Nimitz Carrier Strike Group — Complete Event Documentation

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group UAP events of November 2004 represent the most thoroughly documented and officially acknowledged UAP intercept in modern US military history. USS Princeton (CG-59) radar operators tracked anomalous contacts at ~80,000 ft for approximately two weeks before the visual encounter. On November 14, 2004, Commander David Fravor and Lt. Cmdr. Jim Slaight in one F/A-18F, and Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich and a WSO in a second F/A-18F, were directed to investigate a contact that had descended from 80,000 ft to sea level and was hovering. Fravor described a white, smooth, featureless Tic-Tac-shaped object approximately 40 feet long, no wings, no exhaust. It appeared to react to his approach — moving to mirror his pattern. When Fravor descended toward it, the object accelerated and disappeared within seconds. The rendezvous point was relayed to Fravor by Princeton radar; on arrival the Tic-Tac was already there, apparently having traveled approximately 60 miles in less than a minute. Lt. Chad Underwood, in a subsequent intercept attempt, captured the Tic-Tac on the F/A-18's FLIR camera — producing the 'FLIR1' video. The video was classified. It was leaked in 2017 and officially declassified and released by the Pentagon in April 2020. Fravor testified to Congress in 2023. Every witness has maintained a consistent account across 20 years.