The phenomenon of “flying pyramids” has been reported all over the world. In Brazil, there is a famous case involving aircraft pilot Haroldo Westendorff, who in 1996 reportedly encountered a massive pyramid-shaped UFO over Lagoa dos Patos in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
In other parts of the world, some of these UFOs may have actually been recorded, such as in Russia in 2009 and in China in 2022. In 2021, the Pentagon even confirmed a video recorded by the U.S. Navy in 2019 that — despite controversies — shows a pyramid-shaped UFO.
This type of UFO falls into a wide range of forms reported by witnesses and, above all, because they are always described as large and imposing, they draw attention whenever an image or video appears in the media or online.
And that brings us to the case we’ll focus on in this article: a huge flying pyramid over the Pentagon in the U.S. Videos are still circulated today showing the event, which reportedly happened a few years ago, in 2018.
In the images available online — which even get plenty of upvotes in UFO-related subreddits on Reddit — we can see a huge pyramid-shaped UFO hovering over the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.
This alleged event remains strong in the beliefs of the community because, just like the UFO over Jerusalem case, it involves more than one recording — in fact, three — made by different people and from different angles. The story goes like this:
On December 19, 2018, two videos appeared on YouTube. In them, a large pyramid-shaped UFO can be seen hovering over the Pentagon area in Washington, D.C., USA. The videos were first uploaded by two accounts: one created in 2015 and the other in 2018.
The first account, created in 2015, belongs to David Wilson, who apparently set up the channel but had never posted anything until then. The second account is linked to someone identified as Alex Dude, with the account created on December 18, 2018, following the same pattern as Wilson — in fact, to this day, the channel contains only a single video: the one supposedly showing the pyramid.
It’s relatively common for people to create YouTube accounts and never use them, especially a few years ago. However, it’s also common for known fraudsters to use this kind of tactic to make a video seem more credible — by using old, inactive accounts, or even accounts belonging to other people.
When it comes to YouTube channels that share UFO-related content, we need to pay close attention to their names. Some channels are well-known for hoaxes, CGI, and sensationalism. Names like xxxDonutzxxx, UFOvni2012, Secureteam10, Section 51, and Thirdphaseofmoon are widely recognized for these practices.
It was precisely the channel Thirdphaseofmoon, run by brothers Blake and Brett Cousins, that was responsible for spreading the videos worldwide.
Just imagine: a massive pyramid floating over one of the most watched and secure locations in the world, for a relatively long time, in an extremely busy area — and only three people capture it on video. And to top it off, the channel known for hoaxes is the one spreading it… “something seems off.”
in the international media, it seems that only the Daily Express covered the case.
However, an event like this should have generated far more than a few headlines — it should have made worldwide news.
So, there were three videos. The third was also posted on YouTube by an account created in 2018 — specifically on December 10, just a few days before the alleged event — and linked to someone named Jane Doe. This third recording doesn’t seem to have been initially shared by the Thirdphaseofmoon channel, as it was only published a day after the other two accounts — a timing that seems quite convenient for a more elaborate hoax
And what about the post on the Thirdphaseofmoon channel itself? Well, it doesn’t appear to be accessible anymore. Usually, these types of channels, loaded with thousands of videos, tend to change the title or even remove content after one of their videos goes viral. It seems likely that this is exactly what happened in this case.
Alleged Creator of the Videos
Here we have something curious. In the comments on their own videos, both David Wilson and Alex Dude learned of someone who, at the time, claimed to be the creator of the content: an individual using the pseudonym Adyor Avakian Vanderlei, presented as a digital artist. Both reacted angrily and called him a liar.
This artist claimed to work for “Volta Seven Studios,” which supposedly helped him create the images. He even shared a post on his website — a post that is no longer available online, not even archived — in which he presumably took credit for the material.
curtsy by VOLTA SEVEN studios for the purpose of opening a conversation. Artist ADYOR helped us out with this and many more spanning from 2011-2018#lookwup https://t.co/EIieTg1URz
— Adyor Vanderlei (@Adyorism) February 2, 2019In another post on his X account, he claimed that “Volta Seven” had “taken credit for the pyramid instead of the Pentagon.”
However, later in 2022, the fact-checking site Lead Stories contacted the artist via email, and he responded saying he had “lied” previously: “I did NOT do this in CGI… I have nothing to do with it.”
Which, apparently, rules out his involvement in creating the hoax.
So, what we have here are impressive videos, supposedly filmed by different witnesses — yet, curiously, none of them are public, and none have been interviewed or heard by any group or researcher. The accounts are inactive, with two of them created precisely in the same month as the event.
We also have a channel widely known for hoaxes, which ended up spreading the case to the world. And we have an artist who actually works with digital art, including geometric shapes, who initially claimed authorship but later denied any involvement.
In the case of Russia in 2009, over the Kremlin, although Russian ufologists conducted extensive research and concluded that it was actually a distortion phenomenon known as a “night ribbon,” there are still supposed witnesses of the event — presented in a video by the also controversial group GAIA, which, whether one likes it or not, can still spark debate.
Therefore, what we can reasonably assume, based on the available clues and evidence — as well as the lack of reliable data and the obvious question, “How did the world not know about a massive flying pyramid over the Pentagon?!” — is that these recordings, although without confirmed authorship, were most likely an orchestrated and planned hoax.
And, as it seems, yet another one of the Cousins brothers’ schemes.
Below, you can see the three videos compiled.
