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The "Tic Tac" and the Sphere: Inside the Navy's Shocking UFO Encounters

The most famous of these encounters occurred on November 14, 2004, off the coast of Southern California. Commander David Fravor and Lieutenant Commander Alex Dietrich, flying F/A-18F Super Hornets from the USS Nimitz , were diverted to investigate a radar contact detected by the USS Princeton . unidentified_naval_pilots_shocking_ufo_encounte...

As Commander Fravor testified to Congress, the technology witnessed was "far superior than anything that we had" and remains one of the greatest mysteries of modern aviation. The "Tic Tac" and the Sphere: Inside the

: Graves noted that these objects could remain stationary in 120-knot hurricane-force winds for an entire day, a feat of endurance impossible for known jet technology. : Graves noted that these objects could remain

A decade later, pilots stationed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt off the U.S. East Coast began seeing strange objects almost daily. Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves testified that these sightings followed a major radar system upgrade that allowed them to detect craft they previously couldn't see.

Experts and witnesses like Graves and Fravor often highlight five specific capabilities—often called the "Five Observables"—that these craft display:

: Observing objects moving between space, the atmosphere, and underwater without changing speed. A New Era of Transparency