Summary
Retired U.S. Navy Senior Chief Operations Specialist who served as the radar operator aboard USS Princeton (CG-59) during the November 2004 Nimitz UAP encounter. Day was among the first military personnel to detect the objects - tracking them on the ship's SPY-1B passive phased array radar system for approximately two weeks before the November 14 intercept. His radar contacts showed objects descending from above 80,000 feet to sea level in seconds, then hovering at 80 feet above the ocean. Day has stated the experience profoundly affected him and has spoken about ongoing psychological difficulties following the encounter. He is the primary radar-side witness to the Nimitz incident - the person whose equipment detected the objects before any pilot saw them visually.
Roles
- -U.S. Navy Operations Specialist / Radar Operator (Ret.)
- -USS Princeton CG-59, Nimitz Carrier Strike Group
- -Nimitz Encounter Radar Witness