A Forensic Analysis of Navy Carrier Strike Group Eleven’s Encounter with an Anomalous Aerial Vehicle

This manuscript, authored by the Scientific Coalition for Ufology (SCU) in March 2019, provides a comprehensive forensic analysis of an encounter between the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG 11) and multiple anomalous aerial vehicles (AAVs) on November 14, 2004. The incident occurred off the coast of southern California during a training exercise involving the USS Nimitz and the USS Princeton. Radar systems on the USS Princeton and other assets detected as many as 20 AAVs descending from altitudes of 80,000+ feet to near the ocean surface in seconds. Two F/A-18F Super Hornets, piloted by Commander David Fravor and Lieutenant Commander James Slaight, were vectored to intercept one of the objects. The pilots visually identified a white, 'Tic-Tac' shaped object, approximately 40-50 feet long, with no visible wings, exhaust, or propulsion systems. The object exhibited erratic, intelligent movement, mirroring the pilots' maneuvers before accelerating away at speeds described as 'multi-Mach' and disappearing instantly. A later flight captured infrared video of a similar object using an AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR pod. The SCU analysis, incorporating witness testimony, radar data, and video analysis, concludes that the AAVs demonstrated performance characteristics—such as accelerations ranging from 40 to hundreds of g-forces and estimated power outputs of gigawatts—that are physically impossible for any known aircraft or human pilot to survive. The report highlights the systematic disappearance of electronic data, including communication logs and radar recordings, shortly after the event, suggesting that a government agency may have collected and removed this information. The SCU argues that the evidence is sufficient to establish the occurrence of an event involving technology beyond current public or military capabilities and calls for a full, open scientific investigation.