Navy Officer Describes UAP Encounter: 'One, Two Mach Instantly'

UAP Sighting Details

• 🎯 An active-duty Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer, Alexandro Wiggins, recounts witnessing a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) off the coast of California.
• 📍 The sighting occurred while he was on watch in the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard an LCS ship, specifically ICC1, located on the bridge.
• 🤝 Several other personnel, including the tactical action officer, RCO, and two others on watch, were present and witnessed the event simultaneously on the Sapphire screen.

Dissemination of Information

• 🗣️ While the incident was discussed among the watch standards in ICC1 during turnover conversations, it did not spread widely throughout the rest of the ship.
• 🚢 The officer speculates that a lack of interaction between different departments (e.g., engineers, combat systems) and bridge personnel might have limited the broader dissemination of the event.

The Encounter and Object's Performance

• ⏱️ The entire encounter, from initial radar detection to the objects' departure, lasted approximately 5 to 7 minutes.
• 🌊 The object was initially observed visually off the port bridge wing, appearing to move from the water's surface into the air.
• ✈️ The officer, an air controller himself, ruled out conventional aircraft like a Hilo due to the lack of blinking lights and its unusual behavior.
• 🚀 The object initially rose slowly before accelerating to what the officer described as 'one, two Mach instantly' into a formation of other objects.
• 📡 Radar and Sapphire systems later confirmed the presence of four total objects, which departed almost instantaneously.
• 🔍 The visual sighting occurred at a range of about seven to eight nautical miles from the ship.

Involvement with Video Evidence

• 📞 The officer did not personally obtain the video but contacted Admiral Galidet after seeing it and recognizing his own voice at the end, prompting him to discuss the event.