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USS Princeton
Also known as: USS Princeton, U.S.S. Princeton
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 5 facts
measurementDuring November 2004, the SPY-1 radar on the U.S.S. Princeton registered unidentified objects at altitudes ranging from the ocean's surface to eighty thousand feet.
measurementThe U.S.S. Princeton's SPY-1 radar registered objects at altitudes ranging from 80,000 feet to the ocean's surface during training operations in November 2004.
claimMick West hypothesizes that radar detections by the U.S.S. Princeton during the Nimitz encounter were likely birds or clouds registered by a brand-new, potentially miscalibrated radar system.
accountThe Nimitz Carrier Strike Group conducted training operations in restricted waters off the coast of San Diego and Baja California in November 2004, during which the U.S.S. Princeton's SPY-1 radar detected objects moving between 80,000 feet and the ocean's surface.
claimMick West contends that the 'FLIR1' video likely shows a distant plane and that the radar detections from the U.S.S. Princeton encounter were likely birds or clouds registered by a brand-new, miscalibrated radar system.
How the Pentagon learned to start worrying and investigate UFOs nationalgeographic.com Jun 25, 2021 5 facts
accountGary Voorhis, a Petty Officer 3rd Class on the U.S.S. Princeton, began observing unexplained objects on his radar screens starting on November 10, 2004.
accountVoorhis, a technician with six years of experience in the United States Navy, observed an object drop from 60,000 feet to the waterline, hover, and move at high velocity with confounding right-angle turns while operating combat systems on the USS Princeton.
measurementRadar logs from the U.S.S. Princeton recorded the Tic-Tac UAP 60 miles away from Commander David Fravor's jet just seconds after he observed it pull away from him.
accountVoorhis observed a glowing object on the horizon during both the day and night while stationed on the USS Princeton, confirming the object's position matched the bearing and elevation data provided by radar.
quoteGary Voorhis, a former Navy officer and radar technician aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, stated: "I got to see it during the night and during the day. And it definitely was a glowing object."