Background and documented career
In his 2025 written testimony, Wiggins identified himself as an active-duty Navy senior chief operations specialist with approximately 23 years of service. He described duties involving sensor tracks, the air and surface picture, and navigation safety. [1]
The House Oversight task force listed him as a UAP witness for its September 9, 2025 hearing. That designation records the capacity in which he appeared; the committee's invitation itself does not validate the physical interpretation of his sighting. [2]
What has been claimed or reported
Wiggins dated the encounter to February 15, 2023, off Southern California. He said he moved between the combat information center and bridge wing, saw a light rise from the waterline, and observed four objects depart together. He subsequently checked a radar picture that no longer showed them. [1]
What the public record supports
Weaponized published footage attributed to USS Jackson, source-frame screenshots with time and location readouts, and crew dialogue in April 2025. Its report describes two objects tracked in the obtained infrared footage. These materials provide a public record to examine alongside the witness account, rather than an independently measured reconstruction of every reported movement. [3]
Limits, disputes and open questions
His written statement expressly calls the apparent near-instantaneous acceleration subjective and identifies the testimony as personal, not an official Navy conclusion. A sightline near the waterline is an observation; interpreting it as an object physically crossing the sea surface requires additional evidence. [1]
The publishers disclose that the video was stabilized and some screenshots sharpened. The release supplies selected imagery and witness descriptions, not a complete radar dataset or calibrated speed analysis. Their report leaves the objects' origin, destination, operator and purpose unknown. [3]
Timeline of the account and record
Official hearing record
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Sources and what they establish
- Statement of Alexandro C. Wiggins ↗U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · 2025-09-09
Primary witness statement: self-described service background, duties, encounter chronology, sensor observations and express limitations. It is personal testimony, not Navy validation.
- Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection ↗U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · 2025-09-09
Official hearing date, witness list and identification of Wiggins as a UAP witness.
- The USS Jackson Tic Tac UAP / Imaged Off the Coast of Southern California ↗Weaponized · 2025-04-08
Original footage release, source-frame metadata, processing disclosure and the publishers' account of the event; not an independent government determination.
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