"In 2014, I was an F–18 Foxtrot pilot in the Navy Fighter Attack
Squadron 11, the Red Rippers, and I was stationed at NAS Oceana
in Virginia Beach. After upgrades were made to our jet’s radar systems, we began detecting unknown objects operating in our airspace. At first, we assumed they were radar errors but soon we began to correlate the radar tracks with multiple onboard sensors, including infrared systems, eventually through visual ID. During a training mission in Warning Area W–72, 10 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, two F–18 Super Hornets were split by a UAP. The object, described as a dark gray or a black cube inside of a clear sphere, came within 50 feet of the lead aircraft and was estimated to be five to 15 feet in diameter."
- Ryan Graves, Under Oath in front of the U.S. Congress in 2023.
link to full hearing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgoul4vy…b_channel=CBSNews