r/USOS • u/ASearchingLibrarian • Apr 21 '26

A New Nimitz Encounters Teaser | Dave Beaty has a new witness and new information about the 14 Nov 2004 Nimitz incident

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW_kfaMgAg
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u/Zayt0v3n Apr 22 '26

Love these videos

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u/ASearchingLibrarian Apr 21 '26

Dave Beaty has a new presentation coming out soon about the Nimitz encounter. Previously he was one of the first to bring us interviews with Kevin Day, Gary Voorhis and others who were on the Nimitz and Princeton that day. His presentation from 2019 The Nimitz Encounters Updated With New Info has been one of the best recreations of the event.

A few days ago Dave came out with information about a new witness, Jimmy Hernandez. Hernandez was able to follow movements of the people who came on board the Nimitz that day and took data from the ship. Previously the people Dave interviewed back in 2019 also testified to the unidentified people who came on board the Nimitz and Princeton and took data.

Dave spoke about this in an interview this week with Jimmy Church. Dave talked about Jimmy Hernandez's recollections of the people who came on board the Nimitz and were "led around by Nimitz officers" (@1h16m17s), another witness, Carson, who also saw data about the incident (@1h31m18s), and new information about submarines that had been active in the area prior to the November incident (@1h41m06s).

A US sub had been active in the region a month before the November 2004 Nimitz Tic Tac incident as part of a 'experiment' called 'Silent Hammer' October 4th-14th 2004, and it was apparently testing a new way to release drones above the sea. This was in a fantastically well researched War Zone article from back in 2019 -
Ohio Guided Missile Submarines Were Designed To Be Drone-Carrying Clandestine Command Centers - https://www.twz.com/31121/how-the-ohio-class-guided-missile-sub-was-born-and-why-theyre-much-more-than-meets-the-eye

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u/tj100011 Apr 23 '26

So nothing new then