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The skyline of Auckland City. In the foreground a part of Mt. Eden is visible, left in the background is the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
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Gimbal is one of three US military videos of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) that has been through the official declassification review process of the United States government and has been approved for public release. Taken on 21 January 2015 by a fighter pilot from the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group.
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