A Hellfire missile — a hundred-pound precision weapon designed to destroy tanks — hit a UFO off the coast of Yemen. And bounced off.
In this episode, Alex and Maya break down two newly leaked Pentagon videos recorded by MQ-9 Reaper military drones. The footage, never intended for public release, was obtained by investigative journalists Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp.
What the Videos Show
Persian Gulf, 2012: Three orb-like objects flying in triangular formation, captured by infrared sensors. The Pentagon categorized these as three separate orbs — not a single craft. During the footage, one orb drops behind, then slingshots forward to take the lead.
Syria, 2021: A mushroom-shaped craft tracked by a Reaper drone. The moment the targeting system locked on, the object accelerated instantaneously to supersonic speeds — potentially exceeding Mach 5 — with no sonic boom, no heat trail, and no visible exhaust.
The Hellfire Incident
Shown during a congressional UAP hearing, footage captured a Hellfire missile striking an orb-shaped UAP off Yemen. The missile — designed to penetrate tank armor — had zero effect. The object continued flying at extreme velocity.
The Five Observables
UFO researchers have identified five behaviors that define genuine UAP encounters:
- Instantaneous acceleration — no buildup, immediate movement
- Hypersonic velocity without signatures — no sonic booms or heat
- Trans-medium travel — moving between space, air, and water
- Anti-gravity — hovering with no visible propulsion
- Cloaking — becoming instantly invisible
The leaked footage demonstrates at least three of these five capabilities.
The Contradiction
The Pentagon’s official position: there has never been physical proof confirming the existence of UFOs. Yet these videos are military sensor data from advanced platforms, categorized by the Pentagon’s own personnel as UAP, and archived in classified vaults.
The question isn’t whether something extraordinary is happening. The military’s own footage answers that. The question is why we’re still pretending it isn’t.
The Yemen Drone Footage
The first video, captured by an MQ-9 Reaper drone operating over Yemen, shows a Hellfire missile making direct contact with a spherical UAP — and failing to destroy it. The object, which appeared as a metallic sphere approximately 3-6 feet in diameter, showed no wings, no visible propulsion system, and no thermal signature consistent with conventional aircraft. After the missile impact, the object continued on its trajectory apparently undamaged.
This is significant because a Hellfire AGM-114 is a precision-guided munition weighing approximately 100 pounds with a blast fragmentation warhead designed to destroy armored vehicles. For any conventional object of that size to survive a direct hit defies known materials science. Either the object is made of something we don’t understand, or the engagement didn’t occur as the footage appears to show — but the Pentagon has confirmed the video is authentic.
The Second Video: Transmedium Travel
The second video, also from an MQ-9 Reaper, shows a UAP descending from altitude and entering the ocean without any visible deceleration, splash pattern, or debris. The object maintained structural integrity during what appears to be a transmedium transition — moving from air to water seamlessly. This is one of the five observable characteristics identified by the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force: transmedium travel, instantaneous acceleration, hypersonic velocity without signatures, anti-gravity capability, and low observability.
Conventional physics makes transmedium travel at speed extremely challenging. The density difference between air and water means that any object hitting water at high speed experiences forces equivalent to hitting concrete. Submarines must slowly submerge, and no known aircraft can transition to underwater operation. The footage appears to show an object ignoring this fundamental constraint.
The Chain of Custody Problem
Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp, the journalists who obtained and released the footage, have built a track record of verified UAP disclosures. They were responsible for releasing the USS Omaha “splash” video and the “pyramid” UAP footage, both of which the Pentagon later confirmed as authentic. However, leaked footage always faces questions about context — what happened before and after the clip? Were there conventional explanations considered and ruled out?
The Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has been tasked with investigating such incidents since 2022. Their public reports have acknowledged hundreds of UAP encounters by military personnel, with a significant percentage remaining unexplained after analysis. The Yemen footage represents some of the most dramatic visual evidence in the public domain, though AARO has not publicly commented on these specific videos.
The Implications for National Security
Beyond the question of what these objects are, the footage raises urgent national security concerns. U.S. military drones are operating in active conflict zones alongside objects that can apparently survive direct weapons engagement. If these are adversary technology (Chinese or Russian), the implications for military superiority are staggering. If they’re not adversary technology, the implications are even more profound.
Multiple former Pentagon officials, including Lue Elizondo (former director of AATIP), Christopher Mellon (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence), and David Grusch (intelligence community whistleblower), have stated publicly that the U.S. government possesses more evidence than what has been publicly released — including material evidence of non-human origin. Congress has responded by including UAP disclosure provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, though implementation has been contested.
Why This Matters
Whether these objects are exotic foreign technology, unknown natural phenomena, or something else entirely, the footage demands serious investigation. The fact that the U.S. military is encountering objects in operational airspace that it cannot identify, cannot intercept, and cannot explain represents a genuine intelligence gap. The conversation has shifted from “do UAPs exist?” to “what are they and who controls them?” — and that shift is driven by evidence like these videos.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did the leaked Pentagon UAP footage show?
The footage reportedly shows unidentified objects performing maneuvers beyond known aerospace capabilities — including instantaneous acceleration, transmedium travel (air to water), and sustained supersonic flight without visible propulsion or sonic booms, captured by multiple military sensor systems simultaneously.
Has the Pentagon confirmed the UAP videos are authentic?
The Pentagon has confirmed the authenticity of several UAP videos, including the ‘Tic Tac,’ ‘Gimbal,’ and ‘Go Fast’ videos. The Department of Defense acknowledged these were taken by Navy personnel and that the objects remain unidentified after analysis.
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