THE NIMITZ COMPENDIUM

A comprehensive bibliography of the essential sources on 2004 Nimitz “Tic Tac” encounter

I am a former senior editor at BusinessWeek magazine who became fascinated by the Nimitz incident a few years ago and proceeded to read, watch and listen to nearly everything available on the topic. This was a frustrating exercise because the raw material was widely dispersed across more than 100 podcasts, newspaper articles, TV documentaries and hearing transcripts, among many other sources. It was as if the findings of the Warren Commission had been dumped out of a helicopter. In order to save others all of this effort in the future, I am publishing this bibliography of the most significant original sources just ahead of the 20th Anniversary of this important historic episode, which culminated with the aerial encounter that took place on November 14, 2024. Hopefully, this will make it easier in the future for others who chose to research this still-mysterious series of events.

I. Vlogs and podcasts:

This story has unfolded primarily in this format. Personal interviews arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee (same for dual interviews).

  1. SEAN CAHILL. Ventura, Tim. UAP Navy Encounters Followup Investigations, 01/24/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyHpgNCE9Go,
  2. SEAN CAHILL. Gomez, Cristina, Sean Cahill on USS Nimitz CSG UFO Sightings – Classics Remastered, 2/25/2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j6p5xNR7DU&ab_channel=CristinaGomez
  1. SEAN CAHILL. Christie, Sacha. Paranormal Instigator, Sean Cahill Navy UFO Witness, 8/25/2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsOJpGEbnHs&ab_channel=ParanormalInstigator
  1. SEAN CAHILL. Hanley, Brian. Nimitz Tic-Tac UFO Witness Sean Cahill analyzes UTAH UFO in Explosive Interview, 10/6/2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTn1c-A-4IY&ab_channel=brianhanley
  1. SEAN CAHILL. Lehto, Chris. He saw the Tic-Tac UFO – Life Changing Events with Sean Cahill, 3/17/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e_wn7RRmJ4&ab_channel=ChrisLehto
  1. SEAN CAHILL. Disclosure, Consciousness & UFOs, 3/1/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UByNHwX8E8&ab_channel=DisclosureTeam
  1. SEAN CAHILL, UFO HUB, Retired US Navy Chief Master-at-arms | Nimitz Tic-Tac Witness | Chief Sean Cahill | UFO HUB #79, 3/15/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISEQ5H7UFQ&ab_channel=UFOHUB
  1. SEAN CAHILL, Mindscape, Sean Cahill Ponders UFOs and Altered States of Consciousness, 11/19/2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZuPnvQX8tA&ab_channel=MindEscape
  1. KEVIN DAY. Alejandro Rojas, “Navy Vet Talks USS Nimitz UFO & JET Chase,” Daily Motion, Den of Geek, (undated)  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7tzv2b.
  1. KEVIN DAY. Mick West, Kevin Day interview, February 15, 2021, https://otter.ai/u/0OtR6GhjauIHKJIcAZbs5Qri1vc
  1. KEVIN DAY. Husen, Ben, Rush NZ, “Former Navy Officer Tells The Truth About The Infamous Tic Tac UFO Video  UFO Witness”, 2/19/2023, Former Navy Officer Tells The Truth About The Infamous “Tic Tac” UFO Video | UFO Witness
  1. KEVIN DAY. Powell, David, Scientific Coalition, “Kevin Day  SCU 2004 Nimitz Strike Group Case Interview”, 4/4/2019, Kevin Day – SCU 2004 Nimitz Strike Group Case Interview. 
  1. KEVIN DAY/Frakesof, Shane, UAP Medical Coalition, Exclusive Talking anomalous Injuries with Kevin Day of Nimitz UFO Incident roswellufosymposium, 01/28/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ovLMeo2Ic, 
  1. KEVIN DAY. Ventura, Tim. Kevin Day  UAP Navy Encounters, 06/23/2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lSL_Huhi3o,
  1. KEVIN DAY. Hansen, Ben, DMAX UK, Navy Pilot Shares Video Footage Of His UFO Encounter UFO Witness, 06/29/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXN7aXvZG44,
  1. KEVIN DAY. Adams, Vinnie, Disclosure Team, Nimitz, Tic-Tac & Disclosure, 6/15/2023. https://www.youtube.com/live/M1D3e2Gk6x4?app=desktop&feature=share. 
  1. KEVIN DAY/Audacity, Unbelievable USS Nimitz UFO Encounter: Eyewitness Senior Chief Kevin Day, 8/31/2020, 7: Unbelievable USS Nimitz UFO Encounter: Eyewitness Senior Chief Kevin Day.
  1. KEVIN DAY/GARY VOORHIS. Robert Powell. Podcast UFO, 8/10/2019, https://music.amazon.com/es-ar/podcasts/ca30bd10-ef47-4552-bc46-9f530176d37c/episodes/b83c5740-8301-4775-92e4-e8088f04ed93/podcast-ufo-373-kevin-day-gary-voorhis-robert-powell,
  1. KEVIN DAY. Total Disclosure: UFOs, Cover-Ups And Conspiracy! US Navy: P. Officer- Radar Commander- Kevin Day Of The U.S.S Nimitz Battle Group “Tic-Tac” #UFO Encounter, August 23, 2022. https://www.scribd.com/podcast/591958710/EP-85-Kevin-Day-Of-The-US-Navy-Recalls-It-was-raining-UFO-s-During-the-2004-Tic-Tac-UFO-encounter.
  2. KEVIN DAY. Dave Beatty. The Nimitz Encounter, Tic Tac Witnesses Kevin Day Interview, 10/12/2019,  Tic Tac Witnesses Kevin Day Interview.
  3. KEVIN DAY. Alioto, Dean, Podcast UFO Live Shows, Kevin Day, The Post Effect of UFO Encounter & More, 10/4/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaFlaQtDZ_o&ab_channel=PodcastUFOLiveShows.
  4. KEVIN DAY. Greg Bishop. Radio Misterioso, (5/6/2020) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kevin-day-nimitz-ufos-and-beyond/id444424848?i=1000473721071
  1. KEVIN DAY. Steve Sprague. Dear People of Earth Podcast. USS Nimitz Debunked? An Incredible, wildly controversial UFO podcasts – Kevin Day and Mike Turber, 3/17/2024, https://www.audible.com/podcast/USS-NIMITZ-DEBUNKED-An-incredible-wildly-controversial-UFO-Podcast-Kevin-Day-and-Mike-Turber/B0CY862KPN?language=en_US, 
  1. KEVIN DAY. Phillipe Piet Van Putten. Maravilhas e Mistérios  (Marvels and Mysteries Cultural Program) Kevin M. Day (EUA – USA) – LEGENDADO (July 27, 2024)
  1. KEVIN DAY, Podcast UFO Live Show with Martin Willis. Kevin Day Shares an Account of Naval Tragedy & the Tic Tac UFO Incident. April 16, 2024. 04-16-24 Kevin Day Shares an Account of Naval Tragedy & The Tic Tac UFO Incident
  1. KEVIN DAY. Adams, Vinnie, Disclosure Team, 2004 Nimitz Key Players, August 31, 2024. 2004 Nimitz Key Players – Kevin Day
  1. KEVIN DAY. Jon Foss. UFO Witness Host Talks About Nimitz Video. Jon Interviews. January 23, 2021. UFO Witness Host talks about the Nimitz Video
  1. KEVIN DAY (not an interview but an analysis of his comments on Facebook; no named host). Beyond UFOs. August 22, 2024. Kevin Day Calls Out Nimitz Crew Over TicTac Incident: Naming Names & Not Holding Back!
  1. KEVIN DAY. Tim Ventura. APEC 1/15, Part #3–Kevin Day–Nimitz UAP Encounter and Beyond. Jan. 22, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMWPiEVwgcs
  1. KEVIN DAY. Brian Hanley. Nimitz Tic Tac Witness Discloses New Information. May 7, 2020.  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Nimitz Tic Tac UFO Witness Kevin Day Discloses New Information
  1. KEVIN DAY. Jason Guillemette and Dr. Michael Glawson. UAP Studies Podcast. The Nimitz “Tic-Tac” Encounter with U.S.S. Princeton Radar Operator Kevin Day. Dec. 16, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ShaTSo1g4
  1. KEVIN DAY. Kristian Harloff. Down to Earth with Kristian Harloff. “New UFO Tic Tac Witnesses to come forward says former Navy Radar Operator Kevin Day.”  July 22, 2024. KEVIN DAY – 2004 USS Princeton/USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
  1. KEVIN DAY. UFO Man. June 3, 2023. “2004 USS Princeton/ USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter.” KEVIN DAY – 2004 USS Princeton/USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
  1. KEVIN DAY. DMAX UK. Navy Officer Captures UFOs Circling the USS Nimitz | Alien Contact. June 3, 2024. Navy Officer Captures UFOs Circling The USS Nimitz | Alien Contact
  1. KEVIN DAY. Calling All Beings. “#40 Kevin Day.” July 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6nS7x7R9k
  1. KEVIN DAY. Kevin Randle. “A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle – Kevin Day – US Navy Witness to Nimitz UAPs and Tic-Tac. July 24, 2024. A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle – KEVIN DAY – US Navy Witness to Nimitz UAPs and Tic-Tac
  1. KEVIN DAY. The Phenomenon Report. “Unbelievable USS Nimitz UFO Incident as Witnesses by US Navy Ret. Senior Chief Kevin Day.” August 30, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yja66GfBa8
  1. KEVIN DAY. Universal Disclosure Podcast. “Kevin M. Day USN Ret. Tracking the Tic Tac UAP on Military Radar USS Princeton, USS Nimitz.”  June 22, 2024. Kevin M. Day USN ret. Tracking the Tic Tac UAP on Military Radar USS Princeton, USS Nimitz
  1. KEVIN DAY. Total Disclosure. “Kevin Day Recalls His Harrowing Encounter with the Tic Tac UFO.”  August 19, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmQ 5np aWE
  1. KEVIN DAY. GUFON UFO Channel. “What Really Happened to Kevin Day? – UFOlogy is Still Hiring Nice People.”  June 11, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqwnvRcCpVM
  1. ALEX DIETRICH. Kristy Totten. San Diego News Fix (episode 656), MAY 22, 2021 (ALEX DIETRICH)
  1. ALEX DIETRICH: La Señal (ciencia y misterios), La Señal 206  ALEX DIETRICH LA PILOTO DEL NIMITZ QUE VIO EL OVNI TICTAC  Directo y Exclusivo, 08/26/2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUdNPRrdozs&ab_channel=LaSe%C3%B1al%28cienciaymisterios%29,
  1. ALEX DIETRICH. Mick West. The Nimitz Event Summary Time Differences and Other Accounts, 06/15/2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZU6RiTEAw&ab_channel=MickWest, 
  1. ALEX DIETRICH. Mick West. Tales From the Rabbit Hole #57. Alex Dietrich: Clouds, Critical Thinking, and UFOs. TFTRH #57 –  Alex Dietrich: Clouds, Critical Thinking, and UFOs (less focus on Nimitz incident but interesting philosophical discussion)
  1. ALEX DIETRICH. Raghavan, Chitra. When it Mattered Podcast. 16 June 2021. “Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich.”   Cmdr. Alex Dietrich – Goodstory
  1. ALEX DIETRICH. Ryan Graves. Merged Podcast. Pilots & Witnesses; Systematic UAP Reporter for Pilots–with Alex Dietrich (Merged Podcast EP 14) (August 29, 2023)
  1. ALEX DIETRICH: Surprise Guest Alex Dietrich! Tic Tac Fighter Pilot USS Nimitz, Good Morning UFO, 9/5/2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiaUI9YKGmc&ab_channel=GoodMorningUFO
  1. ALEX DIETRICH: UAP Encounter Testimony: Alex Dietrich, UAP Medical Coalition, 8/10/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoL_S-OaDbM&ab_channel=UAPMedicalCoalition
  1. DAVID FRAVOR: Aiello, Vincent, Fighter Pilot Podcast, 035 – UFOs, Episode 35, 01/02/2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvfRRgFHSRE&t=2s&ab_channel=FighterPilotPodcast, 
  1. DAVID FRAVOR. Joe Rogan, “Cmdr. David Fravor & Jeremy Corbell,” The Joe Rogan Experience, episode 1361, October 5, 2019. https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk. 
  1. DAVID FRAVOR. Fridman, Lex. “David Fravor UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering Lex Fridman Podcast #122.” YouTube, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB8zcAttP1E.
  1. DAVID FRAVOR/Moulton, Linda, Earthfiles, July 1 2018 Linda Moulton Howe and David Fravor FA18 TicTac pilot, 07/01/2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxO4PXiEP4g&ab_channel=Earthfiles, 
  1. DAVID FRAVOR/To The Stars Academy (November 2017): https://tothestars.media/pages/about
  1. DAVID FRAVOR, Merged Podcast, Cmdr. David Fravor: The True Story of a Pentagon-Verified UFO Encounter | Merged Podcast EP 11, 7/5/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuX4GLHLRz8&ab_channel=MergedPodcast
  1. DAVID FRAVOR, 2004 Nimitz TIC TAC UFO / Cmdr. David Fravor / Part 1 / Presented by Jeremy Corbell, Jeremy Corbell, 6/23/2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L-XG1F_S7I&ab_channel=JeremyCorbell
  1. DAVID FRAVOR, The Nimitz Encounters[S1] , 5/26/2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRgoisHRmUE&ab_channel=TheNimitzEncounters
  1. PATRICK HUGHES. Dave Beatty, “Tic Tac Witness Patrick Hughes,” The Nimitz Encounters, September 22, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kycZgGc-Yec&list=PLOb2POLJH7JDOX3tL4XGk2beCbQX-hzrM&index=5&ab_channel=TheNimitzEncounters.
  1. PATRICK HUGHES. West, Mick, “Interview with Patrick PJ Hughes regarding the 2004 Nimitz UFO Incidents”, 2/21/2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-D_v6sWWo&list=PLOb2POLJH7JDH8kapoB7RmB1sxd_8uBPQ&index=6&ab_channel=MickWest, (PATRICK PJ HUGHES)Interview with Patrick “PJ” Hughes regarding the 2004 Nimitz UFO Incidents.
  1. PATRICK HUGHES/Ventura Ventura, Tim, Tim Ventura, Patrick PJ Hughes UAP Navy Encounters, 02/12/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGuMyPnePfg,
  1. PATRICK (PJ) HUGHES/OMAR LARA. Dave Beatty. Willis, Martin, Podcast UFO, 350. 30/04/2019. https://www.scribd.com/podcast/418968707/350-Omar-Lara-PJ-Hughes-Dave-Beaty-FREE-BONUS-FULL-SHOW-Alejandro-Rojas-with-UFO-Updates-then-two-more-witnesses-have-come-forward-on-the-2004,
  1. PJ HUGHES, Aritsan Tony, PiFi#69, Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter with Alexei Novitzky and Brad Voohees, 2/3/2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hOSf0F3p_A&ab_channel=ArtisanTony
  1. PJ HUGHES, UFO News Network, Part 2: Nimitz Encounters Supershow with Dave Beaty, PJ Hughes and Kevin Day, 1/20/2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7squHEi2-8w&ab_channel=UFONewsNetworkSunday
  1. KARSON KAMMERZELL. Dave Beatty, “Tic Tac Witness CTO3 Interview Pt. 1,” The Nimitz Encounters, October 3, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eYMebO5l-I&list=PLOb2POLJH7JDOX3tL4XGk2beCbQX-hzrM&index=2.
  1. KARSON KAMMERZELL. Beatty, Dave. “Tic Tac Witness Karson Kammerzell CTO3 Pt. 2.” The Nimitz Encounters, 2020. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pphlkBHxaiM&list=PLOb2POLJH7JDOX3tL4XGk2beCbQX-hzrM&index=1. 
  1. OMAR LARA. Beatty, Dave. “USS Nimitz sailor UFO Reported Nov 04 Omar Lara witness.” The Nimitz Encounters, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmfjU4U4H8&list=PLOb2POLJH7JDOX3tL4XGk2beCbQX-hzrM&index=8&ab_channel=TheNimitzEncounters. 
  1. OMAR LARA/Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, USS Nimitz Incident Witness Omar Lara Fuel Systems Operator US Navy, 08/16/2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STj_D_R0lWY&ab_channel=UnidentifiedAnomalousPhenomena. 
  1. OMAR LARA/UAP STUDIES PODCAST, 07/05/22 TIC TAC WITNESS ABOARD THE USS  NIMITZ, NAVY OFFICER OMAR LARA – UAP STUDIES PODCAST
  1. “TREVOR.” Jeremy Corbell, Jeremy Ben, Rush NZ, “Former Navy Officer Tells The Truth About The Infamous Tic Tac UFO Video  UFO Witness”, 12/21/2017, https://vimeo.com/274999857.
  1. JASON TURNER. Powell, Robert, “Jason Turner  SCU 2004 Nimitz Strike Group Case Interview”, Scientific Coalition, 4/4/2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwxWb2_LRek  Jason Turner – SCU 2004 Nimitz Strike Group Case Interview
  1. JASON TURNER, GARY VOORHIS. Mellon, Vinnie, Disclosure Team, “Gary Voorhis Jason Turner Interview with Vinnie ufo uap tictac”, 8/13/2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-O4qKhPtjs, (GARY VOORHIS, JASON TURNER) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-O4qKhPtjs
  1. JASON TURNER, The Nimitz Encounter, Tic Tac Witness Jason Turner Interview, 9/26/2019, Tic Tac Witness Jason Turner Interview
  1. CHAD UNDERWOOD/Corbell, Jeremy. The man who FILMED the TIC TAC UFO speaks on camera for the first time, 07/28/2021 The man who FILMED the TIC TAC UFO speaks on camera for the first time. 
  1. GARY VOORHIS. Mick West, “Tic-Tac-UFO-Witness,” Tales From The Rabbit Hole, episode 36, July 1, 2022, https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts–Culture-Podcasts/Tales-From-The-Rabbit-Hole-p1221608/?topicId=137508938. 
  1. GARY VOORHIS/SCU Powell, Robert, Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, Gary Voorhis  SCU 2004 Nimitz Strike Group Case Interview, 04/03/2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-_0wtAaKPo&ab_channel=ScientificCoalitionforUAPStudies, 
  1. GARY VOORHIS. Will, Martin, Podcast UFO, 08-16-22 Matthew Szydagis, Keven Knuth & Gary Voorhis, UAPx & More!, 08/16/2022, https://podcastufo.com/show-notes/matthew-szydagis-keven-knuth-gary-voorhis/, 
  1. GARY VOORHIS/HUNTER UFO Chronicles Podcast, NIK HUNTER Ep.111 Gary Voorhis: USS Nimitz UFO Incident, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-111-gary-voorhis-uss-nimitz-ufo-incident/id1488874171?i=1000524394450,
  1. GARY VOORHIS/VENTURA. Ventura, Tim, Tim Ventura, Voorhis UAP Navy, 07/01/2022, Gary Voorhis  UAP Navy Encounters, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DfYUgdros, (GARY VOORHIS)
  1. GARY VOORHIS/SKINWALKER. Skinwalker Radio, Gary Voorhis Jr “TicTac” UFO Witness, Apr 16, 2020, https://podbay.fm/p/skinwalker-radio/e/1587042395, 
  1. GARY VOORHIS/Hale, Kevin, Mack, Tiffany, Universal Secrets #46 – show date 6.29.2021, USP 46: Ryan Sprague, Micah Hanks & Gary Voorhis | The UAP Report Conversation, 6/29/2021, https://www.audacy.com/podcast/universal-secrets-1d4f9/episodes/usp-46-ryan-sprague-micah-hanks-gary-voorhis-the-uap-report-conversation-08423,
  2. RYAN WEIGELT. Beatty, Dave. “USS Nimitz Tic Tac Interview with witness Ryan Weigelt.” The Nimitz Encounters, 2019. YouTube video, 13:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QawDa0-UlnA&list=PLOb2POLJH7JDOX3tL4XGk2beCbQX-hzrM&index=7&ab_channel=TheNimitzEncounters.
  3. RYAN WEIGELT. Sean Raasch, Nimitz Encounters, “USS Nimitz Tic Tac Interview with witness Ryan Weigelt”, 05/09/2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5QtfBefMw&list=PLOb2POLJH7JDOX3tL4XGk2beCbQX-hzrM&index=10&ab_channel=WitnessCitizen

II. PRINT ARTICLES

(Hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles cite the Nimitz episode in passing, but very few explore it in any meaningful depth.

  1. George, P. (2021, June 25). Normalizing UFOs: Retired US Navy pilot recalls Tic Tac encounter. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/normalizing-ufos-retired-us-navy-pilot-recalls-tic-tac-encounter-2021-06-25/
  1. Phelan, M. (2019, December 9). UFOs – Intelligencer. New York Magazine. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/navy-pilot-who-filmed-tic-tac-ufo-speaks.html
  1. Rogoway, T. (2019, December 1). Are some of the UFOs Navy pilots are encountering actually airborne radar reflectors? The War Zone. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28640/could-some-of-the-ufos-navy-pilots-are-encountering-be-airborne-radar-reflectors
  1. McMillan, T. (2019, December 17). The witnesses. Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29771548/navy-ufo-witness
  1. Henry, T. (2018, April 1). Toledo native David Fravor recalls close encounter with UFO. Toledo Blade. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2018/03/28/Toledo-native-recalls-chasing-mysterious-object-aboard-Navy-jet-in-2004.html
  1. Finucane, M. (2018, January 16). This former Navy pilot, who once chased a UFO, says we should take them seriously. Boston Globe. https://paradigmresearchgroup.org/2018/01/16/this-former-navy-pilot-who-once-chased-a-ufo-says-we-should-take-them-seriously/
  1. McMillan, T. (2020, January 17). The tale of the tape. Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a30538203/navy-ufo-video-investigation/
  1. Dyer, A. (2021, May 29). Those amazing Navy UFO videos may have down-to-earth explanations, skeptics contend. San Diego Union-Tribune. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2021/05/29/those-amazing-navy-ufo-videos-may-have-down-to-earth-explanations-skeptics-contend/
  1. Sacca, P. (2020, February 16). USS Nimitz Technician Allegedly Forced to Sign NDA After Witnesseing Tic-Tac UFO from Navy Spy Plane Brobible. https://brobible.com/culture/article/uss-nimitz-encounter-ufo-tic-tac-hawkeye/
  1. Task & Purpose. (2024, January 26). What it’s like inside a F/A-18 cockpit, according to a fighter pilot. https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/inside-f18-super-hornet-cockpit/
  1. Lavelle, D. (2023). Guardian interview with Sean Kirkpatrick on Nimitz. Retrieved from https://www.metabunk.org/threads/sean-kirkpatricks-interview-with-daniel-lavelle-at-the-guardian-transcript.13399/#post-312954
  1. Cohen, S. (2017, December 16). Navy pilots report seeing unidentified flying objects. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html
  1. McMillan, T. (2017, December 18). Navy pilot describes 2004 encounter with UFO off San Diego coast. San Diego Union-Tribune. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2017/12/18/navy-pilot-describes-2004-encounter-with-ufo-off-san-diego-coast/
  1. CBS News. (2023, July 26). Tic Tac UFO sighting: UAP video, Dave Fravor, Alex Dietrich, Navy fighter pilots’ House testimony. Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tic-tac-ufo-sighting-uap-video-dave-fravor-alex-dietrich-navy-fighter-pilots-house-testimony/
  1. McMillan, T. (2023, October 18). A page from history: USS Nimitz carrier strike group meets the flying Tic Tac. San Diego Union-Tribune. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/10/18/a-page-from-history-uss-nimitz-carrier-strike-group-meets-the-flying-tic-tac/
  1. Lewis-Kraus, Gideon. New Yorker. (2021, May 10). How the Pentagon started taking UFOs seriously. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously
  1. Washington Post. (2021, May 24). Dvorak, Petula. She’s a fighter pilot who saw a UFO. For Real. (Alex Dietrich).  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-fighter-pilot-and-working-mom-saw-a-ufo-for-real/2021/05/24/07210234-bc93-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html
  1. Mystery Wire. Duncan Phenix, “Navy Aviator Who Recorded Tic Tac Video Speaks on Camera for First Time,” July 28, 2021, https://www.mysterywire.com/ufo/chad-underwood-tic-tac-pilot/. (links to Corbell video)

III. Television Broadcasts

  1. ABC News. (2017, December 18). Navy pilot recalls encounter with UFO unlike any other. Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/US/navy-pilot-recalls-encounter-ufo-unlike/story?id=51856514 (Fravor)
  2. Carlson, T. (2020, July 24). Tucker Carlson Tonight [Television series episode]( Fravor)
  1. Whitaker, B. (2021, August 29). The unidentified aerial phenomena. 60 Minutes. CBS News. (Fravor, Dietrich)
  1. Schifrin, N. (2021, July 8). Navy pilot describes encounter with Tic Tac-shaped unidentified flying object. PBS NewsHour. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlrz84nEXtk&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour (Dietrich)
  1. Michels, J. (2017, December 25). Eventimus, 20171223. New interview with pilots David Fravor and Jim Slaight on the USS Nimitz UFO incident [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuBIBCW5P98&t=92s
  1. Cooper, A.  (July 27, 2023 ). Retired Navy Pilot Remembers Encounter with Tic Tac UFO. CNN. Retired Navy pilot remembers encounter with ‘Tic Tac’ UFO (ALEX DIETRICH)

IV. Radio Broadcasts

  1. KEVIN DAY. Fade to Black Radio. “Episode 1498: F2B w Kevin Day: The Nimitz Event. October 4, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TepPoTRqZkU

V. Documentaries

(The Nimitz story has been told in several documentaries, with appearances by the witnesses as well as the many of the key people who helped lift it into public view).

  1. Corey, C. (Producer). (2022). A Tear in the Sky [documentary containing interviews with Kevin Day and Gary Voorhis].
  1. History Channel. (2019, May 31). Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO investigation: The UFO insider [Television series episode]. In Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO investigation. (documentary containing interviews with DeLonge, Elizondo, Steve Justice, Chris Mellon, Day, Fravor, Dietrich)
  1. History Channel. (2019, June 7). Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO investigation: Raining UFOs [Television series episode]. In Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO investigation. (documentary containing interviews with Day, Fravor, Dietrich, DeLonge, Elizondo, Voorhis)
  1. Beaty, D. C. (2019). The Nimitz encounters. Retrieved from http://thenimitzencounters.com/our-story/ (documentary containing interviews with Day and Voorhis)
  1. National Geographic. (2023, February 13). Secret Pentagon UFO program [Television series episode, S1, E1]. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/ufos-investigating-the-unknown/episode-guide/season-01/episode-01-secret-pentagon-ufo-program/vdka32389580
  1. Day, K. (2021, January 14). UFO witness: Secrets of state [Documentary]. IMDb. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14866442/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_4_slf
  1. The Real Men in Black: Declassified [Documentary]. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17939158/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_3_slf
  1. Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified [Documentary]. (DAY) Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14992232/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_5_slf
  1. Expedition X: Aliens of the Deep (Season 3, Episode 6) (2021, May 29). Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14682074/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
  1. The Phenomenon [Documentary]. (2020). (Fravor) Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13095604/?ref_=nm_flmg_knf_t_3
  1. Alien Highway: SoCal Clusters (2019, July 17). (Fravor) Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10692260/?ref_=tt_eps_top
  1. UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (Government breaks silence) (Dietrich) (2023, February 28). Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10692260/?ref_=tt_eps_top
  1. UFO, S1, E1. 8/8/21. JJ Abrams. (DAY/VOORHIS). Retrieved fro UFO (TV Mini Series 2021) – IMDb

VI. BLOGS

  1. Catalano, M. (2020, December). The Nimitz UFO incident. Retrieved from https://www.marcellocatalano.com/nimitz.html (Contains Kevin Day interview)
  1. Random Stuff. (2021, July 15). The Nimitz Tic Tac encounter: The ultimate guide and analysis. Retrieved from https://somerandomstuff1.wordpress.com/2021/07/15/the-nimitz-tic-tac-encounter-the-ultimate-guide-and-analysis/#part-8 (The most comprehensive single source analysis of the Tic-Tac episode; exception to general rule that this bibliography contains no analysis)
  1. Green, Dan. (2024, January 7). Perspectives on the Nimitz UFO incident. Medium. Retrieved from https://medium.com/healthy-skepticism/perspectives-on-the-nimitz-ufo-incident-b8e2a01d2a18 (Another interesting piece of analysis)

VII. Government Reports or testimony

  1. Fravor, D. (2023, July 26). Unidentified anomalous phenomena: Implications on national security, public safety, and government transparency [Statement to the House Committee on Oversight, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs]. 

     https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Fravor-Statement-for-House-Oversight-Committee.pdf

  1. S. House of Representatives, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation. (2022, May 17). Unidentified aerial phenomena [Transcript].

              https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114761/documents/HHRG-117-IG05-Transcript-20220517.pdf

  1. Executive Summary, Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (United States Department of Defense). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/TIC_TAC_UFO_EXECUTIVE_REPORT_1526682843046_42960218_ver1.0.pdf [The precise history of this “unofficial official” report on the Tic Tac episode is unclear, although Lue Elizondo references it in his book. This is critical reading, primarily because it appears to be based upon interviews with the original witnesses. The ultimate authority of this document is hard to assess. The source of the original leaked document is here: https://www.8newsnow.com/news/i-team-exclusive-confidential-report-analyzes-tic-tac-ufo-incidents/] 

VIII. Freedom of Information Act releases

  1. RANGE FOULERS. (n.d.). Navy releases FOIA info on range foulers, including new info about the Nimitz encounter. Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/…

IX. Academic Reports

  1. Knuth, K. H., Powell, R. M., & Reali, P. A. (2019). Estimating flight characteristics of anomalous unidentified aerial vehicles in the 2004 Nimitz encounter. Frontiers in Physics, 7, 121. Frontiers | Book Review: Holographic Entanglement Entropy
  2. Szydagis, M., Knuth, K., & Altman, C. (n.d.). Initial preliminary results from UAPx [PDF file]. Retrieved from SCUtalkUAPx060522.pdf

X. Books

  1. Day, Kevin. Sailor’s Anthology. Independently published. 2019. (A fictionalized account of the Nimitz encounter from the perspective of the man who first raised red flags about the Tic Tac object)
  2. Krets, Topsy. Gimbal: Disclosure and the U.S.S. Nimitz (Paperback) | Parnassus Books (2018)
  3. Elizondo, Luis. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs. New York, NY, Harper Collins, 2024. (Not focused on Nimitz Encounter, but it contains interesting information about how the story found the light of day).
  4. Spinola, Frederic. Chasing UFOs: Unlocking the Truth of the USS Nimitz Encounter (2024)

XI. Conferences

  1. Day, Kevin. 2024, April 12. “Unraveling the truth behind NIMITZ TIC TAC.” Ozark Mountain UFO Conference. Eureka Springs, Ark. “Unraveling the Truth Behind NIMITZ TIC TAC” Kevin Day – 2024
  2. SEAN CAHILL, Ozark Mountain Publishing, Conclusions of a Career Investigator and Life Long Experiencer Sean Cahill, 6/22/2023, Conclusions of a Career Investigator and Lifelong Experiencer – Sean Cahill