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DOD-035 · 2019-07-15

USS Omaha — Transmedium Sphere Entry 2019

DOD-035is this archive's internal reference, not an official government file number, and the SECRET tag is an editorial archival label — not a current U.S. classification. Now Declassified is an independent index and is not affiliated with the U.S. government. See the original records via NARA RG 615 / OSD.

DoDPacific Ocean, off San Diego, California, USAPacific#2019Orb / Sphere~50 ft AGL before ocean entry~5 minutes
EVIDENCE GALLERY

Visual reconstruction and recovered media extracted from the incident dossier. Includes motion playback from the released archive.

Representative official gallery image traced to an official public-source archive

MEDIA STATUS
Official gallery media is shown as representative archive context for this case.
SOURCE TYPE
Sensor capture, analyst notes, and released archive media.
VIEW MODE
Still view highlights silhouette, environment, and encounter geometry.
AT A GLANCE

USS Omaha combat information center footage captured a spherical object hovering over the ship and entering the ocean without a splash. The Navy sent a submarine to search for wreckage and found nothing. The declassified footage was released by the DoD in 2021 as part of the first official UAP video release and is among the cases referenced in the 2021 UAP Task Force preliminary assessment.

PRIMARY WITNESSES
USS Omaha (LCS-12) CIC crew and deck personnel
EVIDENCE PROFILE
VISUAL RECONSTRUCTIONVIDEO PLAYBACKORB / SPHERE
FILE ID
DOD-035
DATE
2019-07-15
AGENCY
DoD
REGION
Pacific
SHAPE
Orb / Sphere
ALTITUDE
~50 ft AGL before ocean entry
OBSERVED BEHAVIORS
Transmedium (Air/Water)Stationary Hover
DECLASSIFIED DETAILS

In July 2019, crew aboard USS Omaha (LCS-12) recorded night-vision footage of a spherical UAP orbiting the ship at low altitude before descending into the Pacific Ocean without producing a splash. The Combat Information Center crew tracked the object on multiple sensor systems. A submarine was dispatched to search for debris or a submerged object — nothing was recovered. The footage was among several Navy videos leaked to filmmaker Jeremy Corbell and subsequently authenticated by the Pentagon in 2021. The DoD confirmed the footage was taken by Navy personnel and remained under investigation. The USS Omaha encounter is one of several USS Nimitz carrier strike group-area incidents documented in the 2021 Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena submitted to Congress — the first official UAP assessment by the United States Intelligence Community. The transmedium behavior — aerial flight followed by ocean entry and possible underwater transit — mirrors the Aguadilla (2013) case.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS
  • Spherical object entered Pacific Ocean without splash or deceleration
  • Navy submarine dispatched to search for wreckage — nothing recovered
  • DoD authenticated footage in 2021 as taken by Navy personnel
  • Referenced in 2021 ODNI Preliminary Assessment as unresolved
  • Tracked on multiple sensor systems aboard USS Omaha
  • Transmedium behavior consistent with 2013 Aguadilla Puerto Rico footage
ORIGINAL SOURCE

This incident is indexed as file DOD-035inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / OSD, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.

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EVIDENCE STRENGTH
COMPELLING
Video Record
25
Still Imagery
0
Witness Credibility
20
Sensor Corroboration
20
Physical Evidence
20
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