David Fravor

David Fravor (born c. 1965) is a retired naval pilot and Commander of VFA-41 also known as "The Black Aces". He is one of the primary witness in the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident. He was featured in the 2008 PBS documentary Carrier and has been interviewed on Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.
Military career
Fravor joined the military at the age of 17. He has a career spanning 24 years, 18 of which was as a Navy pilot. He had completed five tours to the Persian Gulf starting after Operation Desert Storm. He commanded a squadron of 12 airplanes consisting of 330 people. Fravor retired in 2006.
USS Nimitz UFO incident
with AN/SPY-1 radar antenna visible with its distinctive white octagon shape]]
Prior to the incident, in early November 2004, the guided missile cruiser , part of Carrier Strike Group 11, started recording intermittent radar tracks on an advanced AN/SPY-1B passive scanning phased array radar. Thinking the brand new radar was malfunctioning, the Princeton sailors restarted and recalibrated the system but the tracks became sharper and clearer. He was startled by their slow speed of at such an altitude,
The Navy pilots reached the intercept location without any contact on their new APG-73 radars. A few seconds later, they noticed an unusual object hovering with erratic movements at a height they estimated to be about above the churning water. Both Fravor and Slaight later described the object as a large bright white Tic Tac, long, with no windshield nor porthole, no wing nor empennage, and no visible engine nor exhaust plume.
Fravor began a circular descent to approach the object.
In May 2019, Fravor was a featured speaker at the "UFOfest" in McMinnville, Oregon. Fravor and UFO conspiracy theorist Bob Lazar reportedly "spent a lot of time comparing notes", and Fravor has speculated the UFO used "gravity propulsion" claimed by Lazar to be part of a US government coverup of alien technology. In October that same year, Fravor was featured on The Joe Rogan Experience.
Fravor had been a long time skeptic of UFO being extraterrestrial in nature. His said his newfound fame was disturbing. Fravor told VICE News believes the technology "was far beyond the technology that we have". In an interview he noted that he does not want to be associated with the aliens claims.
Other skeptics consider that while unexplainable and interesting, these videos are not proof the object in question is extraterrestrial in nature. There are technical reasons for the Navy not to release more information to the public including classified specifications and limitations of military equipment. Possibilities include a plane filmed with camera movement artefacts giving the impression of sudden acceleration. Shermer reminds: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence".

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu