My fellow pilots and I started noticing ‘objects’ once we upgraded our radars: Ryan Graves
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves weighs in on the U.S. shooting down three unidentified flying objects on 'Hannity.'
A former Navy pilot is speaking out about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and he says they are more common than people think.
Nick Graves, a former F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot, said he previously encountered a UFO and reported his sightings to the Pentagon and Congress. When news broke that the U.S. military shot down three high-altitude objects over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron, he wasn’t all that surprised.
"We would fly our jets off the Eastern seaboard in our working areas with our F-18s. And once we upgraded our radars, we started noticing objects in our working areas that we weren't expecting to see," Graves said Monday on "Hannity."
"And we were all seeing these. We were seeing them on our radars. We were seeing them on our camera systems and our flare systems. And eventually, we even saw them with our eyeballs."
UFO seen in clip released by Department of Defense. A Pentagon watchdog is launching a probe into the actions taken by the Department of Defense after a series of UFO sightings in recent years. (Department of Defense)
He explained that at one point, fellow pilots almost had a midair collision with one of these "objects" and had to file a hazard report, so the rest of the fleet was aware there was a safety issue. The aircrew that saw the object described it as a "dark gray or black cube inside of a clear sphere," said Graves.
The Navy veteran told host Sean Hannity that aircrew would usually see "objects" flying in a stationary manner.
"They would be stationary against the wind as if they weren't moving-- when we're fighting to keep our aircraft in the area. Other times, they would proceed in a straight line or in a holding pattern, often at speeds up to a supersonic 1.0 Mach," he explained.
"They would also be out there all day where our aircraft would typically only last for about an hour, hour and 15 minutes when we're flying tactically, these objects would be flying at high speeds for most of the day."
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday said there is "no indication" of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with the recent take-downs.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin relayed a similar message, saying while the U.S. doesn’t know what the objects are, they are "not a threat."
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a news conference with Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks in Riga, Latvia August 10, 2022. (REUTERS/Ints Kalnins)
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"They do not present a military threat to anyone on the ground," he stated. "They do, however, present a risk to civil aviation and potentially an intelligence collection threat. And we'll get to the bottom of it."