Brief
AN/APG-73 radar
The claims the writer was given for AN/APG-73 radar, in the order they were given.
1
David Fravor's F/A-18F had an APG-73 radar set to Range While Search (RWS), Range Gated High, on an 80 nautical mile scale.
“Their F/A-18F had an APG-73 radar and was set to the following parameters: - Range While Search (RWS) - Range Gated High - 80NM scale”
Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG-11) AAV Incident Report 2004-11-14 char:17688-17817 administrative
2
The AN/APG-73 radar used on Navy fighter aircraft at the time of the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident was a mechanically scanned radar.
“we had uh we had uh mechanically scanned radars at the time apg-73”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 01:16:50.7-01:16:53.6 administrative first hand
3
David Fravor considers the AN/APG-79 radar a significantly better piece of equipment than the AN/APG-73 radar.
“apg-79 new ones way better”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 01:16:55.9-01:16:57.9 opinion first hand
4
During the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, the Tic Tac object jammed the APG-73 radar, and the radar tape of this jamming was never released and its location is unknown.
“the radar tape that was never released, and we do not know where it is at, of the act of jamming that the object put on an APG–73 radar”
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency 2023-07-26 char:43300-43430 observation first hand
5
The radar tape from the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, which is not seen in the released footage, showed jamming of the AN/APG-73 radar in David Fravor's aircraft.
“What is not seen is the Radar tape that showed the jamming of the APG-73 radar in the aircraft”
David Fravor Statement for the House Oversight Committee 2023-07-26 char:4517-4603 observation first hand
6
During the 2004 USS Nimitz UAP encounter, the crew that launched after David Fravor's flight landed experienced significant jamming of their APG-73 radar, affecting range, velocity, and aspect data before the radar lock split and the targeting pod switched to passive mode, which is how the video was obtained.
“My crew that launched after we landed experienced significant jamming to the APG–73 radar, which was what we had on board, which is a mechanically scan very high-end system prior to the APG–79 and, yes, it did pretty much everything you could do—range, velocity, aspect—and then it split the lock, then the targeting pod is passive. That is what we were able to get the video on.”
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency 2023-07-26 char:64768-65144 observation second hand