Re:U.S. Fighters About to Get Infrared Sensors That Could Be...
by hanniabu on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @03:41AM
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It seems the usually happen out at sea so it would make sense there's no ground based sensors or satellites watching a random spot in the ocean. As for the camera fuzziness, I can't help but think how it would look if I saw something and tried to record it. I have a decent camera on my phone, but if there's something in the sky it's going to be far away and my natural reaction would be to increase my zoom. Anybody that has ever done this knows that it gets extremely fuzzy. As for cameras on jets, I would thin that if the are any good high resolution cameras that they would be face down to capture the ground.
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Re:U.S. Fighters About to Get Infrared Sensors That Could Be...
by dmix on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @12:41PM
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That’s no excuse. These jets were doing a multi-agency testing operation to test out the new networking features for the jets sensors. Which means ships and satellites and other things were deployed in the area during the sighting in question.
I find it highly questionable during such a deployment only two jets in the same area (ie, the same light refraction area) saw the anomaly but nothing else did.
The entire point of these new networked systems is to have multiple sources to increase accuracy.
Additionally, satellites are always watching everything all the time. Multiple catch asteroids flying extremely fast all the time. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-asteroid-peril-isnt-science... (scroll down to see videos)