Pentagon Confirms Bizarre Leaked UFO Footage Is Real, Was Filmed by Navy Pilot

The Defense Department confirmed Thursday that leaked photos and video of “unidentified aerial phenomena” taken in 2019 are legitimate.

Navy personnel had filmed the triangle-shaped objects blinking and moving through the clouds, Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough told CNN.

“As we have said before, to maintain operations security and to avoid disclosing information that may be useful to potential adversaries, DOD does not discuss publicly the details of either the observations or the examinations of reported incursions into our training ranges or designated airspace, including those incursions initially designated as ,” Gough said.

The Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force has also “included these incidents in their ongoing examinations,” according to Gough.

The UAP Task Force was created by the Department of Defense last August to “detect, analyze and catalog UAPs” that could potentially threaten national security.

The photos and video have been circulating online since last year but were published by Mystery Wire and Extraordinary Beliefs last week.

The Navy drafted guidelines last year for pilots and personnel to report encounters with “unidentified aircraft” in response to a series of sightings,