2020 · Off the US East Coast
The nuclear-submarine bait mission
From Jay Stratton's account (Fox News, 12 Oct 2026, and his memoir): a P-3 project off Virginia with a surfaced submarine as bait, and a sphere about six feet across. · Illustration for uaptrail.com
WhenDate not given (likely UAP Task Force era, 2020-21)
WhereOff the US East Coast
Jay Stratton says the last of several efforts to lure a UAP used a nuclear submarine as bait, watched by a P-3 Orion sub-hunter. A UAP appeared on the first mission and the aircraft collected data. He did not say what the data showed or where it is.
How plausible · High
Stratton says he set up a nuclear-submarine lure with a P-3 watching, and a UAP came on the first try; the data is not released.
- ●●Access He says he ran it.
- ●●Cost of speaking Named former official.
- ●●Character record Senior intelligence career.
- ●●Fits the documented skeleton Task-force work on maritime UAP is documented.
- ●●Fits secrecy practice Classified operation.
- ●○No gain sought A book later.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
Claims
To draw a UAP close enough to track and possibly recover, he parked a nuclear submarine off the US East Coast as bait with a Navy P-3 Orion nearby. On the very first mission a UAP appeared and the P-3 collected data.Jay Stratton, *Out of the Shadows* (William Morrow, 13 Oct 2026)firsthandSourced, unconfirmedJay Stratton (Out of the Shadows, read on Fox News Special Report, 12 Oct 2026)
Two of his three stories involve nuclear assets, which would make nuclear material the most reliable attractant known.speculationLeadProject note
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Sources
- Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier, Jay Stratton interview, 12 Oct 2026
- Sentinel News transcript, 13 Oct 2026
- Jason Colavito: review of Out of the Shadows