Cmdr. David Fravor — Written Statement (House Oversight UAP Hearing, July 2023)
Summary
This transcript contains the written testimony of Cmdr. David Fravor, a retired Navy officer, presented to the House Oversight subcommittee on July 26, 2023. He recounts the November 2004 encounter with a lozenge-shaped craft during the USS Nimitz incident, detailing radar contacts, his interception in an F/A-18F, and the performance of the craft as captured in FLIR video.
Key highlights
Fravor witnessed a Tic Tac-shaped object during a training exercise in 2004.p.1
“we saw a small white Tic Tac shaped object”
The object exhibited flight capabilities beyond known aerodynamic principles.p.2
“was far superior in performance to my brand-new F/A-18F”
Fravor's crew recorded a video of the encounter that was released in 2017.p.2
“the now famous approximately 90 second video”
Fravor expressed concern over the lack of investigation into the incident.p.2
“the incident was never investigated, none of my crew were ever questioned”
He emphasized the need for government oversight on UAP-related programs.p.3
“it needs to have oversight from those people that the citizens of this great country elected to office”
Outliers
Fravor noted that the object did not emit any infrared plume from a propulsion system.p.2
“does not emit any IR (infrared) plume from a normal propulsion system”
Source
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