2004 Nimitz Encounter: Navy Pilots Reported a 'Tic Tac' UAP, Prompting Expanded Reporting and Ongoing Study

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Two Navy pilots, Dave Fravor and Alex Dietrich, saw an unidentified, Tic Tac–shaped object off the West Coast in 2004 that moved oddly and disappeared, with no clear procedure to handle it, later followed by declassified videos and a Navy task force to study such sightings, but its true nature remains unknown.

A flying Tic Tac wasnt part of our plan: Former US Navy fighter pilot describes encounter with UFO
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A flying Tic Tac wasnt part of our plan: Former US Navy fighter pilot describes encounter with UFO

We dont know what it was, but it was there, we saw it, and its worth investigating further, retired Navy pilot Alex Dietrich told Insider.