Watch the Pentagon's three declassified UFO videos taken by U.S. Navy pilots
Footage from a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet's sensor shows an oblong, wingless object hovering and then rapidly accelerating. Known as the 'Tic Tac,' it is one of three videos officially declassified by the Pentagon in 2020.
Date & Location
This sighting was documented on November 14, 2004 in San Diego, USA. Precise coordinates place the observation near 31.4700°, -117.8500°.
Observed Characteristics
- infraredCaptured by an infrared or FLIR sensor recording heat signatures rather than visible light.
- militaryFootage originating from, or in the vicinity of, military platforms — often sensor or training-range recordings.
- navyAn encounter involving a U.S. Navy platform or aircrew.
- declassifiedGovernment footage that was once restricted and has since been officially released.
Status & Credibility
Listed as Unclassified: the footage has been reviewed and entered into the archive, but cannot be confirmed or debunked with the evidence currently available. Most civilian sightings settle here.
This record carries a credibility score of 50% (Unverified tier), assigned on ingestion from source type, corroboration, and footage characteristics. Readers can adjust the score up or down on this page; the community vote is reflected in the figure shown above. Scoring methodology is detailed on the About page.
Source & Provenance
The footage for this record is sourced from youtube and embedded directly on this page so it can be reviewed in place. The original source is retained for verification; the archive records only what is documented in the source and does not assert the nature or origin of the object.
How This Record Was Documented
The Alien Archive records only what is documented in the source footage and its metadata — the date, the location, the description of what was observed, and where the recording came from. It does not assert that any sighting is extraterrestrial, nor does it editorialize the record beyond what is visible and reported. Each entry passes a multi-stage filter for AI-generated media, talking-head commentary, and non-embeddable sources before it is published; low-credibility and unreviewed records are kept out of search indexes until they meet the archive's bar.
For the definitions behind terms like UAP, FLIR, and declassified footage, see the glossary. For the full sourcing and verification methodology, see About the Archive.
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