Section B · Military witness (US Navy · radar)

Kevin Day

Senior Chief Petty Officer (ret.) · Aegis radar operator / air intercept controller aboard USS Princeton (CG-59) · witness to the 2004 Nimitz encounter

Biography

The senior radar operator aboard USS Princeton during the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group encounters of November 2004. He detected and tracked the 'Tic-Tac' objects on the Aegis SPY-1 radar over several days and directed the intercept by Commander Fravor's F/A-18s. His testimony provides the instrumental layer —persistent radar returns and anomalous maneuvers— that distinguishes the Nimitz case from a purely visual sighting.

Why they're here · 2 pieces

  1. 2004

    Encuentro Nimitz / Tic-Tac (USS Princeton)

    Detected and tracked the objects on the Aegis SPY-1 radar and directed the F/A-18 intercept

  2. 2019

    Testimonio público

    Described in interviews the persistence and anomalous behavior of the radar returns

Sources

Associated cases (1)

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USS Nimitz Tic-Tac· 2004

In November 2004, the cruiser USS Princeton's SPY-1 radar repeatedly detected contacts…

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Biography summarized from public sources, classified by section (A-F).