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NYT: 'Wow, What Is That?' Navy pilots report unexplained objects

Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves speaking at a witness table during a House hearing
Ryan Graves, one of the pilots quoted by the Times, testifying to Congress in 2023 U.S. House Committee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The New York Times published on-record accounts from Navy F/A-18 pilots, including Lt. Ryan Graves and Lt. Danny Accoin, of objects seen almost daily off the East Coast in 2014-2015, including a near collision. The Navy said it was updating its guidance for reporting such sightings.

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  1. OfficialStatement of Ryan Graves, House Oversight hearing on UAP, July 26, 2023U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability / 2023-07-26
  2. Press'Wow, what is that?': US Navy pilots report unexplained flying objects (republished from The New York Times; Kean, Cooper, Blumenthal)SBS News (The New York Times) / 2019-05-29

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