USS Nimitz: Navy investigates FLIR1 video leak
Around 2009, Navy and investigative authorities examined how the FLIR1 video from the 2004 Nimitz encounter had become public. The review concerned footage circulating online since 2007; because of the elapsed time, internal circulation, and the large number of people with possible access, no individual source was identified and no one was charged.
Background
Around 2009, Navy and investigative authorities opened an inquiry into the source of the leaked FLIR1 UFO video. The review examined how footage from the 2004 Nimitz encounter, which had been circulating publicly online since at least 2007, could have left the military environment. Investigators concluded that reliable attribution was not feasible: several years had passed between recording, internal circulation, and public leak, and a very large number of people aboard or around the carrier could have had access. The inquiry was closed without identifying a responsible individual and without charges. Source: TheBlackVault.com / FOIA.