Statement of Alexandro C. Wiggins for Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection

Wiggins identifies himself as an active-duty Navy senior chief with about 23 years of service and says he served aboard USS Jackson during the reported incident.

I am an active-duty U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer (Operations Specialist) with approximately 23 years of service. During the incident described below, I was serving aboard USS Jackson (LCS-6).

Wiggins places the reported encounter at about 7:15 p.m. PST on February 15, 2023, in the W-291 Warning Area off Southern California.

Date/Time/Place: 15 February 2023 at approximately 1915 PST in the W-291 Warning Area off the Southern California coast.

Wiggins reports that a self-luminous Tic-Tac-shaped object emerged from the ocean, joined three similar objects, and that all four departed together without an observed sonic boom or conventional propulsion signature.

A self-luminous, “Tic-Tac”-shaped object was observed emerging from the ocean (transmedium), then linking up with three similar objects. All four departed simultaneously in a highly synchronized, near-instantaneous manner. No sonic boom or conventional propulsion signatures were observed.

Wiggins says the objects appeared on multiple sensors, including radar, and that video was recorded in the combat information center with a Star SAFIRE multispectral system.

Objects were detected on multiple sensors, including radar, and video was recorded inside CIC using a Star SAFIRE multi-spectral EO/IR system; location and time stamps are visible in the source video frames published by journalists.

Wiggins says he visually observed a light rising from the waterline and that the Star SAFIRE display corroborated his impression that it emerged from the ocean.

I visually observed a light rising from the waterline, consistent with a platform emerging from the ocean rather than distant surface lights or celestial rise. This was corroborated by what was being viewed on the SAFIRE display.

Wiggins reports that the emerging object joined three others and that the four maintained a relative geometry he interpreted as a controlled formation.

The emerging object linked up with three additional “Tic-Tac”-like objects. The four maintained relative geometry consistent with a controlled formation.

Wiggins says the four objects departed simultaneously with apparently near-instantaneous acceleration and disappeared from the radar picture immediately afterward.

All four objects departed at the same moment, with an acceleration profile that, subjectively, appeared near-instantaneous. No sonic boom or other acoustic signature associated with high-speed flight was perceived. Radar picture no longer displayed the objects immediately after departure.

Wiggins says the combat information center recorded handheld EO/IR video of at least two objects and that stabilized footage contains time, location, and platform readouts consistent with the encounter.

CIC crew recorded hand-held EO/IR video of at least two of the objects. The released, stabilized footage includes timestamps, lat/long, and platform readouts consistent with USS Jackson’s location in W-291 at the time of the encounter.

Wiggins says the recorded observation lacked standard heat-plume, exhaust, and control-surface signatures associated with conventional aircraft.

Across EO/IR, we did not observe standard propulsion signatures (heat plumes, exhaust) or control surface articulation commonly associated with fixed-wing or rotary-wing craft.

Wiggins says he later described the encounter publicly with Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp to preserve a first-hand record and reduce stigma for other service members.

I subsequently described the encounter publicly with journalists Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp to ensure an accurate, first-hand record exists and to reduce stigma for other service members who may have similar observations.

Wiggins summarizes his account as four Tic-Tac-like objects, one emerging from the ocean, departing in synchronized fashion without conventional signatures while shipboard sensors recorded the event.

I witnessed—corroborated by shipboard sensors—four Tic-Tac-like objects, one emerging from the ocean, then departing in synchronized fashion without conventional signatures. The event was recorded from within CIC