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David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122

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What it is

Lex Fridman interviews Navy pilot David Fravor, a primary witness of the 2004 Tic Tac UFO encounter, about the sighting, military aviation and aerospace engineering. The conversation runs close to four hours.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters send people here for a detailed first-hand account from the pilot, and some say it changed their view on the sightings.

  • 8 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “this is a great interview interesting in its own right, even without the UFO part”

    Great interview with pilot Fravor, interesting even apart from UFO content

    RobertoG, 2021-06 · Strong recommendation · in “There Are Aliens, but Probably Not Here”

  2. “I went from "no friggin way do they exist" to "shit... it actually sounds plausible".”

    Fravor interview shifted commenter from skeptic to finding UFOs plausible

    bostonsre, 2021-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence”

  3. “I'd recommend this podcast episode”

    Credible first-hand testimony from a fighter pilot.

    mindcrime, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Fighter pilot says UFO he chased in 2004 committed 'act of war'”

  4. “Might be worth something to watch part of the Lex Fridman interview with one of the pilots”

    Pilot describes the event and record keeping.

    pp19dd, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “US Navy – Tic Tac UFO – High frequency gravitational wave generator”

  5. “David Fravor, one of the pilots, explains this in an interview here”

    Pilot David Fravor explains the Tic Tac encounter in a long interview

    tristanj, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Radar data confirms: USS Omaha was surrounded by swarm of UFOs”

  6. “Here's a _long_ conversation with one of the pilots with eye visibility that day, David Fravor”

    Long conversation with eyewitness pilot David Fravor

    grimgrin, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Experts Weigh in on Pentagon UFO Report”

  7. “here is a detailed video of him talking about the incident with Lex Fridman”

    Detailed first-hand account of the incident by Commander Fravor

    subsubzero, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Famous Navy UFO video was camera glare, evidence suggests”

  8. “Here's a 4 hour interview with the pilot, David Fravor, on Lex Fridman's show where he goes into much more detail”

    Four-hour interview with far more detail than other sources

    cronix, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Famous Navy UFO video was camera glare, evidence suggests”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: tic tac, navy pilot, uap, fravor, lex fridman

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