- 44:02I think
- 44:02it's
- 44:02important
- 44:03that the
- 44:03people
- 44:04see it
- 44:04and decide
- 44:05for
- 44:05themselves
- 44:06You know
- 44:06I want it
- 44:06in
- 44:06the hands
- 44:07of people
- 44:07to analyze
- 44:08themselves
- 44:08and tell
- 44:08me like
- 44:10what am I
- 44:10looking at
- 44:11You know
- 44:11what I
- 44:11mean
- 44:12Like
- 44:12was this
- 44:12what can we
- 44:13learn from
- 44:13it to
- 44:14Exactly
- 44:14right
- 44:15Yeah
- 44:15I think
- 44:15it's very
- 44:15important
- 44:16Yeah
- 44:17Now let's
- 44:18go into
- 44:18a couple
- 44:19of side
- 44:19things
- 44:20You know
- 44:20this is
- 44:21such a
- 44:21great
- 44:21conversation
- 44:22but I want
- 44:23to remind
- 44:24people
- 44:24and ask
- 44:24you
- 44:25you know
- 44:25if you'll
- 44:26come back
- 44:26about
- 44:26a week
- 44:27after
- 44:27this airs
- 44:28and provide
- 44:28our members
- 44:29at Safe
- 44:30Aerospace
- 44:30opportunity
- 44:31to to
- 44:31pick
- 44:32your brain
- 44:32and ask
- 44:32some
- 44:33questions
- 44:33We'd love
- 44:34to have
- 44:34you Sure
- 44:35Awesome
- 44:35Good
- 44:36Well
- 44:36great
- 44:36So
- 44:37if you're
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- 44:49get to join
- 44:50our guests
- 44:51like
- 44:51Kevin here
- 44:52and ask
- 44:53the questions
- 44:53that you're
- 44:54begging me
- 44:55to ask
- 44:55right now
- 44:56through the screen
- 44:56so
- 44:57you'll have
- 44:57that
- 44:57opportunity
- 44:58You know
- 44:59why
- 44:59Why do you think
- 45:00what
- 45:00you saw
- 45:01is a
- 45:02a true
- 45:02UAP or
- 45:03something
- 45:04that could
- 45:05ultimately
- 45:06be
- 45:07understood
- 45:07to be
- 45:08something
- 45:08exotic
- 45:09versus
- 45:09perhaps
- 45:10adversarial
- 45:11technology
- 45:12that we
- 45:13were
- 45:13observing
- 45:14I would say
- 45:15mainly
- 45:15just
- 45:15because
- 45:16of the
- 45:17physical
- 45:17appearance
- 45:17of it
- 45:18as well as
- 45:19the
- 45:19response of
- 45:20our own
- 45:20assets
- 45:21to it
- 45:22Right
- 45:22It just
- 45:23didn't
- 45:23seem like
- 45:24if this was
- 45:25some
- 45:25sort of
- 45:26unknown
- 45:27like
- 45:28classified
- 45:28program
- 45:29something
- 45:29we've built
- 45:30that we're
- 45:30testing
- 45:31out
- 45:31the
- 45:31location
- 45:32makes
- 45:32no sense
- 45:33That's our
- 45:34you know
- 45:34right
- 45:35In China's
- 45:35backyard
- 45:36you know
- 45:37that
- 45:38that one
- 45:38would be
- 45:38the place
- 45:39to do that
- 45:39Right
- 45:40The
- 45:40characteristics
- 45:41of it
- 45:41the
- 45:42location
- 45:43the how
- 45:43After the
- 45:44first event
- 45:45we were
- 45:45starting to
- 45:46look into
- 45:46it
- 45:46more with
- 45:46other assets
- 45:47We clearly
- 45:48prioritized
- 45:49it
- 45:49You know
- 45:50there's
- 45:50they were
- 45:51something's
- 45:51going on
- 45:52there
- 45:53You know
- 45:53that piqued
- 45:54the
- 45:54interest of
- 45:55the DoD
- 45:56for sure
- 45:57Where
- 45:58do you think
- 45:58should be
- 45:59different
- 45:59I mean
- 45:59what
- 45:59do you think
- 46:00should be
- 46:00done here
- 46:00Right
- 46:00So we've
- 46:01we've
- 46:01provided
- 46:02data
- 46:03We've
- 46:03talked a
- 46:03little bit
- 46:04about there
- 46:04being a
- 46:05centralized
- 46:05location
- 46:06What do you think
- 46:07based off
- 46:08of
- 46:08your experience
- 46:09and perhaps
- 46:09your
- 46:10understanding
- 46:10of where
- 46:11different
- 46:11data sets
- 46:11might
- 46:12exist
- 46:13What do you think
- 46:13should be
- 46:14done
- 46:15Hopefully
- 46:16more eyes
- 46:17come
- 46:17to the topic
- 46:18especially
- 46:19the people
- 46:19who are
- 46:20working
- 46:20inside
- 46:20these
- 46:21environments
- 46:21these
- 46:21classified
- 46:22environments
- 46:23I think
- 46:23you should
- 46:24feel
- 46:24compelled
- 46:25to at
- 46:25least
- 46:25report
- 46:26you know
- 46:27through
- 46:27classified
- 46:28channels
- 46:28and then
- 46:29just get
- 46:30get it
- 46:30into the
- 46:31hands of
- 46:31Congress or
- 46:32whoever
- 46:32whatever
- 46:33government
- 46:33authorities
- 46:34investigating
- 46:34this stuff
- 46:35for us
- 46:35You know
- 46:36you know
- 46:36the folks
- 46:37that
- 46:38you worked
- 46:38with
- 46:39did you hear
- 46:40anything
- 46:40about
- 46:41other
- 46:42you know
- 46:42things
- 46:42they might
- 46:43have seen
- 46:43that they
- 46:43didn't
- 46:44mention
- 46:44to you
- 46:44Do you
- 46:45what are your
- 46:46thoughts on
- 46:47other
- 46:47data sets
- 46:48or how
- 46:48common
- 46:49this is
- 46:50You know
- 46:50just what's
- 46:50the
- 46:51scuttlebutt
- 46:51that you've
- 46:51heard
- 46:52around this
- 46:52in your own
- 46:53experiences
- 46:53right
- 46:54I
- 46:54haven't
- 46:55been in
- 46:55contact
- 46:55with
- 46:56the guys
- 46:56for a
- 46:57while
- 46:57I know
- 46:58last time
- 46:58I did
- 46:59check in
- 46:59with one
- 47:00of my
- 47:00colleagues
- 47:01he's like
- 47:01yeah
- 47:01the
- 47:01videos are
- 47:02still
- 47:02there
- 47:02You know
- 47:03they're
- 47:03just
- 47:04chilling
- 47:04right
- 47:04there
- 47:05Anyone
- 47:05could come in
- 47:05and look
- 47:06if they had
- 47:06the
- 47:06clearance
- 47:07And you
- 47:08know so
- 47:09that's why
- 47:10you know
- 47:10coming
- 47:10to you
- 47:11and knowing
- 47:12that like
- 47:12Burleson
- 47:13and Luna
- 47:13are looking
- 47:14into this
- 47:14very
- 47:14seriously
- 47:15You know
- 47:16if they
- 47:17wanted to
- 47:17go view
- 47:18those
- 47:18directly
- 47:19You know
- 47:20if
- 47:20I was set
- 47:21up in
- 47:21a skiff
- 47:22with them
- 47:22and
- 47:22authorized
- 47:23to talk
- 47:23about it
- 47:24I could tell them
- 47:25the exact
- 47:25deformation
- 47:26You know
- 47:26it's
- 47:26relatively
- 47:27easy to
- 47:27find
- 47:28you know
- 47:28what
- 47:28I mean
- 47:29So and
- 47:30that's
- 47:31kind of
- 47:31what I want
- 47:32guys to
- 47:32understand
- 47:33that are
- 47:33working
- 47:33in the
- 47:33field too
- 47:34is that
- 47:34there are
- 47:35avenues
- 47:35for you
- 47:35to report
- 47:36this
- 47:36and
- 47:36this will
- 47:36get to the
- 47:37right
- 47:37people
- 47:37and they'll
- 47:38carry out
- 47:38the
- 47:39investigative
- 47:39work
- 47:40You know
- 47:40because
- 47:40I know
- 47:41a lot
- 47:41of guys
- 47:41are scared
- 47:42of like
- 47:43whistleblower
- 47:44protection
- 47:44and
- 47:44that type
- 47:45of stuff
- 47:45you know
- 47:45which is
- 47:46valid
- 47:46You know
- 47:47you have to
- 47:47be cautious
- 47:48and careful
- 47:49navigating
- 47:50you know
- 47:50the
- 47:51transfer
- 47:52the sharing
- 47:52or the
- 47:53communication
- 47:53of
- 47:53classified
- 47:54information
- 47:54Of course
- 47:55like
- 47:55I mentioned
- 47:56earlier I
- 47:57I saw it
- 47:57on my
- 47:58video side
- 47:59We saved it
- 47:59in our
- 47:59program
- 48:00folder
- 48:00there
- 48:00at Disa
- 48:01And there's
- 48:02by now
- 48:02thousands
- 48:03of people
- 48:03have seen
- 48:03this video
- 48:05you know
- 48:05not
- 48:05just our
- 48:05guys
- 48:06Adisa
- 48:06because
- 48:06on UVs
- 48:07it shows
- 48:07how many
- 48:08people have
- 48:08viewed it
- 48:09Yeah
- 48:09I remember
- 48:10I talked
- 48:10about that
- 48:11I wanted to
- 48:11address
- 48:11that
- 48:12earlier
- 48:12but I
- 48:13slipped past
- 48:13So you did
- 48:15mention
- 48:16that Yeah
- 48:16There's
- 48:16video
- 48:17accounts
- 48:17I know
- 48:17we've
- 48:17talked
- 48:17about
- 48:18in the past
- 48:18how
- 48:18you said
- 48:18these are
- 48:19actually
- 48:19pretty
- 48:19popular
- 48:20videos
- 48:20So who else
- 48:21has seen
- 48:21these
- 48:22videos
- 48:22inside
- 48:22do you
- 48:23think
- 48:23How many
- 48:23people
- 48:24I don't
- 48:24know
- 48:24I guess
- 48:24anyone on
- 48:25the side
- 48:26that has access
- 48:26to you
- 48:27if they
- 48:28were there
- 48:28at the time
- 48:29and just
- 48:30so happened
- 48:31to be
- 48:31browsing
- 48:31through the
- 48:32highlights
- 48:32they would have seen
- 48:33it
- 48:33Do you
- 48:33remember
- 48:33some of
- 48:33those
- 48:34specific
- 48:34counts on
- 48:34any of
- 48:35the videos
- 48:35We were
- 48:36talking
- 48:36like 10 or
- 48:3715 people
- 48:37or
- 48:38eventually
- 48:38was in
- 48:39the hundreds
- 48:39by the time
- 48:40I left
- 48:40Yeah yeah
- 48:41So
- 48:41I've heard
- 48:41that
- 48:42there are
- 48:42large
- 48:43collections
- 48:43that people
- 48:44have been
- 48:45kind of
- 48:46chatting
- 48:47about
- 48:47trying
- 48:48to play
- 48:49Sherlock
- 48:49Holmes
- 48:50on trying
- 48:50to figure
- 48:50some of
- 48:51these out
- 48:51And I think
- 48:51a lot of
- 48:52these are
- 48:52what we've
- 48:53started
- 48:53to see
- 48:53I think
- 48:54the first
- 48:54release
- 48:55are
- 48:55probably
- 48:55some of
- 48:55the more
- 48:56ambiguous
- 48:56ones
- 48:58that are
- 48:58part of
- 48:58that
- 48:59collection
- 48:59but
- 48:59I understand
- 49:00that
- 49:00there's
- 49:00well over
- 49:0110000
- 49:01of those
- 49:02you know
- 49:02that are
- 49:03just
- 49:03floating
- 49:03around
- 49:03there
- 49:04some of them
- 49:05kind of
- 49:05combined
- 49:06into a
- 49:06central place
- 49:07some of them
- 49:07not
- 49:07But
- 49:08you know
- 49:08that's
- 49:09part of
- 49:09I think
- 49:10the work
- 49:10that's
- 49:11ahead of us
- 49:11is to
- 49:12collate
- 49:12that
- 49:12information
- 49:13have real
- 49:13processes
- 49:14Right
- 49:14We move
- 49:15a lot of
- 49:16data
- 49:16in the US
- 49:17military
- 49:17We can move this
- 49:18to
- 49:18to
- 49:19understand
- 49:19this
- 49:19problem
- 49:20better
- 49:20and well
- 49:21Awesome
- 49:21This
- 49:21was really
- 49:22fascinating
- 49:23Thanks for
- 49:23coming
- 49:23forward
- 49:24Make sure
- 49:24coming to
- 49:25a server
- 49:25trusting
- 49:25us
- 49:26I hope
- 49:26it was
- 49:27a positive
- 49:28result
- 49:28and
- 49:28it's been
- 49:29a few
- 49:29years
- 49:29you know
- 49:30since we've
- 49:30been
- 49:30working
- 49:31together
- 49:31and we've
- 49:31been
- 49:31looking
- 49:32forward to
- 49:32to telling
- 49:33your stories
- 49:33in
- 49:34a long time
- 49:34coming
- 49:35It has been
- 49:35a few
- 49:35years
- 49:36you know
- 49:36Yeah
- 49:37And there's
- 49:37others
- 49:38like you
- 49:38that were
- 49:38excited
- 49:39with this
- 49:39podcast
- 49:40to finally
- 49:40be able to
- 49:40to get out
- 49:41there
- 49:41and show
- 49:42people
- 49:42that
- 49:43you know
- 49:43this is
- 49:43common
- 49:44This is something
- 49:45that real
- 49:45people are
- 49:46having
- 49:46issues
- 49:46with
- 49:47And we
- 49:47do need
- 49:47these
- 49:48processes
- 49:49in place
- 49:49to resolve
- 49:50it
- 49:50So
- 49:50thank you
- 49:51No problem
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