On November 14th, 2004, Navy pilots reported seeing a mysterious flying object about 100 miles southwest of San Diego. The footage they recorded—known infamously as the "Tic Tac" UFO— sparks fierce debate and remains an unsolved mystery. One of the pilot witnesses, Alex Dietrich, tells her story from that day. Can experts from the science and military community explain this phenomenon?

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