Chilean Navy helicopter infrared video

When

A Chilean Navy helicopter crew on coastal patrol west of Santiago filmed an object with an infrared camera for about 10 minutes. Chile's CEFAA studied the footage for two years and called it unidentified; skeptics later argued it was an airliner leaving contrails.

Sources

  1. PressGroundbreaking UFO Video Just Released By Chilean Navy (Leslie Kean) (opens in a new tab)HuffPost / 2017-01-05
  2. PressThe Chilean Military Has No Idea What This Flying Object Is (opens in a new tab)The War Zone / 2017-01-06
  3. OtherThe Chilean Navy UFO (Skeptoid #838) (opens in a new tab)Skeptoid / 2022-06-28

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How the story came out

Happened 11 Nov 2014. First made public 2 years later (5 Jan 2017).

  1. It happened (this event)
  2. Chilean Navy releases the infrared video publicly HuffPost (opens in a new tab) - first made public

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