Status: Corroborated — multiple Navy personnel, radar and an official video; the Pentagon calls the object “unidentified.” Explanations such as sensor artifacts and drones have been proposed.
Credit: U.S. Navy / Department of Defense (via DVIDS, video ID 955825) · Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work) · Source
On November 14, 2004, Cmdr. David Fravor of the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, flying a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, investigated radar indications of a possible target off the coast of southern California. He said the cruiser USS Princeton had been tracking unusual aircraft for about two weeks before. Fravor reported a white, oval object hovering above a disturbance in the ocean and estimated it at 40 feet long. Four aircrew in two jets watched it for about five minutes. As he spiraled down to get closer, the object ascended and mirrored his path before disappearing.
A second flight, which included weapons systems officer Lt. Cmdr. Chad Underwood, was equipped with an infrared camera. Underwood recorded the video known as “FLIR1” and coined the name “Tic Tac” for the image. He did not see the object with his own eyes. Radar and combat-system technicians have since said the strike group had tracked similar contacts for about a week.
The video leaked in 2007 and was published by The New York Times in December 2017. The Department of Defense said in 2020 it was releasing it to clear up misconceptions, and the objects in it remain characterized as “unidentified.” Possible explanations offered include drones, camera artifacts and misinterpretation.
Sources: Wikipedia: Pentagon UFO videos · DVIDS: FLIR1 — UAP
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