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UNCLASSIFIED
ALL CASE STUDIES
INC-007CONFIRMED|AARO

USS Nimitz Tic-Tac Encounter

The incident that changed everything — military radar, FLIR video, and multiple Navy witnesses

DATE
Nov 14, 2004
LOCATION
Pacific Ocean, off San Diego, CA
WITNESSES
6
DURATION
5 min

F/A-18s from USS Nimitz CVN-68 intercepted unknown white Tic-Tac shaped craft. Object demonstrated instantaneous acceleration, no visible propulsion, no IR signature. FLIR video declassified 2017.

SIGNIFICANCE

First officially acknowledged military UAP encounter with multi-sensor confirmation. Led directly to AATIP program disclosure and the 2017 NYT article.

UAPTF OBSERVABLES

Anti-Gravity Lift
Instant Acceleration
Hypersonic / No Signature
Low Observability

CORROBORATION ANALYSIS

CORROBORATION
82/100
CONFIDENCE (DECAYED)
90%
SOURCE RELIABILITY
88%
SOURCES
7
Source: AARO (88% reliability)
7 independent sources
3 document references
Radar confirmed
Photo/video evidence
Official investigation
6 witnesses

SKY CONDITIONS

MOON PHASE
Full Moon
ILLUMINATION
100%
SOLAR ACTIVITY
Moderate Activity
ASSESSMENT
Bright moon — consider lunar misidentification

PATTERN MATCHES — 5 SIMILAR INCIDENTS

INC-003Washington D.C. UFO Carousel
43%
2 shared observablesSame phenomena type: PHYSICALSame departure modeSame sound profile
INC-006JAL Flight 1628
33%
2 shared observablesSame phenomena type: PHYSICALSame sound profile
INC-002Roswell Army Air Field Incident
28%
2 shared observablesSame phenomena type: PHYSICAL
GEIPAN-1981-01-08-TRANS-EN-PROVENCETrans-en-Provence — Class D physical-trace case
28%
2 shared observablesSame phenomena type: PHYSICAL
GEIPAN-1976-04-09-AIX-EN-PROVENCEAix-en-Provence — multiple-witness daylight disc
28%
2 shared observablesSame phenomena type: PHYSICAL
MILITARYRADARFLIRMULTI-WITNESSDECLASSIFIED