The odd thing about the Nimitz story is that it wasn't just pilots, but an entire carrier group, which was undergoing initial training/practical operation of it

The odd thing about the Nimitz story is that it wasn't just pilots, but an entire carrier group, which was undergoing initial training/practical operation of it's brand new Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)[1], which essentially allows various ships and aircraft to combine or fuse and radar data.. A plane for example could radar lock and fire a missile at something it's radar doesn't see. Pilot error is definitely possible, but multiple systems also failing at the same time seems less likely. If it is a sensor issue, it seems to have persisted into more recent versions of the system and their exercises.[2] On one hand it's possible it's due to working out kinks with new systems. On the other if you had craft and you wanted to see how well it could perform against CEC radar it would have been a pretty good time to do so. Of course it's possible even given all that the whole thing is bogus. [1]https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA471258.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA471258.pdf Page 19 [2]https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28305/carrier-group-in-recent-ufo-encounters-had-new-air-defense-tech-just-like-nimitz-in-2004-incident https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28305/carrier-group-in... [2]https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28231/multiple-f-a-18-pilots-disclose-recent-ufos-encounters-new-radar-tech-key-in-detection https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28231/multiple-f-a-18-...