Case file · Disclosure & CE-5
David Fravor
Retired US Navy commander and F/A-18 squadron commanding officer who encountered the 'Tic Tac' off southern California on 14 November 2004.
2004 CE · 31.50, -117.50 · status: account
The account
Sent to investigate radar contacts, Fravor and Alex Dietrich's crews (four people in two jets) say they watched a white, wingless object for about five minutes before it sped away. He testified about the encounter under oath to the House Oversight Committee in July 2023.
The sceptical view
The visual sighting is strong testimony, but the only video (FLIR1, filmed later by another crew) is ambiguous; sceptics propose misjudged distance or a conventional object.
Connections in the atlas
- Alex Dietrich
- Kevin Knuth
- The FLIR1 ('Tic Tac') video
- House Oversight hearing: Grusch, Fravor and Graves
- USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac'