Background

David Fravor is a retired U.S. Navy Commander and decorated fighter pilot with over 18 years of service. On November 14, 2004, while commanding VFA-41 during a routine training exercise off the coast of southern California, he was vectored by USS Princeton to investigate an anomalous radar contact. What he and three other aviators observed - a 40-foot white tic-tac-shaped object with no wings, no exhaust, and instantaneous directional changes - became the most credible documented UAP encounter in modern history. The encounter was corroborated by multiple radar systems, two F/A-18 crews, and later confirmed by the Pentagon as authentic. Fravor testified before the House Oversight Committee on July 26, 2023, making him the first military aviator to testify under oath about a direct UAP encounter in a modern congressional hearing.

Education

• ›B.S. - U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis (1987)
• ›Naval Aviator flight training, Naval Air Station Meridian
• ›Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN)

Career Background

• ›Graduated U.S. Naval Academy 1987; commissioned as Ensign
• ›Completed flight training; designated Naval Aviator
• ›Multiple combat deployments in F/A-18s
• ›Accumulated 6,000+ flight hours, 2,000+ carrier landings

Key Events