David Fravor
Retired Navy commander with 18 years as a fighter pilot, commanding officer of VFA-41 on USS Nimitz in 2004. On 14 November 2004 he and his wingman saw the 40-foot Tic Tac at close range; he testified under oath at the July 2023 House hearing. He says it was Jay Stratton who first contacted him about it, in 2009.
Witness profile
Navy fighter pilot and squadron commander who with his wingman saw the 40-foot Tic Tac off USS Nimitz on 14 November 2004. He has told it the same way for twenty years, including under oath.
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, 18 years as a fighter pilotNavy record | documented |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Commander (retired)Navy record | documented |
| Posting | Commanding officer, VFA-41, USS Nimitz, 2004Navy record | documented |
| Testimony | House Oversight hearing, 26 July 2023, under oathcongress.gov | documented |
| Corroboration | Wingman Alex Dietrich; radar operators on USS Princeton; 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. Stratton later wrote the 13-page Executive Summary.
- 2017-12 New York Times · first telling40-ft white Tic Tac, no wings, no exhaust, mirroring his jet. Not in the transcript library.
- 2023-07-26 House hearing, under oath · heldSame account.
- 2025 The Age of Disclosure · held
And I ended up chasing a UAP known as the Tic Tac UAP.
▶ 7:44Same account, twenty years on.
first tellingheldclarifieddetail addeddetail shiftedrecord
On camera demeanour notes, timestamped
How they look and speak: hesitations, self-corrections, emotion. Dashed slots still need the video.
House hearing, July 2023
Plain pilot delivery is part of how he comes across; worth recording.Needs the video on Igor's PC
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Profile updated 2026-10-23