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Re:American Airlines confirms UFO contact over New Mexico on... by bluesnowmonkey on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @10:28PM (#26246267)
A320 and U-2 go the same speed. Also the U-2 has big wings and a big radar signature. Basically this makes no sense.
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Re:American Airlines confirms UFO contact over New Mexico on... by mike_d on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:09AM (#26246813)
They go the same speed, but the U-2 is at twice the altitude.

Due to retinal persistence you will see the part of an aircraft that is longest in the direction of travel (the body) more clearly than the wings. Only military aircraft carry radar, commercial planes depend on TCAS which requires the other object to be transmitting a beacon signal.

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