'What the f*** is that thing?' Shocking moment Navy pilot spots a mysterious object streaking across the Atlantic - and a former White House official says it could belong to Russia, China or ALIENS

  • Two-minute video captured a foreign object streaking about the Atlantic Ocean
  • A Us Navy F/A 18 jet flying 25,000 was able to lock onto the foreign object
  • Former defense officials implore government to fund research into UFOs 
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 14:52 GMT, 11 March 2018 | UPDATED: 14:55 GMT, 11 March 2018
A pilot of a United States Navy jet was shocked after he witnessed a mysterious object streak across the sky just above the Atlantic Ocean.
The moment was caught on the pilot's camera and posted by the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences, a private research company. 
An object is captured flying below the US Navy F/A 18 jet in a two-minute clip.
The pilot yelled 'What the f*** is that thing?' as his sensors locked in on the mysterious object. 
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US Navy pilots spotted a foreign object speeding just above the Atlantic Ocean. On the third attempt, the pilot was able to lock onto the object with the jet's tracking sensors
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US Navy pilots spotted a foreign object speeding just above the Atlantic Ocean. On the third attempt, the pilot was able to lock onto the object with the jet's tracking sensors
Christopher Mellon, a former intelligence officer, said the government should fund research into these UFO sightings 
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Christopher Mellon, a former intelligence officer, said the government should fund research into these UFO sightings 
It took three attempts for the pilot to lock in on the target as it flew below the jet. 
The pilot continues to track the object while speaking with a colleague about what the object could possibly be.
The video was shot off the East Coast in 2015 and then obtained by the Stars Academy. 
The organization did not clarify how it captured the footage, but it said it was one of three incidents released to the public where a foreign object was seen by military personnel. 
Three incidents were made public last year after reports that the Pentagon spent $22 million on research into UFO's. 
Christopher Mellon, a former intelligence official who served under the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, wrote a Washington Post op-ed about why the government should care more about these sightings. 
He said the videos 'appear to provide evidence of the existence of aircraft far superior to anything possessed by the United States or its allies.' 
The Stars Academy of Arts & Science released the footage. It was the third video shown to the public last year that featured military personnel spotting foreign objects while on duty
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The Stars Academy of Arts & Science released the footage. It was the third video shown to the public last year that featured military personnel spotting foreign objects while on duty
The video said at the beginning that the video went through an approval process before it was released to the public 
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The video said at the beginning that the video went through an approval process before it was released to the public 
'Is it possible that America has been technologically leap-frogged by Russia or China?' Mellon asked.
'Or after the videos were first published by the New York Times in December, might they be evidence of some alien civilization?' 
Mellon said the government was not treating these sightings as 'serious incidents'. 
He compared this flaw to how the government treated counterterrorism efforts by the CIA and FBI prior to 9/11.
While these foreign objects might not appear as a threat now, he warned research is needed to ensure they are not 'isolated incidents'.