For thirteen years, this incident remained classified. Then in December 2017, the New York Times published what many considered impossible: official Pentagon confirmation of a UAP encounter.
This is what happened.
INITIAL CONTACT
The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group had been tracking anomalous radar contacts for two weeks. Objects were appearing at 80,000+ feet, then dropping to sea level within secondsâmaneuvers that would destroy any known aircraft.
RADAR DATA SUMMARY
VISUAL ENCOUNTER
Commander David Fravor and Lt. Commander Alex Dietrich were vectored to investigate. What they found defied explanation.
"It was a white Tic Tac, about 40 feet long, with no wings, no rotors, no visible propulsion. It was just hovering there. When I approached, it accelerated and disappeared. Not fast. Instantaneous."
The object had been hovering above a disturbance in the waterâa submerged object the size of a 737 creating a churning, cross-shaped pattern beneath the surface.
"We were not alone out there. What I saw that day... it performed maneuvers that should not be possible. No exhaust. No wings. No sound. And it knew we were there."
THE SECOND INTERCEPT
Another aircraft was launched. This time, the FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) camera captured footage.
The videoânow publicly releasedâshows an oblong object with no visible means of propulsion, rotating mid-flight, and accelerating beyond the tracking ability of military systems.
â ď¸ OFFICIAL PENTAGON STATEMENT
"The Department of Defense confirms the authenticity of the released videos. The aerial phenomena observed remain unidentified."
WHAT WASN'T RELEASED
The public video is a fraction of what was recorded. According to witnesses:
- Full-length HD footage exists but remains classified
- Multiple sensor systems captured corroborating data
- The submarine-sized object beneath the surface was never explained
- Similar encounters occurred over the following days
- Crew members were instructed not to discuss the incident
THE FIVE OBSERVABLES
Intelligence analyst Lue Elizondo, former director of the Pentagon's AATIP program, identified five characteristics that appeared in this and other encounters:
UAP CHARACTERISTICS
- Instantaneous Acceleration â No gradual speed increase
- Hypersonic Velocity â Without sonic boom or heat signature
- Low Observability â Intermittent on radar despite visual contact
- Trans-Medium Travel â Air to water without speed reduction
- Anti-Gravity Lift â No visible propulsion or aerodynamic surfaces
None of these characteristics match any known human technology. In 2004 or today.
IMPLICATIONS
Three possibilities exist:
- Option A: A foreign adversary has technology centuries ahead of the United States
- Option B: A classified US program exists that the military doesn't know about
- Option C: The technology is not of human origin
Congressional hearings in 2023 suggested that many within the intelligence community believe Option C.
"We have recovered craft of non-human origin. We have a multi-decade program to reverse-engineer this technology. I have been made aware of these programs through official channels."
WHY THIS MATTERS FOR DISCLOSURE DAY
The Nimitz incident wasn't fiction. It wasn't speculation. It was a documented military encounter, confirmed by the Pentagon, witnessed by trained pilots, and captured on sensor systems.
It happened.
And it's just one of thousands of similar reports.
Disclosure Day asks: What happens when these incidents can no longer be isolated? When the evidence becomes undeniable? When the sky stops being something we look atâand becomes something that looks back?
[ END TRANSMISSION ]
The Nimitz encounter remains unexplained.
The footage remains authentic.
The truth remains classified.
đď¸ June 12, 2026