USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter

Fighter pilots from the USS Nimitz carrier strike group encountered a white, oblong object (later described as 'Tic Tac' shaped) off the coast of San Diego during training exercises. Commander David Fravor and Lt. Commander Alex Dietrich observed the object hovering over a disturbance in the ocean, then accelerating away at speeds their F/A-18F Super Hornets could not match. The Princeton's SPY-1 radar had been tracking anomalous returns for two weeks. The encounter would remain classified until 2017 when the New York Times published details alongside the revelation of the AATIP programme.