Nov 4, 2026 · 10 min · 8 segments
Kevin Day was a Top Gun air intercept controller with hundreds of intercepts under his belt, and everything he’d ever tracked was explainable. Then, in November 2004, odd tracks started coming down…
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And, you know, back in the day, Jimmy, I used to listen to Art Bell, Coast to Coast AM.
You know, if something flew, my job was to identify it, classify it, and based on what it was, take appropriate, make an appropriate response.
And, of course, with the exception of November 2004, the strike group was getting ready to go on deployment.
I was going to go work for the Admiral over at Coronado Island, Commander in Naval Air Forces Pacific.
And my job, I was the designer for an air defense exercise, which was my belly wick.
So the strike group could fine tune themselves and go on deployment and hopefully come back alive.
And, you know, back in the day, Jimmy, I used to listen to Art Bell, Coast to Coast AM.
You know, if something flew, my job was to identify it, classify it, and based on what it was, take appropriate, make an appropriate response.
And, of course, with the exception of November 2004, the strike group was getting ready to go on deployment.
I was going to go work for the Admiral over at Coronado Island, Commander in Naval Air Forces Pacific.
And my job, I was the designer for an air defense exercise, which was my belly wick.
So the strike group could fine tune themselves and go on deployment and hopefully come back alive.
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