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This is a case resolution report from the U.S. Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), dated February 6, 2025. It covers the January 2015 "Go Fast" infrared video that a Navy F/A-18F recorded off Florida. AARO worked only from the public video and found the object was at about 13,000 feet, not near the ocean surface, and moved at roughly 5 to 92 mph. The report attributes the apparent high speed to motion parallax and states with high confidence that the object showed no anomalous performance.
UNCLASSIFIED 24 UNCLASSIFIED Figure 20: The direction of flight and speed of the UAP in the case of the F/A-18 flying with a tailwind. The UAP is going over twice as fast as the wind in somewhat the same direction. Figure 21: The direction of flight and speed of the UAP in the case of a crosswind from the right of the F/A-18. The UAP is going much faster than the wind but in nearly the same direction. Conclusions The methodology used to analyze the “Go Fast” event was derived from standard FMV analysis and successfully applied to data manually extracted from a publicly available .wmv video of the FLIR sensor display of an F/A-18. Accuracy of the results were limited by the precision and accuracy of the data and assumptions made regarding the flight parameters of the F/A-18 (e.g., the curved flight path). Calculations of the UAP’s exact position and heading were not possible given that the true track data in latitude and longitude of the F/A-18 were not provided nor were the atmospheric conditions. Thus, the estimations of the speed and relative direction of travel are used to bound results under a range of conditions to constrain the possible characteristics and performance of the UAP.
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