Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexandro Wiggins is a U.S. Navy active-duty service member with 23 years of service. He became the first active-duty Navy official to testify publicly before Congress about UAP, appearing at the September 9, 2025 House Oversight hearing (see src-uap-transparency-hearing-2026-04).
Key Testimony
Wiggins reported a 2023 USS Jackson incident: a self-luminous Tic Tac-shaped object emerged from the ocean, linked up with three other similar objects, then all four vanished with near-instantaneous synchronized acceleration — no sonic boom, no conventional propulsion signatures. He proposed a three-point framework for improving UAP reporting: (1) aviation/maritime safety first, (2) standardized checklists and training, and (3) reporting without stigma or retribution.
Notable Quotes
“What I observed and what our crew recorded was not consistent with conventional aircraft or drones. A self-luminous Tic Tac-shaped object emerged from the ocean before linking up with three other similar objects.”
“Sailors need to know that reporting UAP encounters will not harm their careers.”
Incident Technical Details (June 2026 reporting)
Per src-newsnationnow-california-uap-tic-tac-2026-06, additional technical specifics about the USS Jackson encounter:
- Date/time: February 15, 2023, approximately 19:15 PST
- Location: Whiskey-291 warning area off Southern California
- Detection sequence: contact first appeared on radar; Wiggins then sought visual confirmation
- Thermal imagery: the ship’s Star SAFIRE multi-spectral imaging system captured thermal footage of two of the four objects
- Comparison methodology: Wiggins deliberately recorded a simultaneous clip of a known conventional aircraft — showing air signature and visible wings — as a “Checkmate” counter to skeptical colleagues
- Independent review: a former unnamed DoD analyst found “absolutely no aircraft within that line of sight that match up with what we see in the video”
- No official follow-up: no formal DoD incident report was filed; no government agency debriefed the crew afterward
- Public disclosure path: footage first released by filmmaker jeremy-corbell on his “Weaponized” podcast before Wiggins’s September 2025 House testimony