This document was leaked to the website above top secret in 2007 by an anonymous user. It’s authenticity has not been verified. I have a FOIA request submitted to the Air Wing 11 and it’s wait and see at this point. Most of this lines up with the other documents found on this site. There are some discrepancies. Note the direction of the intercept vector. Note the time of intercept. Not the various altitudes reported. If this is a real document it would have been generated right after the event. That means, it’s details may be more accurate than pilot’s memories of an event 14 years before.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet on USS Nimitz
CVW-11 EVENT SUMMARY 14 NOVEMBER 04
EVENT SUMMARY
EVENT 3
Event
Side
Narrative
ADEX
3A1,3C1,
3D2
110/100, 303/305, 401
FAST EAGLES 110/100 UPON TAKE OFF WERE VECTORED BY PRINCETON AND BANGER (1410L) TO INTERCEPT UNID CONTACT AT 160@40NM (N3050.8 W11746.9) (NIMITZ N3129.3 W11752.8). PRINCETON INFORMED FAST EAGLES THAT THE CONTACT WAS MOVING AT 100 KTS @ 25KFT ASL.
FAST EAGLES (110/100) COULD NOT FIND UNID AIRBORNE CONTACT AT LOCATION GIVEN BY PRINCETON. WHILE SEARCHING FOR UNID AIR CONTACT, FAST EAGLES SPOTTED LARGE UNID OBJECT IN WATER AT 1430L. PILOTS SAW STEAM/ SMOKE/CHURNING AROUND OBJECT. PILOT DESCRIBES OBJECT INITIALLY AS RESEMBLING A DOWNED AIRLINER, ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS MUCH LARGER THAN A SUBMARINE.
WHILE DESCENDING FROM 24K FT TO GAIN A BETTER VIEW OF THE UNID CONTACT IN THE WATER, FAST EAGLE 110 SIGHTED AN AIRBORNE CONTACT WHICH APPEARED TO BE CAPSULE SHAPED (WINGLESS, MOBILE, WHITE, OBLONG PILL SHAPED, 25-30 FEET IN LENGTH, NO VISIBLE MARKINGS AND NO GLASS) 5NM WEST FROM POSITION OF UNID OBJECT IN WATER.
CAPSULE (ALT 4K FT AT COURSE 300) PASSED UNDER FAST EAGLE 110 (ALT 16KFT). FAST EAGLE 110 BEGAN TURN TO ACQUIRE CAPSULE. WHILE 110 WAS DESCENDING AND TURNING, CAPSULE BEGAN CLIMBING AND TURNED INSIDE OF FAST EAGLE’S TURN
RADIUS. PILOT ESTIMATED THAT CAPSULE ACHIEVED 600-700 KTS. FAST EAGLE 110 COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE RATE OF TURN AND THE GAIN OF ALTITUDE BY THE CAPSULE. 110 LOST VISUAL ID OF CAPSULE IN HAZE.
LAST VISUAL CONTACT HAD CAPSULE AT 14KFT HEADING DUE EAST.
NEITHER FAST EAGLES 110 OR 100 COULD ACHIEVE RADAR LOCK OR ANY OTHER MEANS OF POSITIVE ID. FAST EAGLE 100 WAS FLYING HIGH COVER AND SAW THE ENGAGEMENT BY FAST EAGLE 110. FAST EAGLE 100 CONFIRMS 110 VISUAL ID; 100 LOST CONTACT IN HAZE AS WELL.
CPA OF ACFT 110 FROM CONTACT 4000-5000 FT.
FAST EAGLES, DEVILS AND HOBOS PERFORMED ADEX IN MULLET AFTER VECTOR FROM PRINCETON TOWARD UNID CONTACT. EACH PERFORMED 1X RUN. FAST EAGLE VID 2X GROUPS:
1X SIM F8, WINGS CLEAN
The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) (in the background) and the USS Higgins (DDG 76)
1X SIM F8, WINGS CLEAN. RTB BMB
3A2,3B1
105/106, 204/200
FAST EAGLES AND CAMELOTS PERFORMED BMB AT 2507. EACH DROPPED 4X MK-82. FAST EAGLES PERFORMED 3X RUNS; CAMELOTS 2X RUNS
SSC
2E2
503
RAVEN PERFORMED SSC AT NM/OK. 2X CONTACTS; NO PHOTO’S:
1- CHARTER FISHING BOAT N3126 E11714 COURSE 030 @ 10-15 KTS AT 1415L.
2- COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT, N3111 E11803 COURSE 300 @ 5 KTS AT 1430L.
LOG/PG
2H1
616
INDIAN PERFORMED LOG (3X PACKAGE RUNS TO PRINCETON), DLQ’S ON PRINCETON AND PLANE GUARD IN VA.
TOTAL ORDNANCE EXPENDED: NONE
EVENT 4
Event
Side
Narrative
ADEX
4A1,4B1
4D1
111,212,
201,413
FAST EAGLES (BLUE), CAMELOTS (RED), AND HOBOS (BLUE) PERFORMED ADEX IN OPAREA MISR-1E, 2V2. ALL EXECUTED 3X RUNS.
BMB
4C1
310,311
DEVILS CONDUCTED BMB IN OPAREA 2507. EACH EXECUTED 2X RUNS AND BOTH EXPENDED 2X BLU-111 (TOTAL 4 X BLU-111).
TOTAL ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 4 X BLU-111 EVENT 5
Event
Side
Narrative
CSAR
5B1,5E1
5F1,5A1,
5H2
206,501,
106,613
CAMELOTS, BANGER, FAST EAGLES, INDIANS, AND RAVENS PERFORMED CSAR AT 090@17NM FROM NIMITZ. RAVENS JAMMED WHILE CAMELOTS EXECUTED RESCORT AT 12,000FT. BANGER CONTROLED EVENT 5 (CSAR). FAST EAGLE PERFORMED ROLE OF RMC. INDIANS REMAINED WITH CAMELOTS IN RESCORT.
AIC
5C1,5D1
5A2
303,305,
410,401,
102,100
FAST EAGLES, DEVILS, AND HOBOS PERFORMED AIC IN OPAREA MISR- 1E. 305 DROPED OUT OF AIC, 2V3. HOBO AND DEVIL PERFORMED RED AIR, FAST EAGLES AND HOBO PERFORMED BLUE AIR.
TOTAL ORDNANCE EXPENDED: NONE
EVENT 6
Event
Side
Narrative
RTNK
6A1,6B1
105,211
CAMELOTS AND FAST EAGLES PERFORMED ROLE AS RTNK FOR EVENT 6 (AIC).
AIC
6B2,6C2
307,310,
201
CAMELOTS (RED) AND DEVILS (BLUE) PERFORMED AIC IN OPAREA MISR-1E. EACH EXCUTED 3X RUNS.
GANGPLANK
6C1
311
DEVIL PERFORMED GANGPLANK IN OPAREA PAPA-2. DEVIL SIMULATED 2 X MK-82.
NVG
6D1
402,403
HOBOS PERFORMED NVG OVHD. NSTR.
TOTAL ORDNANCE EXPENDED: NONE
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