# Whitaker 2021: Navy pilots recall 'unsettling' 2004 UAP sighting

> Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 2021. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Dietrich's witness account and its date.

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# Navy pilots recall 'unsettling' 2004 UAP sighting

Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 2021. _CBS News, 60 Minutes_.

The 60 Minutes segment of 16 May 2021 in which Fravor and Alex Dietrich describe the encounter on camera; Dietrich's first public account.

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

## What it's used for here

Dietrich's witness account and its date.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Two experienced pilots in separate aircraft independently describe wingless erratic motion, which ordinary…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBX1Y3FMF/two-experienced-pilots-in-separate-aircraft-independently)

Evidence

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[Alex Dietrich](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/people/FIG0D1SBK9E5TGS/alex-dietrich)

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

The mystery article

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[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

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[Alex Dietrich: From the second aircraft, saw a white Tic-Tac-shaped object with no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/accounts/WIT0D1SBSMJ2J56/alex-dietrich-from-the-second-aircraft-saw-a-white-tic-tac)

WIT

## Cite it

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Whitaker, B., & CBS News (2021). Navy pilots recall 'unsettling' 2004 UAP sighting. CBS News, 60 Minutes. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ufo-sighting-60-minutes-2021-05-16/
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[Read it free at cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ufo-sighting-60-minutes-2021-05-16/)

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