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This Department of the Navy FOIA release, dated January 2023, collects heavily redacted Range Fouler Reporting Forms marked SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. The first form covers 14 November 2004. It lists the Nimitz strike group and describes a solid white, smooth object about 46 feet long seen off Mexico, southwest of San Diego. It also says reporting stopped at 3rd Fleet. The later forms, numbered 2014 through 2021, describe unidentified aircraft, suspected small drones and a near mid-air collision. Most details are redacted.
“UFO Files”1 page
# SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Ft AGL. He climbed back up to Ft AGL to initiate the next test point. He entered a descending when something caught his eye to the right of the canopy He leveled out at Ft AGL heading north a and at his 1-2 o'clock position he saw it was but The size was hard to determine because he couldn't tell how far it was away from him. Based on his aircraft and avionics configuration for the test flight he was not using Based on the speed at which it transitioned through his view he did not believe the sphere was but he could not assess speed. He contacted (his flight test engineers) but comms were intermittent. They had been having throughout the week but we do not think this is related to the He contacted the controlled airspace) at to provide a verbal description of the object. He never felt threatened by the object and the object did not seem to modify its flight path based on his He did not remember seeing any in the area.
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