Whistleblower or witness
David Fravor
2004-11-14Nimitz Encounter (2004)
Retired Navy Commander who led the 2004 "Tic Tac" intercept off the USS Nimitz; testified before Congress in 2023.
In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 3 September 2026 by reading this entity's record. The deciding phrase is this entity's own: "the 2004 "Tic Tac" intercept". An editorial classification of which thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to.
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Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparencyalready cited above
named on a page we have read · p. 9
…dvisor for UAP issues. And, finally, retired Navy Commander David Fravor, squadron leader who worked as a naval aviator for 18 years…
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ColourWhistleblowersJournalistsIncidentsGovernmentHearings & panelsCongress
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fellow pilotsUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparencyprinted p. 14 checked against the page
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co-testifiedsame document as the row aboveprinted p. 9 · PDF p. 13 checked against the page
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co-testifiedsame document as the row above
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oversaw the subcommittee hearing where he testifiedsame document as the row above
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testified under oathsame document as the row aboveprinted p. 9 · PDF p. 13 checked against the page
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flew the intercept; his sworn account is the only first-hand pilot testimony of it this project holdssame document as the row aboveprinted p. 41 · PDF p. 45
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fellow pilots2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter accounts; NYT, Dec 2017
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told him to watch2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter accounts; NYT, Dec 2017
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radar-guided intercept2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter accounts; NYT, Dec 2017
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publicized his accountNYT, Dec 16 2017
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featuredSleeping Dog documentary (2026)
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referenced by insiders as a conventional-explanation precedent for the 2004 Tic Tac encounter Fravor reportedThe War Zone, Area 51 Veteran & CIA EW Pioneer on Navy UFO Encounters (2019); CIA reading-room, Stealth/Countermeasures/ELINT 1960-75
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attended same congressional hearing
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rejected his 2023 testimony alongside Grusch's