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> I'm also not really impressed by their idea to use "advanced algorithms" and "machine learning". Are UFO encounters so frequent we need to resort to big data?
by tailspin2019 5y ago
> I'm also not really impressed by their idea to use "advanced algorithms" and "machine learning". Are UFO encounters so frequent we need to resort to big data?
I had that same thought - on first read this report seems to contain summary analysis of 144 UAP incidents. Not the sort of numbers that immediately make me think "I need ML to process those!"
- Sanzig 5y agoML/AI/"algorithms" are the buzzwords of the day in the public and private sectors right now.
- JohnBooty 5y agoAgreed; ML doesn't make sense to me in the context in which they present it. Seems like they just crammed in a buzzword there. Later in the report, it says this: One proposal is to use advanced algorithms to search historical data captured and stored by radars They do not mention ML in that context, but it seems like a more promising way in which they might usefully employ it.
- trasz 5y ago144 _reported_ incidents. They also talk about how some of the cases going unreported. It would make sense to sieve through the radar data (I'd guess all the ATC radars are being recorded, because why not?) to look for those.
- tailspin2019 5y agoYep that's fair enough. And satellite imagery too I guess.
- nradov 5y agoMost ATC now uses secondary radars. Those generally only pick up aircraft carrying transponders.
- trasz 5y agoGood point. What about the radars used by Air Force to guard the airspace? Do they cover the interior, or only the borders?
- xxpor 5y agoSecondary radar == just an RX only antenna?
- nradov 5y agoTransmitter also, but not powerful enough to get a useful return from an aircraft without a transponder at any significant range.
- jablongo 5y agoI think one proposal is to have advanced wide-field cameras placed in "locations of interest". This would be much like an optical observatory and would generate petabytes of data.
- tailspin2019 5y agoDo you have more details on this or a source? I’m curious!
- jablongo 5y agoThis program (FRIPON) https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/12/aa38649-20/aa38649-20.html https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/12/aa38649-... was cited here https://www.3af.fr/global/gene/link.php?doc_id=3695&fg=1 https://www.3af.fr/global/gene/link.php?doc_id=3695&fg=1 as a candidate for repurposing for UAP detection. I'm not familiar with the legitimacy of the 3af french org, so perhaps should be taken w/ a grain of salt?
- tailspin2019 5y agoInteresting!