FLIR1
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FLIR1 is an infrared cockpit video recorded by U.S. Navy pilots during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO encounter, widely publicized as evidence of an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FLIR1 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FLIR1 Context triple: [2004 USS Nimitz incident, associatedVideo, FLIR1]
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A.
FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems is a leading American company specializing in the design and manufacture of thermal imaging cameras, sensors, and infrared imaging technologies used in defense, industrial, and commercial applications.
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B.
FLR
FLR is the IATA airport code for Florence Airport, the main international airport serving Florence, Italy.
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C.
LIR camera
The LIR camera is a longwave infrared imaging instrument aboard the Akatsuki Venus orbiter used to study the planet’s atmospheric temperature structure and cloud dynamics.
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D.
Clio infrared camera
The Clio infrared camera is a high-resolution near-infrared imaging instrument used with the Magellan Adaptive Optics (MagAO) system for detailed astronomical observations, including exoplanet and circumstellar disk studies.
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E.
IR1 camera
The IR1 camera is an infrared imaging instrument aboard Japan's Akatsuki Venus orbiter, designed to study the planet’s atmosphere and cloud structures at specific infrared wavelengths.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FLIR1 Target entity description: FLIR1 is an infrared cockpit video recorded by U.S. Navy pilots during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO encounter, widely publicized as evidence of an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
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A.
FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems is a leading American company specializing in the design and manufacture of thermal imaging cameras, sensors, and infrared imaging technologies used in defense, industrial, and commercial applications.
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B.
FLR
FLR is the IATA airport code for Florence Airport, the main international airport serving Florence, Italy.
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C.
LIR camera
The LIR camera is a longwave infrared imaging instrument aboard the Akatsuki Venus orbiter used to study the planet’s atmospheric temperature structure and cloud dynamics.
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D.
Clio infrared camera
The Clio infrared camera is a high-resolution near-infrared imaging instrument used with the Magellan Adaptive Optics (MagAO) system for detailed astronomical observations, including exoplanet and circumstellar disk studies.
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E.
IR1 camera
The IR1 camera is an infrared imaging instrument aboard Japan's Akatsuki Venus orbiter, designed to study the planet’s atmosphere and cloud structures at specific infrared wavelengths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UFO video
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cockpit video ⓘ infrared video recording ⓘ unidentified aerial phenomenon video ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tic Tac UFO incident
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linked to:
Nimitz UFO incident
USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group ⓘ |
| capturedNear |
Southern California coast
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linked to:
Southern California Bight
|
| capturedOver | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | unidentified aerial phenomenon by U.S. government ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dateRecorded | November 2004 ⓘ |
| durationApprox | about one minute ⓘ |
| features | pilot commentary ⓘ |
| format | digital video ⓘ |
| hasFrameOverlay |
azimuth and range indicators
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sensor telemetry data ⓘ zoom and mode indicators ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
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U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| languageOfAudio | English ⓘ |
| linkedToWitness |
Chad Underwood
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David Fravor ⓘ |
| medium | infrared ⓘ |
| militaryContext | training exercise ⓘ |
| operator |
U.S. Navy
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linked to:
United States Navy
|
| publicizedAs | evidence of unidentified aerial phenomenon ⓘ |
| publicizedBy | To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
U.S. Navy pilots
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Navy personnel
|
| recordedDuring |
2004 USS Nimitz UFO encounter
ⓘ
linked to:
Nimitz UFO incident
|
| recordedFrom | U.S. Navy fighter jet ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gimbal UFO video
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GoFast UFO video ⓘ |
| releasedBy |
U.S. Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| releaseType | officially declassified video ⓘ |
| sensorPlatform |
F/A-18 Super Hornet
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linked to:
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
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| shows |
object executing abrupt maneuvers
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object with no clearly visible wings or exhaust plume ⓘ rapidly moving target ⓘ unidentified aerial object ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| topicOf |
UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) hearings
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UFO research discussions ⓘ |
| usesSensorType |
Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR)
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linked to:
FLIR turret
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| viewpoint | cockpit sensor display ⓘ |
| widelyCoveredBy | international news media ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FLIR1 Description of subject: FLIR1 is an infrared cockpit video recorded by U.S. Navy pilots during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO encounter, widely publicized as evidence of an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.