From November 10 to November 16, 2004, the aircraft and ships of the US Navy carrier strike group Nimitz attempted to pursue a maneuvering unidentified flying object (UFO) three times over the waters off the Baja California Peninsula (Mexico).
Details of the incident are reported by The War Zone. Although information about the US Navy meeting with Tic Tac first appeared in December 2017, the report on the incident came to the disposal of Channel 8, which The War Zone refers to, only recently.
The aircraft carrier Nimitz, missile cruiser Princeton, carrier-based early warning aircraft Grumman E-2 Hawkeye and McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet fighters took part in attempts to intercept the object, dubbed Tic Tac. Other ships of the Nimitz strike group were also involved, but to a lesser extent.
The Navy report notes the high speed and maneuverability of several UFOs, which could hover at an altitude of more than 18 kilometers, and then begin to accelerate and maneuver sharply. One of the visual contacts between E-2 Hawkeye and an unknown object occurred on the morning of November 16.
At a distance of about several kilometers, the fighter pilots observed a white object about 14 meters long, reminiscent of a popular candy cane, with no visible wings and propulsion systems. One of the pilots (David Fravor) noticed that the outside of the Tic Tac "looked like a board."
According to him, when the UFO began to descend low above the water, it began to foam under it. After that, Tic Tac began to move at a speed of about 500 knots (more than 900 kilometers per hour) at an altitude of 150-300 meters. Fravor tried to intercept the object, which quickly dodged and flew up at supersonic speed. UFOs, according to the report, appeared on radars in an irregular manner.
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The pilots involved in the incident did not report any health problems. It is noted that the Louisville submarine located in the same area did not notice any anomalies. The report on the anomalous air vehicle draws several conclusions.
For example, it notes that the object uses technology of unknown origin, which is not currently owned by the United States or other countries, it also has the ability to abruptly maneuver, and it becomes invisible to the naked eye.
The War Zone notes that the Pentagon has a lot of other evidence of military encounters with UFOs, information about which is classified. Until 2012, the agency supported the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP), which, in particular, investigated such incidents.