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The footage of the retrieval of an egg-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO) reportedly shared with NewsNation by a former U.S. Air Force airman has been released, but the alien-hunting community is not impressed.
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Why It Matters
The footage was highly anticipated in the alien-hunting community, but has underwhelmed to say the least, with some creating their own home-filmed remakes of the clip and others expressing their anger over the quality of the video.
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What To Know
In October, Jacob Barber told NewsNation that he had been involved in the recovery of alien technology while working for a reportedly under-the-radar UFO retrieval program.
According to the news outlet, Barber worked in the U.S. Air Force and was also recruited into Air Force Special Operations, and later worked in a nonofficial capacity for the Defense Department and the intelligence community.
Barber said to NewsNation that while he was working as a helicopter pilot to retrieve fallen craft, he encountered what he described as "a white egg."
He told the news outlet: "It's inconsistent with anything I'd ever seen before. I can also tell you that the reaction by my team, we all knew we were dealing with something extraordinary."
The footage of the retrieval of the "white egg" was obtained with NewsNation. It was shared online for the first time on Sunday.
Jay Anderson, a podcast host and presenter, shared the footage on his X account, and in the comments created a poll asking viewers: "Does this video live up the hype that came before it?"
More than 1,500 have voted on the poll, and 94 percent of the responses were "no."
What People Are Saying
One user, @lite_pilot, took to X to share a video of what appears to be the end of a vacuum pointing at an egg, which slowly rolls around on a kitchen hob.
The user wrote: "Breaking: Nothing like it ever released before. First person video evidence account of real UFO government retrieval. 20ft in length egg UFO ultra high tech top secret retrieval apparatus used."
On Reddit, another user mocked the video, writing: "This video could not have been cheap to make with the cost of eggs these days!"
A different Reddit user was more angry in his response to the footage, writing: "My wife wanted to watch this with me and now I look like a f**king idiot. That was beyond garbage in every way. What a ridiculous thing to hype up. By far more of a let-down than I expected."
Another user wrote on Reddit: "Why does this whole thing look like a miniature? It looks like a piece of small cord hung near a go pro dropping an actual egg on some carpet."
What's Next
Few details can be seen in the footage, although HuffPost reported that the object isn't dissimilar to those seen in clips previously shared by other whistleblowers, some of which were later confirmed by the Pentagon as authentic.
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