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Nimitz Tic Tac encounter

2004-11-14Unresolved
Strangeness (S)
10.0
Credibility (P)
8.9
Evidence (EVID)
8.5
Date conf
10.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

Nov 14 2004, ~140 nm SW of San Diego, VFA-41 F/A-18F flight vectored by USS Princeton Aegis radar visually engaged a white ~40-ft Tic Tac object. Multi-witness, FLIR-video corroborated, remains unresolved.

extracted via: narrative_subagent

Witnesses (3)

Source documents (3)

  • 2023-07-26_Fravor_Statement.pdfCongressvalue 5.1
  • HHRG-118-GO06-Transcript-20230726.pdfCongressvalue 7.5
  • 2023-07-26_Ryan_Graves_Testimony.pdfCongressvalue 5.2

Score evidence (15)

Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.

s

  • transmedium (+2.5)
  • abrupt acceleration (+1.5)
  • rapid disappearance (+1.0)
  • hovered (+1.0)
  • no visible propulsion (+2.0)
  • no exhaust (+1.5)

p

  • witness_count=3 (+2.2)
  • named_witnesses=3 (+1.5)
  • professional_witness tier=10 (+2.0)
  • high-cred witnesses avg=7.0 (+1.5)
  • docs=3 (+1.5)
  • single agency (+0.5)

evid

  • multi-sensor including radar+IR (base 7)
  • 3+ docs (+1.0)
  • official case_resolution/scientific_study (+0.5)