# Cooper 2017: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That 'Accelerated Like Nothing I've Ever Seen'

> Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, Leslie Kean, 2017. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The earliest public witness record for Fravor and Slaight.

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# 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That 'Accelerated Like Nothing I've Ever Seen'

Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, Leslie Kean, 2017. _The New York Times_.

The first published account of the 2004 encounter, from interviews with Fravor and his weapons systems officer Jim Slaight, published 16 December 2017 with the FLIR1 video.

**2004 Nimitz encounter and the Navy videos** Article0

## What it's used for here

The earliest public witness record for Fravor and Slaight.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The New York Times publishes Fravor's account and the videos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/events/EVT0D1SBPYM0F19/the-new-york-times-publishes-fravors-account-and-the-videos)

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[Jim Slaight](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/people/FIG0D1SBKH804CE/jim-slaight)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[David Fravor: A white oval about 40 feet long hovering above churning water, with…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/accounts/WIT0D1SBRX4745A/david-fravor-a-white-oval-about-40-feet-long-hovering-above)

WIT

[Jim Slaight: Corroborated Fravor's description of the object and its acceleration,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/accounts/WIT0D1SBSCR5FW5/jim-slaight-corroborated-fravors-description-of-the-object)

WIT

## Cite it

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Cooper, H., Blumenthal, R., & Kean, L. (2017). 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That 'Accelerated Like Nothing I've Ever Seen'. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html
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[Find it at nytimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html)

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