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Former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot : “I have seen UFO craft in the skies over Israel”

Unknown1 witnessNamed sourcesJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AMTel Nof Airbase

Witnesses

1 witness

Duration

Unknown

Source material

3

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

53

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

r/UFOs

Live sighting record 2c05f0c7-fd9a-4fbc-ba0b-1aef3d43c541.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

91% illumination

Waxing gibbous — bright sky

Solar window

Sunrise6:42 AM
Sunset4:48 PM
Day length10h 06m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsPartly cloudy
Temperature53°F
Cloud cover55% · Mostly cloudy
Wind10 mph

Area activity

Within 2 days2 sightings within 60 mi

Meteor activity

Active showerQuadrantids · 120 ZHR
Peak windowJan 3

Context notes

Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)

Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Israel Time

Location

Tel Nof Airbase

Observers

1 witness

Witness account

Narrative

https://youtu.be/KzaRfZ3usuo?si=Bj27rBc2UuAIzZxi This video features an interview with Dror Gorlik, a former Israeli Squadron Commander Air Force fighter pilot with over 25,000 flight hours, who shares his firsthand account of observing an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). Key takeaways from the interview: The Encounter (1998): While returning from a training flight in an F-15 near the Tel Nof airbase, Gorlik observed a metallic, unidentified object. He described the object as having a si...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Tel Nof Airbase.

PublishedOct 25, 2026, 2:26 AM

r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.

Ledger

Source material

media

Primary footage

Open

Playable video asset embedded from the original source record.

source

Original report

Open

Direct source material from r/UFOs.

telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.