{"type":"locations","slug":"uss-jackson","title":"USS Jackson (LCS-6)","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/uss-jackson","description":"Independence-class US Navy vessel serving as a hearing-linked location for a 2023 trans-medium sighting claim in oversight testimony.","date":"2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Vessel"],"status":"confirmed","lat":32.888933,"lng":-117.9335,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Geography\n\nUSS Jackson is an Independence-class littoral combat ship in the U.S. Navy’s LCS fleet, delivered in 2015 as part of the Independence variant program and deployed under coastal strike mission contexts used around littoral operating areas.[^1]  \nNaval public releases later describe the ship as homeported in San Diego and part of Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One, placing its peacetime operating footprint squarely in Southern California tasking.[^2]  \nThe location coordinates above are the same reporting point used for the 2023 W-291 event narrative carried into hearing records, so this map point tracks that shipboard narrative geography.[^5]\n\n## Hearing context\n\nThe story originates in a House Oversight hearing on 9 September 2025 focused on UAP transparency and whistleblower protection, which formally announced witnesses and created the official proceeding where USS Jackson was first tied to congressional testimony.[^3][^4]  \nChief Alexandro Wiggins filed a written statement for that hearing and described being aboard USS Jackson in the W-291 Warning Area at 19:15 PST on 15 February 2023 when he observed the trans-medium object sequence.[^5]  \nThe hearing package and wrap-up materials then carry this account into committee deliberation, reframing it from a single anecdote into a source chain issue around sensor handling and reporting systems.[^4][^6][^8][^9]\n\n## Source chain\n\nThe public source chain here is explicit and bounded: Navy release material establishes vessel identity and operating base, while the hearing file links the incident through witness packet, hearing transcript, and official webcast archive.[^1][^2][^3][^5][^6][^8]  \nThat chain does not require intermediaries for provenance because each layer is maintained in congressional and Navy primary records that can be traced independently from the written statement to committee record closure.[^4][^7][^9]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Navy accepts delivery of USS Jackson (LCS-6)](https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2262901/navy-accepts-delivery-of-lcs-6/)\n[^2]: [USS Jackson (LCS-6) returns from initial deployment](https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/3189888/uss-jackson-lcs-6-returns-from-initial-deployment/)\n[^3]: [House hearing announcement on unidentified anomalous phenomena](https://oversight.house.gov/release/luna-announces-hearing-on-transparency-relating-to-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/)\n[^4]: [Restoring Public Trust hearing page](https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/restoring-public-trust-through-uap-transparency-and-whistleblower-protection/)\n[^5]: [Wiggins written statement PDF](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Wiggins-Written-Statement.pdf)\n[^6]: [Congressional hearing transcript PDF (CHRG-119hhrg61718)](https://www.congress.gov/119/chrg/CHRG-119hhrg61718/CHRG-119hhrg61718.pdf)\n[^7]: [Congress hearing event record](https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/118584)\n[^8]: [House Oversight hearing video archive entry](https://www.congress.gov/committees/video/house-oversight-and-government-reform/hsgo00/LBKRr5OvF6E)\n[^9]: [Hearing wrap-up: Government must be more transparent about UAPs](https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-government-must-be-more-transparent-about-uaps/)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/uss-jackson","title":"USS Jackson (LCS-6)","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/uss-jackson","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"North America"}