# Fravor 2023: Statement for the House Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs

> David Fravor, 2023. 21 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary written witness account from the flight lead; the source for most figures in…

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# Statement for the House Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs

David Fravor, 2023. _U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability_.

Fravor's written statement for the hearing of 26 July 2023: his account of the November 2004 encounter, the Princeton's radar history as relayed to him, the engagement, and his statement that the event was never investigated.

**2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos** ReportChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The primary written witness account from the flight lead; the source for most figures in the article.

## The document 3 pages

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## Cited by on this site 21 records

[An aircraft or drone of unknown origin with performance outside the aircrew's experience.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/answers/ANS0D1SBVK23SFX/an-aircraft-or-drone-of-unknown-origin-with-performance)

Answer

ANS

[FLIR1 video (the "Tic Tac" video)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/artifacts/ART0D1SC6AT3YM7/flir1-video-the-tic-tac-video)

ART

[Four aircrew describe the same shape, colour, absence of wings and exhaust, and sudden acceleration.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBVTW4VAV/four-aircrew-describe-the-same-shape-colour-absence-of-wings)

Evidence

EVD

[Fravor says the recording crew saw no infrared exhaust plume, which a jet at that range would normally show.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBZG27P9N/fravor-says-the-recording-crew-saw-no-infrared-exhaust-plume)

Evidence

EVD

[Fravor's jets' radars showed nothing when vectored to the contact.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SC3WP1X67/fravors-jets-radars-showed-nothing-when-vectored-to-the)

Evidence

EVD

[No contemporaneous debrief, tape or radar record has been released to test the account.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBWAG65BS/no-contemporaneous-debrief-tape-or-radar-record-has-been)

Evidence

EVD

[The accounts attribute instantaneous descents from 80,000 to 20,000 feet, behaviour that resembles…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SC4CA199Y/the-accounts-attribute-instantaneous-descents-from-80-000-to)

Evidence

EVD

[The controller reported the object at the CAP point about 60 miles away within about a minute.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBW2P3EZF/the-controller-reported-the-object-at-the-cap-point-about-60)

Evidence

EVD

[Fravor and Dietrich sight the Tic Tac; Underwood records FLIR1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/events/EVT0D1SBP762HE7/fravor-and-dietrich-sight-the-tic-tac-underwood-records)

EVT

[Fravor testifies to the House Oversight Committee](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/events/EVT0D1SBR5P4F7J/fravor-testifies-to-the-house-oversight-committee)

EVT

[USS Princeton tracks unidentified contacts descending from above 80,000 feet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/events/EVT0D1SBNZC5R45/uss-princeton-tracks-unidentified-contacts-descending-from)

EVT

[David Fravor](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government/people/FIG0CXDNBP01A9W/david-fravor)

FIG

[David Fravor](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/people/FIG0D1SBK1M0R9S/david-fravor)

FIG

[The 2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter)

The mystery article

MYS

[US government UAP disclosures](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government)

The mystery article

MYS

[Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (Black Aces)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/organisations/ORG0D1SBN7Y2JYH/strike-fighter-squadron-41-black-aces)

ORG

[USS Princeton (CG-59)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/organisations/ORG0D1SBN0409RD/uss-princeton-cg-59)

ORG

[What did Fravor and Dietrich see on 14 November 2004?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/questions/QST0D1SBTC04CMV/what-did-fravor-and-dietrich-see-on-14-november-2004)

Question

QST

[What were the Princeton's radar tracks?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/questions/QST0D1SBVB80ZGV/what-were-the-princetons-radar-tracks)

Question

QST

[David Fravor: Describes the 2004 encounter and states that it was never…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uap-us-government/accounts/WIT0CXDNK0C4HD0/david-fravor-describes-the-2004-encounter-and-states-that-it)

WIT

[David Fravor: Vectored by the Princeton's controller, who had watched objects…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/accounts/WIT0D1SBS4Y0D20/david-fravor-vectored-by-the-princetons-controller-who-had)

WIT

## Cite it

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Fravor, D. (2023). Statement for the House Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs. U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Fravor-Statement-for-House-Oversight-Committee.pdf
```

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