Tag: evidence assessment


  • The Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter

    KEY FACTS The Object Above the Pacific On 14 November 2004, two US Navy fighter aircraft were diverted from a training exercise over the Pacific. Their instructions were simple: investigate an unknown contact detected near the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Commander David Fravor and Lieutenant Commander Alex Dietrich found no conventional aircraft. Looking down…

  • Somerton Man

    KEY FACTS The Man Against the Seawall At dawn on 1 December 1948, a well-dressed man lay dead against the seawall at Somerton Beach, south of Adelaide. There was no weapon, no obvious injury and no identification. Beachgoers had noticed him in the same position the previous evening. One saw him move an arm; others…