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Three videos purporting to be military footage of mystery objects flying through the sky are genuine, according to the US Navy.

The clips were published over the last two years by the To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science – a group dedicated to researching Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs).

The group was co-founded by Blink 182 singer Tom DeLonge, who claimed the clips went through a ‘declassification review process’ and were approved for release.

One of the videos was from 2004, while the other two were recorded in 2015 and featured audio from US fighter pilots expressing disbelief at what they were seeing.


This week the US navy confirmed the footage was authentic and said the objects have been classified as ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’.



Spokesman Joseph Gradisher told NBC News: ‘The three videos show incursions into our military training ranges by unidentified aerial phenomena. The Navy has characterised the observed phenomena as unidentified.’

Navy Pilots Were Seeing UFOs on an Almost Daily Basis in 2014 and 2015. (Picture: U.S. Department of Defense)

Infrared cockpit-camera footage taken by the U.S. Navy squadron exposes mystery flying objects (Picture: U.S. Department of Defense)

Mr Gradisher has disputed DeLounge claims that the clips had been declassified and said the Navy has ‘no information’ on how they ended up in the public domain.

He confirmed the footage was captured by cameras in US navy planes but said the objects had not been identified.

He said that sightings of ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ were on the rise – and added that all of them were thoroughly investigated.

The Navy is reluctant to describe them as UFOs because of their association with extra terrestrial activity in pop culture.

Mr Gradisher said: ‘Any incursion into our training ranges by any aircraft or phenomena, identified or not identified, is problematic from both a safety and security concern.’

Pilots expressed disbelief at what they saw (Picture: U.S. Department of Defense)

The confirmation that DeLonge’s UFO videos are real is a major victory for his organization.

In a cryptic tweet the musician, who sang vocals for the Blink-182 song Aliens Exist, suggested there was more to come.

He said: ‘ I won’t let you down. People haven’t seen NOTHING yet. You think this recent revelation about the Navy is big? I have been saying the same thing for 36 months. Hold tight, be patient… it’s about to get real.’

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