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    Explained: New Navy UFO Videos

    Mick West

    5 HN recommenders · recommended in 8 months, 2020–2026

    YouTube

    2:54 · 284K views · Apr 27, 2020

    Mick West explains the three Navy UFO videos (FLIR, GIMBAL and GOFAST) released in 2020, giving mundane explanations such as a distant plane and camera artifacts. He notes the videos were not new and had been circulating since 2017.

    HN recommends it as a calm, evidence-based debunking whenever the Navy UFO videos come up.

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    8 comments from Hacker News

    1. @mrandishMay 2026· in “US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos”

      For anyone else who has a UFO-crazy uncle, I've found Mick West's YouTube channel to be invaluable [LINK] . Mick is a retired video game programmer (Spider Man, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk), who does extremely well-researched videos analyzing UFO claims. He's not flashy or trying to be entertaining, just thorough, evidence-based and scientifically rigorous. He'll even do controlled experiments, recreations and 3D models to validate what's going on. And he's unfailingly respectful no matter how unhinged the claim. His work explaining the "Gimbal Video" is a good example: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @rhinoceraptorSep 2022· in “Navy Says All UFO Videos Classified, Releasing Them Will Harm National Security”

      All of the hyped UFO videos released over the past few years are easily explainable given a basic understanding of geometry, imaging and gimbals. Mick West has some great videos on it: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @treesprite82Jun 2021· in “Sam Harris on UFO Disclosure”

      > I found 3 pentagon confirmed videos today of Unidentified flying shapes going super fast. Whatever they are, this is pretty surreal If you're talking about the 3 videos I assume you are, I'd recommend checking out Mick West's videos on them: this video

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    4. @DSingularityApr 2020· in “Pentagon officially releases UFO videos [video]”

      Apparently, no real gymnastics needed — just some domain knowledge. I was also freaked out by these videos until I saw this: this video

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    5. @acqqJun 2020· in “Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown”

      Not weird at all: this video Mick West's full playlist with explanations: [LINK] An article mentioning Mick West: [LINK] [LINK]

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