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Fighter Sweep article first tells the 2004 Nimitz 'Tic Tac' story

When: 14 Mar 2015
Sources: 1 public source

A Black Aces (VFA-41) Super Hornet landing on USS Nimitz; Fravor led the squadron in 2004 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Phillip Wagner Jr., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Former Navy aviator Paco Chierici published 'There I Was: The X-Files Edition' on the Fighter Sweep site, retelling squadron mate Cmdr. David Fravor's account of chasing a white object off southern California in November 2004. It appeared more than two years before the New York Times story.

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OtherThere I Was: The X-Files Edition (Paco Chierici) (opens in a new tab)Fighter Sweep / 2015-03-14

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How the story came out

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

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