CASE FILE · DD-04

2004 Nimitz 'Tic Tac' incident

Period · 2004Place · Off Southern California

01 · OVERVIEW

Case overview

Examines the object reported by Navy pilots and ship sensors alongside later-released video and testimony.

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz underway at sea — 02 · Event-related military platform
USS Nimitz, the carrier at the center of the 2004 operations. This shows the relevant platform, not the reported object itself.
U.S. Navy · public domain ↗

03 · IMAGE CONTEXT

Image analysis

The carrier shown is USS Nimitz, from which aircraft involved in the 2004 encounter operated. The central evidence is not this ship photograph but pilot accounts, sensor reports associated with USS Princeton and aircraft video. The image provides operational context only.

04 · EVIDENCE REVIEW

Nature of the evidence

Documented record

Military testimony, flight operations and DoD-confirmed video

Disputed · unresolved

Complete raw sensor data and object identity

Government recordMilitary · institutionalMultiple witnessesVideo · radar

05 · SOURCE TRAIL

Sources and further reading

Check primary documents, government institutions and record repositories wherever possible.

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