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I'm an extreme sceptic, but the Tic Tac encounter of 2004 was memorable, and the most recent significant one to hit the news after it gained real traction in 2017.

An interview with one of the pilots:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-...

His colleague, Cmdr Fravor memorably said:

I don't know what it is. I don't know what I saw. I just know it was really impressive, really fast - and I would like to fly it.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/navy-pilot-recalls-encounter-ufo-u...

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This is the best possible mundane explanation of a similar video, claiming it's camera glare. Good take down of the NYT story on the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Btns91W5J8

This ignores the fact that they had radar lock as well, as detailed by pilots and Radar operators. Radar data is always classified unfortunately.

Toward the end of the video he says that it's likely a jet engine far in the distance.

If it's moving very quickly orthoginal to it's engine, then sure: https://www.reddit.com/r/ufo/comments/e9hu6k/cool_perspectiv...

I think more plausibly it is some kind of radar reflector https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28640/could-some-of-th...

Yes, and Mick West made more on that and similar topics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jcBGLIpus

seems like this video mainly just shows that it wasnt rotating as much as it looks like in the video, not sure how it proves/disproves anything else about the UFO

Would you still consider it a "good take down" if he turns out to be wrong ? Or are you 100% certain that he's right ?

It would still be a good takedown of the questionable parts of the NYT article, but no, I don't think it's "100% certainty" about the actual event, despite his YouTube title. It just has the benefit of having a strong prior than the UFO theory

It seems like really intriguing stuff. But I just need something more to go off of. How are some encounters with odd looking and acting things that otherwise never interact with us supposed to be treated? If all they ever do is accelerate and maneuver in ways we can’t, well, my cat does the same thing all the time. He also makes me look like an idiot at all yoga. But that doesn’t do anything for my joints and circulation.

I've seen a lot of comments on this one being a probable experimental plane, most-likely nuclear-powered, which would explain its incredible performances.

How would nuclear power do anything other than make it much heavier than it would otherwise be and let it stay aloft much longer?

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