USS Nimitz “Tic Tac” encounter
- Date of account
- November 2004
- Location
- Off the coast of Southern California, near the USS Nimitz carrier group
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Nimitz episode concerns U.S. Navy personnel who reported unusual radar contacts and an apparent white, oblong object during training operations off Southern California in November 2004. The later-publicized FLIR video and pilot testimony made it a central modern UAP case. It matters for comparing multi-sensor military reports with retrospective media narratives. Uncertainties include the full radar record, precise timelines, sensor geometry, and whether all described observations refer to the same object. Official acknowledgment of the video does not establish an extraordinary explanation.
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