Unnamed Edwards test pilot reportedly told Stratton that he and wingman saw and circled stationary black cube until fuel limits forced departure.

Record

Date / period

Date unknown

Reported event / document

Unnamed Edwards test pilot reportedly told Stratton that he and wingman saw and circled stationary black cube until fuel limits forced departure.

Evidence type

Retrospective secondhand witness account

Original data accessible?

No original flight/sensor records publicly authenticated

Verification status

Unverified; exact source text pending

Competing explanations / missing data

Witnesses unnamed; no independent wingman statement; unknown object range and dimensions

Next step

Check primary memoir passage and seek mission records. 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 'cube' sightings in hosted text are Graves's 2014-15 East Coast cube-in-sphere reports (SRC-209, SRC-041), not Edwards; a web search found black-cube reports only at Wright-Patterson. No mission record found. Flag stays.

Source ID

SRC-164