# Chasan 2023: The story behind the "Tic Tac" UFO sighting by Navy pilots in 2004

> Aliza Chasan, 2023. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Location and size figures.

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# The story behind the "Tic Tac" UFO sighting by Navy pilots in 2004

Aliza Chasan, 2023. _CBS News_.

A CBS summary published on the day of Fravor's testimony, drawing on the 2021 interview: the location about 100 miles south-west of San Diego, the object's size relative to an F/A-18F, and its reappearance 60 miles away.

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[The crews had no reference for size or distance over open water; the figures of 40 to 45 feet and half a mile…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SBWT44XBT/the-crews-had-no-reference-for-size-or-distance-over-open)

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## Cite it

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Chasan, A. (2023). The story behind the "Tic Tac" UFO sighting by Navy pilots in 2004. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tic-tac-ufo-sighting-uap-video-dave-fravor-alex-dietrich-navy-fighter-pilots-house-testimony/
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