Alex Dietrich
Retired Navy lieutenant commander and F/A-18F pilot, David Fravor's wingman during the 2004 Tic Tac encounter. In The Age of Disclosure she is likely the pilot describing the maneuvering and the 7.5 g sustained turn, 'physically painful'.
Witness profile
Navy F/A-18F pilot who flew as David Fravor's wingman on 14 November 2004 and saw the Tic Tac from above. She has spoken publicly, cautiously, since 2020.
Describes the witness from the record, their own retellings and how they come across. No score for the person; the factors at the end belong to the cases.
From the record service · posting · clearance · testimony
| Service | US Navy, F/A-18F pilotNavy record | documented |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Lieutenant commander (retired)Navy record | documented |
| Posting | VFA-41, USS Nimitz, 2004Navy record | documented |
| Corroboration | Fravor; USS Princeton radar; the FLIR1 videoReleased by DoD in 2020 | documented |
Retellings over time from the transcript library and records
Following: The Tic Tac, 14 November 2004
- 2004-11 Debrief aboard Nimitz · recordContemporaneous report with Fravor.
- 2021-05 CBS 60 Minutes, with Fravor · first tellingSame object; she stresses she does not know what it was. Not in the transcript library.
- 2025 The Age of Disclosure · heldLikely the pilot describing the sustained high-g turn; the speaker is not named on screen.
first tellingheldclarifieddetail addeddetail shiftedrecord
On camera demeanour notes, timestamped
How they look and speak: hesitations, self-corrections, emotion. Dashed slots still need the video.
60 Minutes, 2021
Measured, careful wording; worth recording against Fravor's.Needs the video on Igor's PC
Feeds case plausibility consistency · restraint · character
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Profile updated 2026-10-23