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David Fravor

Commander, US Navy (Ret.)

Military & IntelCongressional Testimony

Retired Navy Commander and F/A-18 pilot. Primary witness of the 2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter off San Diego. Described an object that exhibited capabilities far beyond any known technology — instantaneous acceleration, transmedium travel, no visible propulsion.

Credentials

  • -US Navy Commander (Ret.)
  • -F/A-18 pilot, 18 years
  • -CO of VFA-41 Black Aces
  • -Top Gun graduate
  • -Congressional testimony 2023

Links

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Connected Cases

Officially Confirmed
USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
2004-11-14 — Pacific Ocean, off San Diego, CA
Officially Confirmed
2023 Congressional UAP Hearing
2023-07-26 — U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C.
High Credibility
The Sensor-Confirmation Ratchet — Better Sensors, Better Evidence, Same Phenomenon
1942-01-01 — Global — tracking sensor technology evolution
Officially Confirmed
The Five Observables — The Pentagon's Own Framework for What UAP Do
2017-12-16 — United States — analytical framework
High Credibility
The Transmedium Evidence — Documented Water-to-Air Transitions
1947-01-01 — Global — ocean, lake, and coastal encounters

Evidence

FLIR1 / Tic Tac Video

FLIR footage from an F/A-18 Super Hornet during the USS Nimitz encounter. Shows a white, oblong object (the 'Tic Tac') tracked by infrared targeting pod. Object accelerates off screen. Pentagon officially confirmed authenticity in 2020.

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Commander Fravor Congressional Testimony

Commander David Fravor testifies under oath before Congress about the 2004 USS Nimitz Tic Tac encounter. Describes an object that dropped from 80,000 feet to sea level in less than a second, exhibited no visible propulsion, and reappeared at his CAP point — a classified location.

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July 2023 House Oversight UAP Hearing — Full Video

Historic congressional hearing featuring David Grusch, Ryan Graves, and David Fravor testifying under oath about UAP. Grusch stated the US possesses intact craft and 'biologics' of non-human origin. Fravor described the Tic Tac encounter. Graves testified about daily UAP encounters by Navy pilots. Bipartisan panel included Burchett, Luna, Moskowitz, and Ocasio-Cortez.

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USS Nimitz Executive Summary — Scientific & Technical Intelligence Analysis

Executive summary of the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group encounter. Documents the SPY-1 radar tracking of 100+ anomalous returns over two weeks, the Tic Tac visual engagement by Fravor/Dietrich, and the FLIR1 video capture. Objects descended from 80,000+ feet to sea level in seconds, showed no flight surfaces, exhaust, or rotors, and actively jammed radar. The Princeton's CEC system tracked objects performing maneuvers at speeds exceeding any known aircraft.

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USS Princeton SPY-1 Radar — Two Weeks of Anomalous Tracks Before Tic Tac

Senior Chief Kevin Day operated the SPY-1 radar system on the USS Princeton for two weeks before the Fravor Tic Tac encounter. He tracked groups of 5-10 objects descending from 80,000+ feet to sea level in less than a second — velocities that would require surviving 30,000+ G-forces. The objects appeared daily at the same location (the CAP point). Day reported the contacts up the chain of command but was told to keep tracking. After the encounter, he was told to turn over all data recordings. Day has since suffered neurological symptoms he attributes to his extended proximity to the radar returns.

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