Ryan Graves
Former Navy F/A-18 pilot; head of Americans for Safe Aerospace
- Service
- US Navy F/A-18F pilot, about a decade
- Squadron
- VFA-11 'Red Rippers', NAS Oceana, Virginia
- Sightings
- From 2014, Warning Area W-72 off Virginia Beach
- Organization
- Executive director, Americans for Safe Aerospace
- Testimony
- House Oversight subcommittee, July 26, 2023
Former Navy pilot who testified in 2023 that his squadron repeatedly saw unknown objects off Virginia and that pilots fear reporting them.
What is Ryan Graves known for?
Ryan Graves is a former US Navy F/A-18F pilot who flew with Strike Fighter Squadron 11, the Red Rippers, from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. He has said that from 2014 his squadron's aircrews regularly detected unknown objects in a training area off Virginia Beach after their jets received upgraded radar.
At the House Oversight subcommittee hearing of July 26, 2023, he testified about one encounter in which, he said, an object described as a dark gray or black cube inside a clear sphere came within about 50 feet of a lead aircraft. He told the committee that many military and commercial pilots fear professional consequences if they report such sightings.
Graves founded Americans for Safe Aerospace, a group that collects pilot reports and presses for better UAP reporting, and he testified as its executive director. His accounts are presented as safety concerns; the government has not published an identification of the objects he described.
One of three witnesses at the July 2023 House UAP hearing.
Mentioned on these pages
- Rabbit holeThe 2023 House UAP Hearing
- PersonGlenn Grothman
Sources
- House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, 'Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency' (Serial No. 118-53), GovInfoPrimary text
- House Committee on Oversight, hearing page, July 26, 2023Primary text
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