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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed that a widely seen, night-vision video showing unidentified, pyramid-shaped flying objects filmed by military personnel aboard the the Navy destroyer USS Russell in July 2019 is authentic.
Snopes verified the rumor with the Pentagon after readers asked us to verify social media posts that were reporting the same.
Sue Gough, spokeswoman for the DOD, said in an email to Snopes, “I can confirm that the video was taken by Navy personnel. I have nothing further for you on it.”
Although such objects are colloquially referred to as “UFOs” or “unidentified flying objects” by the public, the military refers to such objects as “unidentified aerial phenomena.”