26 May 2019
(The New York Times, New York City , New York
The article focuses on the UFO incidents that were experienced
by U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter pilots (the VFA-11 Red Rippers
squadron) over the U.S. East Coast (from Virginia
to Florida
The Red Rippers squadron is based out of Naval
Air StOcean a in Virginia Beach , Virginia
The UFOs were sighted both visually and on radar during
training manoeuvres off the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The
unknown objects were first detected just after the Navy had upgraded the radar
systems on its F/A-18 jet fighters in 2014.
The New York Times interviewed Lieutenant Ryan Graves,
Lieutenant Danny Accoin and three other unnamed Super Hornet fighter pilots
about the UFO incidents.
According to Graves –
the UFOs showed up “at 30,00
feet , 20,000 feet and even sea level.” The unknown
objects “would accelerate, slow down and then hit hypersonic speeds.”
For decades – people have seen unknown objects while
flying in military aircraft, Lieutenant Graves said.
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Wikipedia article: “USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)”:
Wikipedia article: “Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet”:
Wikipedia article: “Naval Air Station Oceana”:
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USS Theodore Roosevelt underway in the Atlantic Ocean in March 2015. (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org)