Brief
Mick West
The claims the writer was given for Mick West, in the order they were given.
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Mick West is known for offering skeptical, debunking explanations of unidentified aerial phenomena videos and accounts, including alternative explanations for what David Fravor witnessed during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident.
“Mick West, I've just recently started to pay attention... Mick West is one of the better known people who kind of makes a out of trying to debunk... He has some explanations of the things that you've seen with the Tic Tac”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 02:30:30.8-02:30:49.0 administrative
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Mick West has suggested that David Fravor may have miscalculated the size and distance of the object he observed during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident.
“He has some explanations of the things that you've seen with the Tic Tac, like with your own eyes. Like he says that it's possible that you miscalculated the size and the distance of the thing”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 02:31:21.0-02:31:35.7 hearsay second hand
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Mick West has argued that in the 2004 USS Nimitz FLIR video, the object appears to fly rapidly off the left side of the screen because the vision-based tracking system used to film it simply lost track of the object, allowing it to float out of frame.
“he looks at the FLIR video, and he says that one of the most amazing parts of the FLIR video... is at the end of it, the Tic Tac flies, or appears to fly very quickly to the left. Off the screen... The way to explain that is the tracking system, like we said, it's vision-based tracking, simply loses the object.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 02:41:09.4-02:41:43.1 hearsay second hand
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David Fravor disputes Mick West's tracking-loss explanation for why the object appears to fly off screen at the end of the 2004 USS Nimitz FLIR video, based on repeated review of the original tapes.
“looking at your face you do not so can you maybe comment to that uh to that debunking... i can't tell you how many times i watched it off the original tapes”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 02:42:04.4-02:42:17.7 opinion first hand
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Mick West identified the aluminium louvered sheets from Art Bell's alleged "UFO" material as heat exchanger fins.
“Mick West, 'Identified: Art Bell's "UFO" Aluminum Louvered Sheets – Heat Exchanger Fins', Metabunk.org, 30 July 2019.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch34:49606-49718 opinion first hand
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Ross Coulthart considers Mick West to be becoming more of a debunker than a sceptic.
“even though at times I find him annoying because he's becoming more of a debunker than he is a skeptic, people like Mick West”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:07:57.4-02:08:05.1 opinion first hand
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Ross Coulthart considers Mick West useful and positive because he raises legitimate points and has on occasion been right about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) cases.
“people like Mick West are actually very useful and positive because they keep us on our toes. I think he raises legitimate points from time to time, and I think on occasion he's been right.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:08:04.4-02:08:16.2 opinion first hand