CASE ID: #04-NIMITZ
DATE: November 14, 2004
LOCATION: Pacific Ocean (100 miles off San Diego coast)
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIRMED (Department of Defense)
INCIDENT ABSTRACT
During a combat exercise involving the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, the USS Princeton (CG-59) guided-missile cruiser detected multiple AAVs (Anomalous Aerial Vehicles) via SPY-1B radar. These targets dropped from 80,000ft to sea level in less than a second. Two F/A-18F Super Hornets were diverted to intercept.
VISUAL CONFIRMATION
Commander David Fravor (Black Aces VFA-41) and Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich established visual contact with an object described as a “white Tic Tac,” approximately 40 feet long, with no visible wings, rotors, or propulsion exhaust.
The object demonstrated capabilities defying known physics:
- Instantaneous acceleration.
- Ability to hover over water creating “whitewater” disturbance.
- Hypersonic velocities without sonic booms.
- Active jamming of military radar.
SENSOR DATA ANALYSIS
The encounter was not merely visual. It was corroborated by multiple sensor platforms:
- Radar: USS Princeton tracked the objects for days prior to the intercept.
- FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared): A second flight launched later captured the famous “FLIR1” footage, showing the object accelerating out of the frame instantly.
“I can tell you, I think it was not from this world. I’m not crazy, haven’t been drinking. It was — after 18 years of flying, I’ve seen pretty much about everything that I can see in that realm, and this was nothing close.”— Cmdr. David Fravor
INVESTIGATOR CONCLUSION
The Nimitz incident represents the “Gold Standard” of UAP cases. The combination of highly trained observers, multiple radar confirmations, and official Pentagon declassification eliminates the possibility of hallucination or conventional error. The propulsion method remains unidentified and represents a technology generations ahead of current aerospace capabilities.
STATUS: OPEN / UNEXPLAINED