On November 14, 2004, Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz carrier group were sent to intercept an object tracked on radar off San Diego. Commander David Fravor described a smooth, white, 40-ft object shaped like a Tic Tac that moved with no visible means of propulsion.
The New York Times published the FLIR1 video in 2017, along with the Gimbal and GoFast videos from 2015 East Coast encounters. The Pentagon formally released all three in 2020, a turning point that led to the creation of AARO and public congressional hearings.
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- Smooth white oblong shape
- No wings, exhaust or rotors
- Sudden acceleration
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- 2004Nimitz encounter
Off San Diego, CaliforniaOn November 14, 2004, Commander David Fravor and other Navy aviators from the USS Nimitz group, sent to check radar contacts off southern California, said they saw a white, oval 'Tic Tac' object over a disturbance in the sea that rose and vanished. A later jet recorded it on infrared (the 'FLIR' video). The Pentagon still lists it as unidentified.
- 2015Gimbal and GoFast videos
Off the US East CoastIn 2014-15, Navy pilots from the USS Theodore Roosevelt group, including Lt. Ryan Graves, recorded the 'Gimbal' and 'GoFast' infrared videos of unidentified objects off the US East Coast. The New York Times published them in 2017. Skeptics such as Mick West argue they show camera artefacts, glare and parallax effects; the Pentagon calls them unidentified.
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