Section B · Insiders / whistleblowers · 1962–
David Fravor
Former Commander of VFA-41 Black Aces + USS Nimitz pilot, Tic-Tac incident (14 Nov 2004) + sworn testimony to House Oversight, July 2023
Biography
A Navy fighter-squadron commander who chased the object known as the 'Tic-Tac' during the USS Nimitz incident in November 2004. His account —made public in 2019 and ratified under oath before Congress in 2023— is the founding testimony of the modern era: the first credible witness within active-duty naval aviation, backed by video and sensors.
Why they're here · 1 pieces
- 2023
Congressional Testimony (House Oversight, 26 julio)
Sworn testimony about the Nimitz Tic-Tac incident
Sources
- Testimonio de David Fravor, Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara (26 jul 2023) — Account of the Nimitz 'Tic-Tac' incident.
Associated cases (2)
USS Nimitz Tic-Tac· 2004
USS Princeton's Aegis radar tracked objects dropping from 80,000 to 20,000 feet in under a second; Cmdr. Fravor and seven other military witnesses observed the 'Tic-Tac', and the ATFLIR video was officially released by the Pentagon. The modern benchmark case.
Grusch Congressional testimony· 2023
Former intelligence officer David Grusch testified under oath before Congress that multiple firsthand sources described undisclosed programs recovering non-human material; the IC Inspector General deemed his complaint 'credible and urgent'. Hearsay testimony, but multi-source.
Synthesized bio from the UAP disclosure ecosystem — categorized by epistemological section (A-F).