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It would have been visible with thermal cameras
by chucklenorris 5y ago
It would have been visible with thermal cameras
- serf 5y agowe don't know it wasn't; it's only mentioned that night vision didn't illuminate it. night vision systems are , most typically, very low-light sensitive cameras that occasionally have specific-wavelength illuminators -- they aren't generally thermal cameras. I tend to think something with a run-time like that is liquid fuel based, too.
- Jtsummers 5y agoRight. A lot of night vision goggles used by pilots like this will be more along the lines of an image intensifier [0], an NVD [1]. Not thermal imaging, though some models also let you see near-infrared they're not, strictly, infrared goggles. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_intensifier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_intensifier [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-vision_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-vision_device
- postalrat 5y agohttps://youtu.be/YawBzT1sE6E?t=2790 https://youtu.be/YawBzT1sE6E?t=2790 It's likely they had thermal cameras available. There is a lot of video of police helicopters using thermal imaging to track people they are chasing. The audio I linked to makes me think they tried to use it but couldn't see the object.
- mgarfias 5y agoI assure You from racing r/c cars for years that an electric motor will also generate lots of heat.