From 2004 until 2009 when I walked away from DOD out of frustration, I had tried in vain to get somebody, anybody, to listen to me.
From 2004 until 2009 when I walked away from DOD out of frustration, I had tried in vain to get somebody, anybody, to listen to me.
Yet, every time I tried to describe what we had witnessed out in SOCAL during TIC TAC, I was openly laughed at, made the butt of jokes, and once even asked by my then-boss just WTF I had been smoking.
At the time my concern was purely safety of flight because of objects that I knew to be real and inexplicable were in our training areas .. the very reason I had received permission from CAPT Smith to intercept them in the first place.
Sociocultural stigmas about UFO's did indeed prevent me from making the case at the time .. the stigmas also cost me a 2nd career in DOD, at the least.
I paid a very high price personally and I hold the NAVY/DOD directly responsible for their complete and utter malfeasance of duty which, indeed, did nearly result in AIR-TO-AIR mishaps with unknown objects and Navy aircraft in the years that followed.
I also hold NAVY/DOD directly responsible for what I and others went through as a result of trying to uphold our own duty and simply do the job the American people paid and expected us to do.
I and others deserve a formal public apology and a redress for the costs I/we paid?
Kevin Day is a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer who specialized in radar systems. He is a TOPGUN air intercept controller with more than 20 years experience in strike group air defense including war-time operations.
In November of 2004, off the coast of San Diego, Kevin was a radar operator on the USS Princeton, part of the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Over several days unknown objects were observed on radar. On several occasions, aircraft were directed to find the objects.
The pilots reported seeing 40 foot-long Tic Tac shaped objects that performed remarkable manoeuvres beyond the capability of our aircraft. This incident was made famous in a New York Times article in December 2017 in which it was also revealed the Pentagon had a secretive UFO investigation program. In this episode, we talk to Kevin about what he experienced in 2004.
He's a hero and will always be remembered as one.. He has gotten beat up for a long time about all of this, but he's vindicated. The world salutes you Kevin Day, your courage is an inspiration to many!!!
Appalling. Why the heck can't people be open minded, think for themselves and take a stand for the damned truth?
Why are humans so often so closed-minded, so unprincipled, so cowardly and so bullying? It's weak and shameful. I remain embarrassed on behalf of my species when I hear stories like this.
Mr. Day's story is now well known through a few documentaries. Clearly the treatment he received was ill informed, prejudiced, immature and just downright wrong. He and his colleagues deserve a debt of gratitude.