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FILE OPENEDTIER A · CLASS — DECLASSIFIED
DUFO-006 · DOSSIER · 2026 EDITION
FILE DUFO-006·FIELD REPORT·USA·FILED 11.14.2004·UPDATED 05.06.2026
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Pacific Ocean · USA · Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz carrier group encountered a white Tic-Tac shaped craft demonstrating impossible flight characteristics.
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USS Nimitz Tic-Tac — exhibit A
EXHIBIT A · 01 / 07
“primary witness on record” — Cdr. David Fravor
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// SUMMARY · BY THE DESK

In November 2004, the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group was operating approximately 100 miles off the coast of San Diego when radar operators aboard the USS Princeton began tracking anomalous objects descending from 60,000 feet to just above the ocean surface — nearly instantly.

Fravor observed a white, 40-foot Tic-Tac shaped object hovering over the ocean above a roiling patch of water — as though something large was just below the surface. The craft had no wings, no visible propulsion system, and no exhaust. As Fravor moved to cut off the object's path, it accelerated to intercept him — then vanished. It reappeared moments later at Fravor's combat air patrol point, 60 miles away, apparently waiting. A second F/A-18 from the same squadron captured the encounter on FLIR camera.

The FLIR footage, along with footage from two other incidents (GIMBAL and GOFAST), was leaked in 2007 and officially released by the Pentagon in 2020. The objects in the footage demonstrate acceleration, speed, and maneuverability that exceed all known human technology. The objects appear to move against 120-knot winds with no aerodynamic surfaces. No country possesses this technology in 2024.

Fravor has become one of the most credentialed voices in the UAP disclosure movement, testifying before Congress in 2023. "I don't know what I saw," he has said. "But I know it was not from this world."

// CHRONOLOGY · KEY EVENTS
Nov 14 2004
Incident reported · primary record
2005
First independent investigation
2023
Senate UAP testimony reopens record
May 2026
Spielberg release · disclosure cycle
// WITNESSES · 4 ON RECORD
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Cdr. David Fravor
ON RECORD
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Lt. Cdr. Jim Slaight
ON RECORD
▸ AFFIDAVIT →
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WSO Lt. Cmdr. Chad Underwood
ON RECORD
▸ AFFIDAVIT →
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USS Princeton radar operators
ON RECORD
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// PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Pentagon AATIP Program▸ ARCHIVE
New York Times — Dec 16 2017▸ ARCHIVE
House Oversight UAP Hearing 2023▸ ARCHIVE
FILE DUFO-006 · USS NIMITZ TIC-TAC · DECLASSIFIED EDITION 2026PG 01 / 04
// MEDIA · WITNESS TESTIMONY · DUFO-006

Retired Navy Commander Describes His Tic-Tac Sighting in 2004

NBC News
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