Cmdr. David Fravor (Ret.)
Former U.S. Navy F/A-18F pilot
Former commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 aboard the USS Nimitz. Reported a close encounter with an unidentified object he described as a 40-foot-long, white, smooth Tic Tac–shaped craft during a 2004 training exercise off the coast of Southern California. Testified before the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security in 2023.
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Grusch, Fravor, and Graves testify before House Oversight Subcommittee
Former intelligence officer David Grusch, retired Navy Cmdr. David Fravor, and retired Navy Lt. Ryan Graves testify under oath before the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs. Grusch states that the U.S. government operates a long-running classified program to retrieve and reverse-engineer non-human craft.
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USS Nimitz strike group reports the 'Tic Tac' encounter
Aircrews from the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group report repeated radar contacts and a daylight visual encounter with a small, white, smooth, Tic Tac–shaped object during a training exercise in the Pacific. One of three Pentagon videos later released by the Department of Defense (FLIR1) documents a portion of the event.