USS Princeton Radar — Two-Week Tic Tac Tracking 2004

While the Tic Tac encounter is typically described through Commander David Fravor's 2004 visual observation, the full scope of the USS Nimitz Strike Group event was significantly broader and more extended. Senior Chief Petty Officer Kevin Day, who operated the USS Princeton's Cooperative Engagement Capability radar system, reported that the Princeton had been tracking the Tic Tac UAP objects daily for approximately two weeks before the November 14 Fravor encounter. Day reported the objects were tracked entering from 80,000 feet altitude and descending to sea level in seconds — implying acceleration profiles of hundreds of thousands of G-forces, far beyond any biological or known technological tolerance. Day reported his chain of command was informed of the tracking. On the day of the Fravor encounter, the Princeton's radar data was capturing the same objects Fravor was observing visually, providing simultaneous multi-sensor correlation. Following the encounter, Day has testified that intelligence personnel arrived on the Princeton and removed data storage devices containing the radar tracking data. The two-week tracking period, the implied acceleration data, and the alleged evidence removal transformed what appeared to be a brief aviation curiosity into a sustained, multi-sensor, potentially evidence-suppressed intelligence event of the highest significance.