DOW-UAP-PR065: USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 2 — Tic Tac IR Hot, April 24, 2024
Date
April 24, 2024
Document Type
Video
Authentication
Official PublicationRedaction Status
▐ Partially RedactedIssuing Authority
Department of War / U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Summary
Full-motion infrared sensor video released by the Department of War documenting a UAP captured by a U.S. Coast Guard C-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, on April 24, 2024. The USCG itself applied the descriptor 'TIC TAC IR hot' in the video title — making this the first confirmed U.S. Coast Guard UAP footage in a government release, and notably the first official use of the 'Tic Tac' descriptor by a USCG platform. This is the companion 'UAP 2' file to PR066 ('UAP 1'), both from the same Tyndall-area event.
Significance
First confirmed U.S. Coast Guard UAP footage in any government release. The USCG's own application of the 'TIC TAC' descriptor in the DVIDSHUB title — the same term used by Navy pilots in the 2004 Nimitz encounter — represents the first official cross-service adoption of that UAP morphology classification. The Tyndall AFB proximity (home to 325th Fighter Wing F-22s) adds a multi-service surveillance context.