USS Russell 'pyramids'
- Date
- 14 Jul 2019
- Place
- Pacific Ocean off San Diego
- Record
- Curated case
- Assessment
- Explained
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Night-vision footage filmed aboard the destroyer USS Russell shows blinking triangular lights moving slowly in the sky, released in 2021 by Jeremy Corbell and confirmed by the Pentagon as recorded by Navy personnel and within the UAP Task Force's review. The triangular shape matches the out-of-focus bokeh of point lights through a night-vision device with a triangular aperture, which Mick West demonstrated, and the lights' positions are consistent with aircraft and stars; later official descriptions associated the objects with unmanned aerial systems. It belongs to the same nights of drone-swarm reports around the Omaha and Paul Hamilton.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
DoD confirmed the footage is Navy; no explanation published
Strongest ordinary reading
Bokeh of aircraft and stars through a triangular aperture; possibly drones
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- Yes: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- Yes: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- Yes: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- Yes: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Outside sources
- Wikipedia: Pentagon UFO videosen.wikipedia.org
On the map
32.60° N, 117.60° W, a position at sea, approximate
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