On 11 November 2014, a Chilean Navy helicopter captured infrared footage of an unidentified object over the Pacific — tracked on radar, releasing a substance into the ocean, with no known aircraft in the area. Chile’s CEFAA investigated for two years and could not identify it.
The Chilean Navy case matters because it is an official military UAP release with a named government investigation that ended in “unidentified” — yet even that does not establish what was filmed. It tests how a page treats strong official footage without overstating its meaning.
A Chilean Navy AS365 Dauphin helicopter on a routine coastal patrol captured the object on its WESCAM MX-15 infrared camera. The crew observed the object release a substance that fell toward the ocean, and the object was tracked on the helicopter’s radar.
Documented
The flight, the infrared recording and the radar track are documented.
Air traffic control confirmed there were no known aircraft in the area at the time. This is a significant part of the record, but it is not the same as proving an extraordinary object — it rules out one class of conventional explanation.
Documented
The air-traffic-control confirmation of no known aircraft is documented.
CEFAA — Chile’s official body for the study of anomalous aerial phenomena, attached to the aviation authority DGAC — investigated for two years, consulted multiple experts, and could not identify the object. General Ricardo Bermúdez publicly discussed the conclusion.
Debated
The object’s identity remains open: unknown aircraft, drone, or atmospheric phenomenon have all been proposed.
“Unidentified” means the investigation did not settle what was filmed — not that an extraordinary origin is proven. The released infrared footage is genuine, but the full radar dataset is not publicly published.
Unverified
Any extraterrestrial origin, or any conclusion stronger than “unidentified after investigation”, is unverified.
These sources do different jobs: the FLIR footage is the evidence, the CEFAA file is the official investigation, and the subsequent analyses are the debate. None alone establishes what was filmed.
The two-year Chilean government investigation that ended unidentified.
The helicopter’s infrared recording of the object.
Competing readings, recorded as debated.