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Old December 12th 18, 05:15 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Miloch
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Huge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A
Mystery

more at
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...ains-a-mystery

Yesterday, meteorologists, and anyone else watching weather radar in southern
Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky, noticed an unusual
formation drifting through the area. Although evidence remains limited, this was
likely a burst of chaff released from a U.S. military aircraft, but there is
still no clear explanation as to why the plane released the radar-reflecting
countermeasures in this particular area.

At around 3:00 PM Central Time on Dec. 10, 2018, weathermen at local news
stations in the area, as well as a National Weather Service (NWS) in Paducah,
Kentucky, began tracking the radar "blob" as it dramatically expanded in length
and began to move southward. Closer to 2:00 AM Central Time on Dec. 11, 2018,
Wayne Hart, the Chief Meteorologist at ABC-affiliate WEHT in Evansville,
Indiana, took to Twitter to offer the first real information about the radar
reflective plume.

"Information from a pilot appears to confirm that chaff was the mysterious radar
echo that traversed #tristatewx late Monday afternoon/evening," Hart Tweeted
out. "Pilot was told by EVV [Evansville Regional Airport] Air Traffic Control
that chaff was released by a military C130 [sic] northwest of Evansville."

There has been no additional information about what specific service or unit the
C-130 might have belonged to or what variant or subvariant it might have been.
Hart also did not explain what the purpose of the release might have been beyond
telling another Twitter user that it had been related to an unspecified military
exercise. We have to stress that this explanation is far from official or
corroborated in any tangible way.


more at
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...ains-a-mystery



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Old December 12th 18, 10:43 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
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Default Chaff...ya...they still use the stuff...read about the lastest SNAFU... - chaff stream.jpg ...


I have seen this happen several times over WA and OR when OR ANG F-15s
& F-16s are up playing. Usually summer, when WSR-88D weather radars
are in more sensitive 'fair weather' mode. Looks like snakes as the
winds spread it around.

On 11 Dec 2018 20:15:58 -0800, Miloch
wrote:

...he

Huge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A
Mystery

more at
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...ains-a-mystery

Yesterday, meteorologists, and anyone else watching weather radar in southern
Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky, noticed an unusual
formation drifting through the area. Although evidence remains limited, this was
likely a burst of chaff released from a U.S. military aircraft, but there is
still no clear explanation as to why the plane released the radar-reflecting
countermeasures in this particular area.

At around 3:00 PM Central Time on Dec. 10, 2018, weathermen at local news
stations in the area, as well as a National Weather Service (NWS) in Paducah,
Kentucky, began tracking the radar "blob" as it dramatically expanded in length
and began to move southward. Closer to 2:00 AM Central Time on Dec. 11, 2018,
Wayne Hart, the Chief Meteorologist at ABC-affiliate WEHT in Evansville,
Indiana, took to Twitter to offer the first real information about the radar
reflective plume.

"Information from a pilot appears to confirm that chaff was the mysterious radar
echo that traversed #tristatewx late Monday afternoon/evening," Hart Tweeted
out. "Pilot was told by EVV [Evansville Regional Airport] Air Traffic Control
that chaff was released by a military C130 [sic] northwest of Evansville."

There has been no additional information about what specific service or unit the
C-130 might have belonged to or what variant or subvariant it might have been.
Hart also did not explain what the purpose of the release might have been beyond
telling another Twitter user that it had been related to an unspecified military
exercise. We have to stress that this explanation is far from official or
corroborated in any tangible way.


more at
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...ains-a-mystery



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Old December 12th 18, 05:20 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Miloch
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Default Chaff...ya...they still use the stuff...read about the lastest SNAFU... - chaff stream.jpg ...

In article , not my real pseudonym
says...


I have seen this happen several times over WA and OR when OR ANG F-15s
& F-16s are up playing. Usually summer, when WSR-88D weather radars
are in more sensitive 'fair weather' mode. Looks like snakes as the
winds spread it around.


I can remember finding the old fashioned chaff lying on the ground...looked like
the tinsel you put on Christmas trees...not sure they use it anymore.



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Old December 13th 18, 12:55 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
F. Russell
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:20:55 -0800, Miloch wrote:


I can remember finding the old fashioned chaff lying on the ground...looked like
the tinsel you put on Christmas trees...not sure they use it anymore.


Hasn't the use of chaff been superseded by ECM, or electronic countermeasures?

Special ECM aircraft have been developed and used since Vietnam
and maybe even before.

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Old December 13th 18, 03:00 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Miloch
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Default Chaff...ya...they still use the stuff...read about the lastest

In article , F. Russell says...

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:20:55 -0800, Miloch wrote:


I can remember finding the old fashioned chaff lying on the ground...looked like
the tinsel you put on Christmas trees...not sure they use it anymore.


Hasn't the use of chaff been superseded by ECM, or electronic countermeasures?


Mmmmm....nope




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Special ECM aircraft have been developed and used since Vietnam
and maybe even before.


 




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