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Led the flight that saw a white, oblong object off San Diego on November 14, 2004.

Fravor commanded the Navy strike fighter squadron VFA-41 aboard the USS Nimitz. On November 14, 2004, the cruiser USS Princeton sent his flight to check radar contacts off Southern California. He has said he saw a white, oblong object about 40 feet long, with no wings or exhaust, over a disturbance in the water, and that it sped away when he turned toward it.

He testified under oath about the encounter at the House Oversight hearing on July 26, 2023.

Case files

• The Nimitz encounter November 14, 2004

Sources

• House Oversight hearing, July 26, 2023

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