Person · testimonio
Kevin Day
Operations Specialist Senior Chief on USS Princeton (SPY-1B radar); tracked the anomalous objects for days before the 14 Nov 2004 encounter and directed the intercept.
What is claimed'They were appearing in groups of five to 10 at a time… at 28,000 feet going a hundred knots tracking south' (Popular Mechanics, 2019). He also recounts radar data being taken without a log after the incident.
Skeptical viewNo original radar file is public: the figures are an operator's recollections, and the 'confiscation' has no documentary confirmation (Fravor stated in writing that no tapes were ever taken).
Related: Tic-Tac / USS Nimitz (2004) · David Fravor
Sources — here nothing is invented: Popular Mechanics (2019) · oversight.house.gov (2023)