Stratton memoir reportedly describes unidentified object passing between aircraft piloted by John Hartley and Sam Lopez

Record

Date / period

2014-12-13

Reported event / document

Stratton memoir reportedly describes unidentified object passing between aircraft piloted by John Hartley and Sam Lopez

Evidence type

Retrospective published account (reader-reported)

Original data accessible?

No original flight or sensor records verified

Verification status

Attribution to memoir; precise passage and event unverified

Competing explanations / missing data

May or may not match other reported Roosevelt near misses; flight geometry, identity and object not established

Next step

Verify exact passage/page; seek firsthand interviews, Navy mishap/safety records and logs. Chunk M search (2026-11-12): Out of the Shadows was published 13 Oct 2026; no review or reporting found that independently confirms this passage, and no hosted Navy, FAA or congressional record names it. The only 'Hartley' in hosted text is an unrelated 1950s FBI clipping; no hosted record names Hartley or Lopez for 2014. The East Coast hazard reports and Graves's testimony are on CE-031 and CE-033. Flag stays.

Source ID

SRC-234