Joe Rogan Experience #1361 - Cmdr. David Fravor & Jeremy Corbell
What it is
A Joe Rogan podcast with retired Navy commander David Fravor, who describes his 2004 Tic Tac UFO encounter, and filmmaker Jeremy Corbell. Fravor walks through the incident and the released videos.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN refers to it as the direct first-person account from the pilot in UFO and UAP threads, though some find it unconvincing.
- 5 people recommended it
- 5 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“one of the most compelling eyewitness accounts I’ve seen”
Compelling eyewitness account from the pilot
jordwest, 2020-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Why Look at Flying Saucers?”
“Worth watching if you're into this kind of thing.”
Pilot discusses the Tic Tac encounter
gfodor, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Scientist Behind Navy's “UFO Patents” Filed One for a Compact Fusion Reactor”
“Joe Rogan did a great Podcast with one of the pilots in this incident”
Detailed pilot account of the incident
djsumdog, 2019-12 · Recommendation · in “UFO: Pilot who spotted famous Tic Tac breaks silence after 15 years”
“This joe rogan episode where he interviews a navy pilot was pretty interesting”
Interview with a Navy pilot about the sighting
boston_sre87, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Have Aliens Found Us? (2019)”
“the whole interview is fascinating, minus Corbell”
Fravor walks through the videos step by step
lend000, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “An investigation of the Pentagon's UFO program”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: ufo, uap, david fravor, navy pilot, joe rogan
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