Navy pilots recall “unsettling” 2004 UAP sighting
What it is
A 60 Minutes segment in which Navy pilots Dave Fravor and Alex Dietrich recount their 2004 encounter with the 'tic tac' UAP during training with the USS Nimitz group.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in UFO threads as a short, first-hand pilot account worth hearing, even without papers or data.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“Can you just... please... at least just watch the damn 7-minute video”
Short pilot testimony worth hearing despite lack of papers.
pmarreck, 2022-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Flight characteristics of anomalous unidentified aerial vehicles (2019)”
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Topics: uap, tic tac, uss nimitz, dave fravor, 60 minutes
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