USS Jackson (LCS-6) is a U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship. On February 15, 2023, it was the site of a UAP encounter reported by Senior Chief Operations Specialist alexandro-wiggins while operating in the Whiskey-291 warning area off Southern California.
The Encounter
At approximately 19:15 PST, Wiggins first detected a contact on the ship’s radar, then confirmed it visually — a tic-tac-uap-shaped object that appeared to “surface out of the water and going up” before three additional craft joined in coordinated formation approximately eight nautical miles away. The ship’s Star SAFIRE multi-spectral imaging system captured thermal footage of two of the four objects.
Wiggins deliberately recorded a simultaneous comparison clip of a known conventional aircraft — showing air signature and visible wings — as a “Checkmate” counter to potential skepticism. A former unnamed DoD analyst reviewed the footage and concluded “absolutely no aircraft within that line of sight” matched the sensor imagery.
All four craft accelerated and vanished from radar simultaneously. No formal DoD incident report was filed and no government agency debriefed the crew afterward.
Footage was first released publicly by filmmaker jeremy-corbell on his “Weaponized” podcast before Wiggins testified at the September 9, 2025 House Oversight hearing.