can someone who actually flies F-18s look at GIMBAL for me, I keep going back and forth

Not a debunk, genuine ask, because the GIMBAL video (one of the three the Pentagon admitted is real, 2004-2015 era off the east coast) has me stuck and the YouTube comment wars are useless. Setup for anyone new: Navy ATFLIR pod footage, the object's a dark blob in IR, and partway through the whole ……