Tic Tac
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Tic Tac is the nickname given to a small, fast-moving unidentified flying object observed by U.S. Navy pilots during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tic Tac canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350093 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tic Tac Context triple: [2004 USS Nimitz incident, nicknameOfObject, Tic Tac]
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A.
TIC TOC
"TIC TOC" is a track by rapper 6ix9ine from his 2018 studio album *Dummy Boy*, known for its aggressive style and high-energy delivery.
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B.
TicPods
TicPods are a line of true wireless earbuds by Mobvoi known for integrating smart features and voice assistant support.
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C.
Tikkana
Tikkana was a prominent 13th-century Telugu poet and scholar best known for translating a major portion of the Mahabharata into Telugu and helping shape classical Telugu literature.
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D.
Tentyris
Tentyris is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Dendera, renowned for its well-preserved temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Hathor.
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E.
Tumbling Tacks
Tumbling Tacks is a large-scale, playful public sculpture by Coosje van Bruggen that transforms everyday thumbtacks into monumental, whimsical art.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tic Tac Target entity description: Tic Tac is the nickname given to a small, fast-moving unidentified flying object observed by U.S. Navy pilots during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident.
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A.
TIC TOC
"TIC TOC" is a track by rapper 6ix9ine from his 2018 studio album *Dummy Boy*, known for its aggressive style and high-energy delivery.
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B.
TicPods
TicPods are a line of true wireless earbuds by Mobvoi known for integrating smart features and voice assistant support.
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C.
Tikkana
Tikkana was a prominent 13th-century Telugu poet and scholar best known for translating a major portion of the Mahabharata into Telugu and helping shape classical Telugu literature.
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D.
Tentyris
Tentyris is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Dendera, renowned for its well-preserved temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Hathor.
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E.
Tumbling Tacks
Tumbling Tacks is a large-scale, playful public sculpture by Coosje van Bruggen that transforms everyday thumbtacks into monumental, whimsical art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UAP
ⓘ
unidentified flying object ⓘ |
| accelerationDescribedAs | extraordinary acceleration ⓘ |
| altitudeRangeReported | sea level to about 80,000 feet ⓘ |
| associatedWithIncident | 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | unidentified aerial phenomenon ⓘ |
| consideredBy |
skeptics as possibly misinterpreted conventional phenomena
ⓘ
some researchers as possible advanced technology ⓘ |
| countryOfObservation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfObservation | 2004 ⓘ |
| durationOfSeriesOfSightings | several days ⓘ |
| environmentOfObservation | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| flightCharacteristics |
no visible control surfaces
ⓘ
no visible exhaust plume ⓘ no visible wings ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| linkedTo | Carrier Strike Group 11 training exercises ⓘ |
| maneuverabilityDescribedAs | highly maneuverable ⓘ |
| mediaCoverageIn |
The New York Times
ⓘ
major international news outlets ⓘ |
| nickname | Tic Tac ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-quality military sensor data
ⓘ
multiple independent witnesses ⓘ radar and visual confirmation ⓘ |
| observedBy |
F/A-18 Super Hornet pilots
ⓘ
U.S. Navy pilots ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Navy personnel
|
| observedNear |
USS Nimitz
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Princeton ⓘ |
| observedOffCoastOf | Southern California ⓘ |
| officialStatusAsOf2024 | unexplained ⓘ |
| partOf | modern UAP discourse ⓘ |
| publicizedBy | To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science ⓘ |
| radarTrackedBy |
USS Princeton SPY-1 radar
ⓘ
linked to:
AN/SPY-1D(V) phased array radar
|
| reportedBy |
David Fravor
ⓘ
Jim Slaight ⓘ |
| reportedIn | U.S. Navy incident reports ⓘ |
| sensorTypesInvolved |
infrared
ⓘ
radar ⓘ visual observation ⓘ |
| shapeDescribedAs |
oblong
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| shapeResembles | Tic Tac mint candy ⓘ |
| sizeDescribedAs | about 40 feet long ⓘ |
| speedDescribedAs | very fast ⓘ |
| timeframeOfMainEncounter | November 2004 ⓘ |
| videoCommonlyKnownAs | Nimitz FLIR1 video ⓘ |
| videoRecordedBy | ATFLIR targeting pod ⓘ |
| witnessType | military aviators ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tic Tac Description of subject: Tic Tac is the nickname given to a small, fast-moving unidentified flying object observed by U.S. Navy pilots during the 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.