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>> bret: the u.s. navy is giving new guidance for reporting unidentified flying objects better known as ufos. giving credence to the belief something else is out there. many experts say there are still earthly explanations for it all. there has been a lot of investigation. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story [laughter] >> jennifer: four years ago on a training mission off the east coast of the united states before deploying to the middle east, a pair of f-18's pilots captured on advance raider unidentified flying object. >> oh, my gosh, wow! >> jennifer: objects with...

The water. >> got it! >> whoo-hoo! >> wow. >> what the -- is that thing. >> it's flying. >> reporter: now the pilots are talking to the "new york times" and a mini series for the history channel. >> unidentified, inside america's ufo investigation. >> reporter: the pilots are identified. this is f-18 fighter pilot danny la coyne. >> it seems they were aware of our presence, because they would actively move around us. >> reporter: one pilot told "the new york times" of another pilot looking shocked, telling him, i almost hit one of those things, it flew right past the cockpit looking like a sph...

U.s. over the past 24 hours. including this massive twister touching down in junction city, kansas. president trump announcing his new pick to lead the air force. barbara barrett is the former chairwoman of the aerospace corporation. she served as ambassador to finland under president george w. bush. she is also a certified astronaut after training at russian space center but never been to space. she is the first civilian woman to land the f-18 will18 oa aircraft carrier. set to become the next president of el paso. john brennan giving democrats a closed door briefing on iran. republican senat...

Part of a hawaii air national guard exercise. the former navy f-18 pilot was flying as a civilian contract pilot. the military often hires contractors to simulate enemy fighters in these exercises. >> martha raddatz with us from our washington bureau tonight. and martha, what do we know about the pilot's condition tonight? >> reporter: well, pothier's scheduled to have surgery for non-life threatening injuries, but he is in great spirits, and the family thankful no one else was injured. david? >> that is good news. martha, thank you. next tonight, to the joyful scene in clear creek, west vir...

They know how important it is." a key achievement of this administration has been to rebuild the military after years of budget cuts and caps, this year's defense budget is $716 billion. the chairman of the house armed services committee says that number is too high and to prepare for cuts. >> dana: and the u.s. military has ended the search for five missing marines off the coast of japan? >> that's correct. it appears the hornet came in too fast and collided with the tanker. the pilot would have been wearing night vision goggles. the crook took place 200 miles off the coast of japan. shinzo a...