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This is why I believe what they saw was some sort of test of a FLIR defeating tech. Like an IR laser projection from a sub launched drone. It explains why it co

This is why I believe what they saw was some sort of test of a FLIR defeating tech. Like an IR laser projection from a sub launched drone. It explains why it could move so fast and have no propulsion, it was just a laser dot moving around the sky and he was the cat chasing it around.

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fortran77 7y ago
Or simply some FOD on the FLIR lens or sensor that bounced around a bit as the plane was moving.
- derefr 7y ago
  Multiple planes saw it from different angles at the same time.
ComputerGuru 7y ago
I’m not sure how you can project anything into space that would be seen with continuity by both man and machine to look and act the same (keep in mind IR and visible light have different properties). If you’ve ever played with a laser pointer you’ll know what I mean: it drives the cat crazy when it jumps/skips/disappears because now it’s being projected on a different plane of surface (in the air: a different cloud or haze). It’s the continuity of movement (rather than many other “UFO” sightings reporting an object “suddenly appearing somewhere else in the sky”) that makes this all the more intriguing. An explanation Must take all this into account, and whatever it is, alien or terrestrial, it’s really cool tech, much more exciting than what you describe.
- whatshisface 7y ago
  Take a look at the Bragg curve. This explains it: https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/area-51-and-other-strange-places/bluefire-main/bluefire/particle-beams-and-saucer-dreams/ https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/area-51-and-other-strang...
  - mortenjorck 7y ago
    I wasn’t sure what to expect from that link, but it’s actually a really cool bit of educated speculation. > A device based upon this principle would make a really exquisite radar spoofing tool. The ionized plasma would give a good radar return, giving targeting radars something else to lock on to, instead of incoming aircraft. The ability to project an object of apparent solidity to enemy radar, instantly manipulatable, would be a most valuable little toy to have in your bag of tricks.
  - ComputerGuru 7y ago
    Thanks for an interesting read (and a blast from the past). As I mentioned in my post: the tech to pull that off would be extremely cool, terrestrial or otherwise!
- derefr 7y ago
  Prepare a long vertical trail of diffractive cloud media ahead of time, using some stealthy drones. Then draw on your “canvas” using a broad-spectrum beam, possibly from another stealthed drone (or combination of such.) The diffractive properties mean that the part of the “canvas” being hit becomes a point source, emitting in all directions (except directly above/below, where the rest of the “canvas” is—but unless you’re in a helicopter keeping still, you won’t really be able to notice that.) This is the kind of stuff we’ve been doing to fool guided air-to-air countermissiles into not hitting their targets for a long time now. Penaids. Just fancy ones.

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fortran77 7y ago

Or simply some FOD on the FLIR lens or sensor that bounced around a bit as the plane was moving.

derefr 7y ago
Multiple planes saw it from different angles at the same time.

ComputerGuru 7y ago

I’m not sure how you can project anything into space that would be seen with continuity by both man and machine to look and act the same (keep in mind IR and visible light have different properties). If you’ve ever played with a laser pointer you’ll know what I mean: it drives the cat crazy when it jumps/skips/disappears because now it’s being projected on a different plane of surface (in the air: a different cloud or haze). It’s the continuity of movement (rather than many other “UFO” sightings reporting an object “suddenly appearing somewhere else in the sky”) that makes this all the more intriguing. An explanation Must take all this into account, and whatever it is, alien or terrestrial, it’s really cool tech, much more exciting than what you describe.

whatshisface 7y ago
Take a look at the Bragg curve. This explains it: https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/area-51-and-other-strange-places/bluefire-main/bluefire/particle-beams-and-saucer-dreams/ https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/area-51-and-other-strang...
- mortenjorck 7y ago
  I wasn’t sure what to expect from that link, but it’s actually a really cool bit of educated speculation. > A device based upon this principle would make a really exquisite radar spoofing tool. The ionized plasma would give a good radar return, giving targeting radars something else to lock on to, instead of incoming aircraft. The ability to project an object of apparent solidity to enemy radar, instantly manipulatable, would be a most valuable little toy to have in your bag of tricks.
- ComputerGuru 7y ago
  Thanks for an interesting read (and a blast from the past). As I mentioned in my post: the tech to pull that off would be extremely cool, terrestrial or otherwise!
derefr 7y ago
Prepare a long vertical trail of diffractive cloud media ahead of time, using some stealthy drones. Then draw on your “canvas” using a broad-spectrum beam, possibly from another stealthed drone (or combination of such.) The diffractive properties mean that the part of the “canvas” being hit becomes a point source, emitting in all directions (except directly above/below, where the rest of the “canvas” is—but unless you’re in a helicopter keeping still, you won’t really be able to notice that.) This is the kind of stuff we’ve been doing to fool guided air-to-air countermissiles into not hitting their targets for a long time now. Penaids. Just fancy ones.