Whistleblowers & Witnesses

David Fravor

2004

Retired Navy Commander who led the 2004 "Tic Tac" intercept off the USS Nimitz; testified before Congress in 2023.

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Connections (13)

confirmedGary Voorhis

radar-guided intercept

Source: 2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter accounts; NYT, Dec 2017

confirmedJeremy Corbell

attended same congressional hearing

confirmedAlex Dietrich

fellow pilots

Source: 2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter accounts; NYT, Dec 2017

confirmedJim Slaight

fellow pilots

Source: 2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter accounts; NYT, Dec 2017

confirmedChad Underwood

told him to watch

Source: 2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter accounts; NYT, Dec 2017

confirmedRyan Graves

co-testified

Source: House Oversight UAP hearing, Jul 26 2023

confirmedDavid Grusch

co-testified

Source: House Oversight UAP hearing, Jul 26 2023

confirmedRobert Garcia

oversaw the subcommittee hearing where he testified

Source: House Oversight UAP hearing, Jul 26 2023

confirmedSleeping Dog (2026 documentary)

featured

Source: Sleeping Dog documentary (2026)

confirmedChristopher Mellon

publicized his account

Source: NYT, Dec 16 2017

confirmedHouse Oversight UAP Hearing (2023)

testified under oath

Source: House Oversight hearing, 26 Jul 2023 (oversight.house.gov; C-SPAN)

reportedProject Palladium

referenced by insiders as a conventional-explanation precedent for the 2004 Tic Tac encounter Fravor reported

Source: The War Zone, Area 51 Veteran & CIA EW Pioneer on Navy UFO Encounters (2019); CIA reading-room, Stealth/Countermeasures/ELINT 1960-75

disputedSusan Gough

rejected his 2023 testimony alongside Grusch's

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