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David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122

Lex Fridman · 6.9M views · 2020-09-08 · 3:56:24

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Lex Fridman interviews Navy pilot David Fravor, a primary witness of the 2004 Tic Tac UFO encounter, about the sighting, military aviation and aerospace engineering. The conversation runs close to four hours.

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HN commenters send people here for a detailed first-hand account from the pilot, and some say it changed their view on the sightings.

Recommended by 8 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2020–2022

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bostonsre · 2021-08 · Strong recommendation

Lex did one [1] with the same pilot that saw the ufo (commander fravor). I went from "no friggin way do they exist" to "shit... it actually sounds plausible". [1] [VIDEO]

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RobertoG · 2021-06 · Strong recommendation

You should check the interviews (there are several, including a 60 minutes) with the pilot David Fravor (1). There are two pilots and two wizards that saw the same with their own eyes (even I have only see the other pilot confirming it). That's an UFO. That doesn't mean that it's extraterrestrial. To say that it's extraterrestrial at this point, is, in my opinion, so ridiculous like to say that there is nothing to explain (like the author of the article seems to believe). (1) - [VIDEO] (this is a great interview interesting in its own right, even without the UFO part)

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subsubzero · 2022-03 · Recommendation

So actually Commander Fravor saw the object with his own eyes, he is one of the pilots who was sent in to engage the craft after it appeared on radar from the carrier group, here is a detailed video of him talking about the incident with Lex Fridman(AI reasearcher - MIT) on his podcast - [VIDEO]

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