[The_Media_never_lie]

Did the objects reflect radar? I wonder if they are just images and not material.

[ClearCase_guy]

I don my tinfoil hat and say — why would this info be released? Doesn’t it sound kind of wacky? Unless, of course, the government were getting ready to tell us something.

[Dr. Sivana]

We are giving you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimonies of the miserable souls who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, the places, my friends, we can not keep this a secret any longer; let us punish the guilty, let us reward the innocent. My friends, can your heart stand the shocking facts about the grave robbers from outer space?—Criswell

[RoosterRedux]

I think the video "might" be old and not of the 2014 sightings in question.

I say this because it looks similar to the footage shot in the USS Nimitz encounter back in 2004. But then perhaps all pilots call each other "Dude.";-)

[ravenwolf]

Wouldn’t surprise me none.

[PGR88]

shoot at one and see what happens

[OttawaFreeper]

[wrench]

Fake news.

The pilots never saw anything, their NEW radar presented an unusual display/image that could not be verified visually.

Most likely a glitch in the system. Many such reports, all with the NEW radar system, none with other model radar systems, or the systems on board the carriers.

[robel]

Maybe they just came by for some takeout.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Darn Klingons again. Happens with cheap toilet paper.

[logi_cal869]

Well, if they had to implement a distraction, I’d rather find out aliens are real than be thrust into another war over false premises.

[N. Theknow]

UFO = Undocumented Flying Object

[Seruzawa]

So the US has had super secret high performance aircraft tech that they haven’t implemented militarily for 70+ years now? Lol.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*UFO ping*

[butlerweave]

They were going so fast they saw themselves in the Future ,LOL

[Vaduz]

East Coast = New Area 51

[PIF]

Not glitch, not an radar problem. They are real just as the Tic Tac ones seen in the Nimitz encounter a years prior. Yes, one plane almost hit one of the things - a geometric cube with a sphere around it. A visual sighting. Pilots were spooked.

One of the Red Ripper F/A-18Fs.

The US Navy takes these incidents very seriously as do the pilots; we should also.

Multiple F/A-18 Pilots Disclose Recent UFOs Encounters, New Radar Tech Key In Detection
A major upgrade in fighter jet radar tech seems to have been key in detecting and tracking bizarre objects flying in military training airspace.
By Tyler Rogoway, May 27, 2019

Article includes visual tracking video via the Super Hornet's AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR targeting pod

Older radar - AN/APG-73 - was 1980s tech. Installed radar was AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array.

"This is a huge deal ... What is new is the level of detail offered and the fact that five pilots talked to The New York Times about this and two were on the record."

"The main revelation is that technology exists that is capable of performing flying maneuvers that shatter our perceptions of propulsion, flight controls, material science, and even physics. Let me underline this again for you, the Nimitz encounter with the Tic Tac proved that exotic technology that is widely thought of as the domain of science fiction actually exists. It is real. It isn't the result of altered perception, someone's lucid dream, a stray weather balloon, or swamp gas. Someone or something has crossed the technological Rubicon and has obtained what some would call the Holy Grail of aerospace engineering."

[PIF]

Additional information (I don't have time to read this yet)

Carrier Group In Recent UFO Encounters Had New Air Defense Tech Just Like Nimitz In 2004 Incident
These incidents came a decade after UFOs appeared near a carrier group conducting large scale drills with an earlier version of this same capability.
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway May 30, 2019