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Cmdr. David Fravor describes the Tic Tac on national TV

When: 18 Dec 2017
Sources: 3 public sources

David Fravor (right) at the July 2023 House hearing where he repeated his Tic Tac account under oath U.S. House Committee On Oversight and Accountability, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Two days after the New York Times revealed AATIP, retired Navy Cmdr. David Fravor told ABC News about chasing a wingless, roughly 40-foot white object off California in 2004, saying he thought it 'was not from this world.' He later repeated his account under oath to Congress in 2023.

Sources

OfficialStatement of Cmdr. David Fravor (Ret.), hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (opens in a new tab)U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability / 2023-07-26
PressNavy pilot recalls encounter with UFO: 'I think it was not from this world' (opens in a new tab)ABC News (Good Morning America) / 2017-12-18
PressNavy Pilot Says UFO Was 'Not From This World' (opens in a new tab)TIME / 2017-12-19

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How the story came out

This reports on USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' (Nov 2004).

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