David Fravor
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David Fravor is a retired U.S. Navy commander and former F/A-18 pilot best known for his eyewitness account of the 2004 "Tic Tac" UFO encounter off the USS Nimitz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Fravor canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Fravor Context triple: [2004 USS Nimitz incident, involvedPersonnel, David Fravor]
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A.
Keith Fraase
Keith Fraase is a film editor best known for his work on the movie "Chappaquiddick."
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B.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
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C.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
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D.
David Franko
David Franko is a film editor known for his work on the adventure-comedy movie "The Lost City."
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E.
Drew Friedman
Drew Friedman is an American illustrator and cartoonist renowned for his highly detailed, often satirical portraits of celebrities and pop culture figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Fravor Target entity description: David Fravor is a retired U.S. Navy commander and former F/A-18 pilot best known for his eyewitness account of the 2004 "Tic Tac" UFO encounter off the USS Nimitz.
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A.
Keith Fraase
Keith Fraase is a film editor best known for his work on the movie "Chappaquiddick."
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B.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
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C.
Matthew Shafer
Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
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D.
David Franko
David Franko is a film editor known for his work on the adventure-comedy movie "The Lost City."
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E.
Drew Friedman
Drew Friedman is an American illustrator and cartoonist renowned for his highly detailed, often satirical portraits of celebrities and pop culture figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviator
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| aircraftFlown |
F/A-18 Hornet
ⓘ
F/A-18 Super Hornet ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
|
| allegedSensorDataAssociatedWithEvent | FLIR video from F/A-18 aircraft ⓘ |
| associatedProgram | Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | Global War on Terrorism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEventWitnessed | November 2004 ⓘ |
| describedObjectManeuverabilityAs | highly maneuverable ⓘ |
| describedObjectPropulsionAs | no visible means of propulsion ⓘ |
| describedObjectShapeAs | white Tic Tac shaped with no visible control surfaces ⓘ |
| describedObjectSpeedAs | beyond known aircraft performance ⓘ |
| employer | United States Navy ⓘ |
| eventLaterPublicizedBy |
New York Times 2017 article on Pentagon UFO program
ⓘ
linked to:
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force
|
| fieldOfActivity |
UFO disclosure activism
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| knownFor | detailed public descriptions of a military UFO encounter ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance |
The Joe Rogan Experience
ⓘ
linked to:
Joe Rogan
various U.S. television news programs ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| name | David Fravor ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident
ⓘ
linked to:
2004 USS Nimitz incident
|
| notableFor |
eyewitness account of the 2004 Tic Tac UFO encounter
ⓘ
involvement in the USS Nimitz UFO incident ⓘ |
| notableQuoteContext | describing the Tic Tac as not behaving like any known aircraft ⓘ |
| objectDescribedAs | Tic Tac shaped UFO ⓘ |
| occupation |
aviator
ⓘ
fighter pilot ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfEventWitnessed |
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern California Bight
|
| positionHeld | commanding officer of a Navy fighter squadron ⓘ |
| retiredFrom | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOfYears | approximately 18 years ⓘ |
| spokeOn | flight characteristics of the Tic Tac object ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| testifiedBefore | United States Congress ⓘ |
| testimonyTopic |
2004 Nimitz Tic Tac encounter
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unidentified anomalous phenomena ⓘ |
| vesselAssociatedWithEvent |
USS Nimitz
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Princeton ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David Fravor Description of subject: David Fravor is a retired U.S. Navy commander and former F/A-18 pilot best known for his eyewitness account of the 2004 "Tic Tac" UFO encounter off the USS Nimitz.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.