Ryan Graves
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (retired); former F/A-18F pilot, VFA-11 'Red Rippers'; founder, Americans for Safe Aerospace
On camera in The Age of Disclosure: Speaks on the East Coast UAP incursions of 2014–2015 and on the systemic safety issues that led him to found Americans for Safe Aerospace.
Ryan Graves is a retired U.S. Navy F/A-18F pilot who flew with VFA-11 ('Red Rippers') from Naval Air Station Oceana[1]. He is one of the named pilots whose accounts of the 2014–2015 East Coast UAP incursions were published by the New York Times in 2019[2] and provided sworn testimony before the House Oversight Committee on July 26, 2023[3]. Graves founded Americans for Safe Aerospace, a nonprofit advocacy organization for pilots reporting unidentified phenomena[4].
- Retired U.S. Navy F/A-18F pilot, VFA-11 — Wikipedia — Ryan Graves
- Among the named pilots in NYT 2014–2015 East Coast UAP coverage — Cooper & Blumenthal — NYT, 26 May 2019
- Sworn testimony, 26 July 2023 House Oversight UAP hearing — House Oversight Committee — Hearing record
- Founder, Americans for Safe Aerospace — Americans for Safe Aerospace official site
- Hearing
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.
- Sighting
Routine UAP incursions reported off the U.S. East Coast
F/A-18F crews assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 11, operating from Naval Air Station Oceana, report routine encounters with UAP off the U.S. East Coast. Two of the three Pentagon-released videos — 'GIMBAL' and 'GO FAST' — are recorded during this period.