Investigating the 1988 Tomcat Vs UFO / UAP Dogfight over Puerto Rico
Analysis Summary
Amori Rivera
Contact Experience Triad
J Martin
Contact Experience Triad
The Encounter
The account involves Amari Rivera, a hotel worker in Puerto Rico, who had a strange encounter in 1988 while driving to take photos of a band. He saw three F-14 Tomcats circling a large UFO. Rivera took four photographs, showing the jets making slow passes around the object. Another witness, journalist J Martin, described a triangular UFO and reported that two F-14s disappeared while trying to intercept it. Over 100 witnesses corroborated this event. After the encounter, Rivera and others experienced ongoing interest in the incident, and Rivera shared his photographs publicly. The incident raised questions about military involvement and led to further investigations into the lost F-14s.
Program Intelligence Analysis
The video discusses a 1988 incident off the coast of Puerto Rico involving multiple witnesses, including Amori Rivera and Jorge Martin, who reported sightings of F-14 Tomcats engaging with a UFO. The narrative explores the lack of transparency surrounding military aircraft losses during this period, suggesting possible cover-up mechanisms.
Witness accounts from 1988 indicate military engagement with a UFO, including the disappearance of two F-14s.
Amori Rivera
“The Jets followed the UFO, they seemed to be surveilling it.”
J Martin
“The jet fighter just disappeared, vanished midair next to the UFO.”
Anonymous Navy Officer
“It was unusual to hear of two planes being lost in one day.”
Managed by: US Navy
Intercept unidentified aerial phenomena
In 1988 off the coast of Puerto Rico, Amori Rivera witnessed three F-14 Tomcats circling a UFO and managed to take four photographs of the event.
Jorge Martin reported that in December 1988, three F-14s were chasing a triangular UFO, with two of the jets disappearing midair.
A Navy source claimed that two F-14s were lost on the same day in December 1988, under circumstances that were classified and not due to midair collision.
The Navy lost two F-14s on December 16, 1988, due to failing brakes, but details about the incident are scarce.
Witnessed F-14s circling a UFO while driving in Puerto Rico.
Amori Rivera · First-PersonEncounter Context
Factual Detailsoff the coast of Puerto Rico
Cabo Rojo, puerto_rico
Encounter Research Breakdown
Phenomenological AnalysisThe account discusses a UAP incident from 1988 involving multiple witnesses and some photographic evidence, but lacks detailed corroboration and specific verifiable details. The speaker emphasizes speculation and presents the information as entertainment, which diminishes the evidential strength.
The experiencer, Amari Rivera, observed three F14 Tom Cats circling a large UFO while driving.
“I saw three F14 Tom Cats circling a great big flying saucer, a UFO.”
Amari Rivera mentions that other witnesses contacted him regarding the UFO sighting.
“Between 1988 and 1992 I've been able to localize seven of these people.”
saw three jets and a large ufo
heard jets in the sky
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Five Observables (0/5)
Amari Rivera observed a large flying saucer while jets circled around it.
The encounter is notable for the corroboration of multiple independent witnesses and the involvement of military jets.
Described F-14s chasing a triangular UFO that vanished.
J Martin · First-PersonEncounter Context
Factual Detailsnear Amand Lake, Puerto Rico
puerto_rico
FAA confirmed air practices, Navy personnel denied involvement
Encounter Research Breakdown
Phenomenological AnalysisThe account describes a detailed encounter involving multiple witnesses and specific observations of a UAP and military jets. However, while there are many witnesses and some corroborative details, the lack of verifiable evidence and the reliance on anecdotal accounts limit the overall evidential strength.
The experiencer describes witnessing a bright, semicircular object that jets attempted to intercept.
“it was a almost semicircular something like a bul or a bowl of yellow light very bright”
The object displayed unusual behavior, causing jet fighters to vanish and split into two parts.
“the jet fighter just disappeared vanished midair next to the UFO”
The objects flew away rapidly after splitting, leaving witnesses in shock.
“both parts of the craft One Flew very fast to the to the north and one flew very fast to the East”
Bright yellow light and a triangular object splitting into two.
Five Observables (4/5)
A bright triangular object that split into two parts and flew away at high speed.
The encounter involved multiple witnesses and the unusual behavior of jet fighters disappearing midair, which adds to its significance.
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Amori Rivera
First-Person
Contact Experience Triad
J Martin
First-Person