USS Jackson Tic Tac witness lead: Wiggins says AARO sought a SCIF follow-up
A new source-led records item is worth tracking because it connects a public military-witness account, a congressional hearing record, and a claimed AARO follow-up step. Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexandro C. Wiggins has already described the USS Jackson event in public testimony; the new piece is his reported account that AARO later sought to bring him into a SCIF through his chain of command.
The short version
- UAP Logbook says Wiggins told the House Task Force on September 9, 2025 that he observed four self-luminous Tic Tac-shaped objects from USS Jackson on February 15, 2023.
- The reported location was the W-291 warning area off Southern California while USS Jackson was operating in the Southern California Range Complex.
- The September 2026 source article says a WEAPONIZED episode carried Wiggins’s claim that AARO later sought a SCIF follow-up through his chain of command.
- The source separates what is in testimony and written statements from what rests on a later interview/podcast account.
What the records say
The concrete record begins with Wiggins’s public testimony and written statement. According to the source article, he placed the event at about 19:15 Pacific time on February 15, 2023 while USS Jackson was inside W-291 off Southern California. He described duties that involved comparing the shipboard radar picture with what he could see outside.
The account summarized by UAP Logbook says a luminous Tic Tac-shaped object appeared from the ocean and linked with three similar objects before the four disappeared together. Wiggins reportedly said he did not observe ordinary propulsion signatures, exhaust, control-surface articulation, or a sonic boom.
The new September 2026 hook is procedural rather than evidentiary: Wiggins reportedly said AARO wanted him to repeat the account in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. That claim matters because it may show follow-up interest, but it does not by itself identify the objects.
Media and records limits
The available image is a platform-context image of USS Jackson, not source evidence of the reported objects. No public sensor video, radar track, ship log extract, or classified SCIF record is available in the source article.
The strongest public material remains the named witness account and its public-record trail. The missing material is the kind that would allow independent checks: raw radar data, exact range and bearing, ship logs, environmental conditions, and any AARO handling record.
Why this one is worth tracking
This item is not a new sky video. It is a source-linked records-follow-up lead tied to a named military witness, a stated operating area, a congressional testimony record, and a claimed AARO process step.
The value is in tracking whether the SCIF-follow-up claim produces a public paper trail or official confirmation. Until then, the event should be held as a serious witness/records lead, not as proof of origin.
Open questions
- Can the hearing record, written statement, and any shipboard records be matched line by line?
- Did AARO confirm or document the reported SCIF request?
- Are there releasable radar, electro-optical, deck-log, or range-control records for USS Jackson in W-291 on February 15, 2023?
- What ordinary maritime, aircraft, drone, range-activity, sensor, or reflection explanations can be tested against the reported time and location?