ATFLIR Video of the 2004 Nimitz Intercept: Capsule-Shaped Contact and an Unidentified Object Near the Carrier Group

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In 2004 near the Nimitz, a Navy F/A-18F intercepted an unknown object and a capsule-shaped contact that couldn’t be locked or positively identified, the capsule linked to the same squadron as David Fravor (VFA-41 Black Aces), and the episode sits inside a DoD UFO-investigation context highlighted by a New York Times video that invites questions about what was really seen.

U.S. Department Of Defense Video Shows Unknown Object Intercepted By U.S. Navy Super Hornet And We Have No Idea What It Was.
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U.S. Department Of Defense Video Shows Unknown Object Intercepted By U.S. Navy Super Hornet And We Have No Idea What It Was.

This video shows the weird object as seen from a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets ATFLIR (Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared) pod. What is it?