USS Nimitz Complete Account, November 2004: USS Princeton Tracking Unknown Objects for 2 Weeks Before Fravor’s Intercept. 100+ “AAVs” Tracked. Object Dropped 80,000 Feet in Less Than a Second. Fravor Observed It Over Churning Ocean — Mirrored His Descent — Then Instantly Appeared 60 Miles Away at His CAP Point. AATIP 13-Page Report: “Unknown Origin — Technology Not in Possession of the US.” USS Louisville Nuclear Submarine Detected No Acoustic Signature.

November 10-16, 2004 — USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11), Pacific Ocean, ~100 miles southwest of San Diego. Six days of anomalous contacts. THE PRINCETON TRACKING: USS Princeton (Aegis cruiser, SPY-1B radar) — Senior radar operator Kevin Day reported over 100 “anomalous aerial vehicles” over the course of a week. Objects appeared at 80,000 feet, dropped to sea level in less than a second — physically impossible for any known craft. No IFF (identification friend or foe) transponder. NO VISUAL UNTIL NOVEMBER 14: First opportunity to vector aircraft at the objects. Two F/A-18F Super Hornets scrambled: Cmdr. David Fravor (VFA-41 CO) and Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich. Air intercept controller first asked: “Are you carrying live weapons?” — they were not. THE ENCOUNTER: On arrival: no visible object initially — but a circular area of churning white water, roughly the size of a 737. Then: a white, wingless, featureless oval approximately 40 feet long hovering above the water. No visible wings, engines, control surfaces, or exhaust. Moving with abrupt direction changes: “left, right, left, right” — no inertial deceleration. Fravor descended in a spiral to intercept; the object mirrored his exact movements in real time. As he moved to get behind it for a radar lock: instant acceleration — the object vanished. THE CAP POINT: USS Princeton: “Sir, you’re not going to believe this — that thing is at your CAP point.” The object had traveled approximately 60 miles in less than one minute and appeared at the exact predetermined coordinates Fravor had been assigned before the mission — suggesting the object had accessed military data links. FLIR1: Second sortie, Lt. Cmdr. Chad Underwood (WSO) captured FLIR1 with ATFLIR pod — never saw the object visually. Coined “Tic Tac” from the breath mint (partially inspired by the movie “Airplane!”). AFTERMATH: Some Princeton and Nimitz technicians reported unknown individuals collected and erased data recorders (“bricks,” combat system tapes) after the event — disputed by Fravor. USS Louisville nuclear submarine (SSN-724) detected no acoustic signatures — object either didn’t submerge or could evade submarine sonar. AATIP 13-PAGE REPORT CONCLUSION: “The Anomalous Aerial Vehicle was of unknown origin and represented technology not currently in the possession of the United States.”