Military / Radar
USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" Encounter
US Navy aviators from the USS Nimitz carrier group, directed by USS Princeton radar, reported an object shaped like a Tic Tac. An infrared video (FLIR1) was published in 2017 and officially released by the Department of Defense in 2020.
- Date
- 14 November 2004
- Location
- Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California · United States
- Witnesses
- Military, Pilot
- Evidence
- Radar, Video, Official documents
What was reported
Navy pilots reported a white tic-tac-shaped object that moved rapidly, and radar tracked targets for days.
Official and public statements
The Department of Defense released the FLIR video in 2020 and said the objects in it were unidentified. Writer Mick West of Metabunk has stated that the video is consistent with a distant aircraft.
References
- USS Nimitz UFO incident — Wikipedia
- Department of Defense — Statement on release of Navy videos (2020)
Source: Wikipedia