[Madam Theophilus]

For what it’s worth: I have a friend who is an electrical engineer and used to work for Northrup Grumman. One of the pieces of equipment he was involved with was used by the Air Force. The machine is able to send images of pseudo-targets to the planes radar systems in order to test a crew’s ability at simulated reconnaissance. The pilots cannot tell if what their radar picks up is real or not. Given that these UFOs defy physics, he believes what we are seeing are just videos of those exercises where the trainers were having fun with the pilots. That explains why the quality of the videos is so poor, and why it is only radar images that are being shown and not clear images of the actual UFOs in flight.

[ScubaDiver]

Almost none of the videos that have emerged have been 'radar images' as radar systems don't produce 'images.' Instead, the human interface device for a radar system in a modern fighter looks like this...

That's not a photo or a video. That's computer display using icons to represent the radar returns being collected by the onboard radar systems. There was a video recently released that was taken with a handheld camera (likely a cellphone) that recorded one of the radar MFDs in the CIC aboard a guided missile cruiser during a 'swarming event' of these unknown objects.

The 'videos' that have shown the object the naval aviators could not identify were mostly taken from the AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR targeting pods that hang from the bottom of the wing on F/A-18s. These aren't systems that are using radar. They're using thermographic cameras and low-light video cameras, a COMPLETLEY different technology.

[sevinufnine]

Interesting and brings a memory back to mind. My father was in the navy in the late 50’s. As a child the idea of UFOs interested me. I asked him what they were and he mentioned either they were of a demonic source (possibly), OR, that while in the navy they were in the north Atlantic and were told if they saw any “strange lights” in the sky it was just top secret Air Force craft being tested. Hmmm....

[sevinufnine]

“The machine is able to send images of pseudo-targets to the planes radar systems in order to test a crew’s ability at simulated reconnaissance.”

Another random thought here.... what IF this technology is targeted to be used in a similar fashion to COVID? SCARE the general population out of their minds!!

[Lazamataz]

For what it’s worth: I have a friend who is an electrical engineer and used to work for Northrup Grumman. One of the pieces of equipment he was involved with was used by the Air Force. The machine is able to send images of pseudo-targets to the planes radar systems in order to test a crew’s ability at simulated reconnaissance. The pilots cannot tell if what their radar picks up is real or not. Given that these UFOs defy physics, he believes what we are seeing are just videos of those exercises where the trainers were having fun with the pilots. That explains why the quality of the videos is so poor, and why it is only radar images that are being shown and not clear images of the actual UFOs in flight.

The big hole in your theory: These objects have also been observed by soldiers USGI Issue Mark 1 Eyeballs.

[steve86]

The radar image projection capability is used broadly in the Middle East, particularly during invasive raids against nuc sites under construction, etc. It doesn’t explain sightings that involve multiple modalities (i.e. radar, FLIR, visual).