Sensor / instrument
ATFLIR
Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared pod (Raytheon AN/ASQ-228), the primary targeting sensor on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Source instrument for the Nimitz Tic-Tac, Gimbal, and GoFast videos. Skeptical analyses of Gimbal center on gimbal-lock artifacts of this specific pod's rotational mechanics.
Also known as: AN/ASQ-228, AN-ASQ-228
3 cases in the archive
- DOD · 2015-01-21 · contestedGimbal Video, USS Roosevelt
Approximately 35-second ATFLIR video showing an apparently rotating glowing object filmed by an F/A-18F from the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, with audio capturing aircrew reactions to a 'whole...
- DOD · 2015-01-20 · explainedGoFast Video, USS Roosevelt
Approximately 35-second ATFLIR video appearing to show a small object skimming rapidly above the ocean surface, with aircrew exclaiming 'Look at that thing! It's flying!'
- DOD · 2004-11-14 · unresolvedUSS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
Multi-day series of radar contacts and visual encounters by F/A-18F crews from Strike Fighter Squadron 41 with a small white object resembling a Tic Tac, observed near the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Gr...