Updated this web page November 17, 2023
Added September 17, 2023
Military vehicles, aircraft and ships, and air traffic controllers can detect UAPs. The sensors are designed by scientists and engineers, and their effectiveness is crucial.
NASA seems to brush aside the engineering value of existing military and commercial UAP data expressing the need to start from scratch. They also exclude from their research existing military data that likely has data on confirmed ET built UAPs.
The SETI Nuggets Editor asked Google AI Bard:
What sensors do fighters use to detect UAPs?
This is Google AI Bard's answer:
"Fighters use a variety of sensors to detect UAPs, including:"
"Radar: Radar is the primary sensor used by fighters to detect UAPs. Radar works by sending out radio waves and then detecting the reflections of those waves from objects in the air. Radar can be used to detect UAPs at long range, even in bad weather."
"Electro-optical (EO) sensors: EO sensors, such as infrared (IR) and visible light cameras, can be used to identify and track UAPs. EO sensors can provide more detailed information about UAPs than radar, such as their shape, size, and color. However, EO sensors are less effective at detecting UAPs at long range or in bad weather."
"Electronic warfare (EW) sensors: EW sensors can be used to detect and track UAPs that are using electronic countermeasures (ECMs) to avoid detection by radar. ECMs are devices that can emit radio waves that interfere with radar signals. EW sensors can also be used to jam UAPs' radars and other electronic systems."
"In addition to these sensors, fighters may also carry other sensors that can be used to detect and track UAPs, such as acoustic sensors and laser sensors."
"The specific sensors that a fighter uses to detect UAPs will depend on the type of fighter and its mission. For example, a fighter that is designed for air superiority may have different sensors than a fighter that is designed for ground attack."
"It is important to note that no single sensor is perfect for detecting UAPs. UAPs can be very difficult to detect, and even the most advanced sensors can be fooled by ECMs and other countermeasures. Therefore, it is important to use a combination of sensors to improve the chances of detecting UAPs."
Also see:
The story behind the "Tic Tac" UFO sighting by Navy pilots in 2004 CBS News, July 26, 2023
"In a 2021 interview with "60 Minutes," Fravor, a graduate of the Top Gun naval flight school, also spoke about what he saw."
"He and Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich were training with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group about 100 miles southwest of San Diego, Favor told "60 Minutes." At the time, advanced radar on a ship that was a part of their training group, the USS Princeton, detected what operators called "multiple anomalous aerial vehicles" over the horizon, descending 80,000 feet in less than a second. Fravor and Dietrich diverted to investigate."
Added September 14, 2023
NASA Shares Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Report,NASA, September 14, 2023
NASA, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
My Comments
The UAP report rubber stamps the initial position of NASA on UAPs.
Added June 29, 2023
I wonder if various world leaders already have speeches ready to announce there are aliens in secret warehouses and the government has been lying for years.
Maybe US President Biden will say he didn't know about the UFO retrieval program.
What about NASA, Bezos, and Elon Musk? It appears there are several in parallel space programs.
Updated June 11, 2023
The SETI Nuggets Editor wonders how David Grusch's claim 'the US government has in its possession non-human crashed alien vehicles and dead ET pilots' will jive with the recent no ETs opinion expressed in NASA's May 31, 2023 open panel meeting.
I estimate that David Grusch is telling the truth.
Added June 3, 2023
5 Differences Between the U.S. Space Force and NASA, Popular Mechanics, Feb, 2023
https://www.popularmehanics.com/space/a42621826/5-differences-between-the-us-space-force-and-nasa/
"The United States government has had two official space organizations since 2019: NASA and the U.S. Space Force. Both agencies are dedicated to enhancing the nation’s understanding and knowledge about the new frontier, but they each have a very different focus. "
"NASA satellites look at forests, oceans, and other terrain features, tracking the movement of sand dunes and the changing patterns of floodwater and ice cover the Space Force is interested in specific sites in particular countries."
My Comments
If NASA is using satellites to look at the movement of forests, oceans, and other terrain features it doesn't seem tracking UAPs is part of their mission or ambit of expertise.
Will NASA shift the focus of their space program to tracking UAPs? NASA may nominally be a civilian agency however my bet is their findings will be classified as secret.
I guess the disclosure of UAPs and ETs will be done by citizen scientists.
Added June 3, 2023
NASA UAP Hearing Reveals Distrust Remains: What are you hiding? The Hill, June 2, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6SEbA4ixs0
Professor Avi Loeb believes the search for ETC built spacecraft probably will succeed using public data.
My Comments
The May 2023 NASA UAP Hearing discussed the need for better sensors and more data.
Why was the panel dismissive of the military sensors on aircraft, satellites, and ships? Is NASA going to outpace the multi-sensor capability of a carrier group?
Added June 1, 2023
Public Meeting on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, NASA, May 31, 2023
Comment by the SETI Nuggets Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQo08JRY0iM
Most people believe if an image held by the government includes ETC data it will be classified and never shown to the public.
Updated May 31, 2023
NASA Live stream UAP panel discussion, NASA, May 31, 2023
I watched the NASA Live: Official Stream presenting the discussion on UAPs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
Space.com, May 31, 2023
https://www.space.com/nasa-ufo-study-livestream-may-2023
"The agency will hold a meeting of the "independent study group" it formed nearly a year ago in June 2022 in order to study data related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), a new term that encompasses objects or occurrences in the sky, underwater or in space that can't be immediately identified. The meeting will mark the first time the group has discussed the results of its UAP investigation in public. The four-hour meeting will be available to watch online courtesy of a free livestream on NASA TV beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET (1430 GMT) on Wednesday (May 31)."
"Following the event, NASA will host an audio-only stream of a post-meeting media teleconference that will include Dan Evans of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, David Spergel, president, Chair of NASA's UAP independent study team and other members of the agency's UAP group."
NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV
My Comments
More than a million people have top secret clearance. Why can't the 16 carefully chosen members of the NASA UAP study group obtain security access enabling them to see the secret government data?
Currently, I speculate that if an image held by the government includes ETC data it will be classified and never shown to the public.
If abundant data is the sine qua non of good science why is NASA's independent study group not being provided the best data?
It is trivial to propose a protocol enabling both security and ET disclosure.
For example, an individual with top secret clearance views the classified data and categorizes each image Yes from an ETC, or no the data isn't from an ETC. The result given to the study group and public could be a simple tally such as this: There are 50 classified images held by NASA showing ETC data, but the details are secret. That way the public gets the answer to the question, Are we alone in the universe, and NASA keeps all military details top secret.
Added October 27, 2022
US Senator Marco Rubio Says We Need to I.D. UFO Flying Over Military Bases, TMZ, 3/23/2021
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/23/senator-marco-rubio-ufos-military-installations-aliens/
In the TMZ interview Senator Marco Rubio clearly says there are UAPs of unknown origin buzzing military bases.
Added October 26, 2022
NASA announces the team members for its UFO study, NPR, October 22, 2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/22/1130755578/nasa-ufo-study-team-members
"A group of 16 researchers will spend the next nine months studying unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), also known as UFOs, as part of a team for NASA."
"The research, which will use unclassified data, will lead to a report that will be made available to the public next year."
"NASA originally announced news of the upcoming study in June, stating that the lack of existing research on UAPs "makes it difficult to draw scientific conclusions about the nature of such events."
"The organization maintains that there is no evidence yet that connects UAPs to extraterrestrial life."
NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members, NASA, October 21, 2022
"NASA has selected 16 individuals to participate in its independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)." Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena are categorized as UAPs."
"The independent study will begin on Monday, Oct. 24. Over the course of nine months, the independent study team will lay the groundwork for future study on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organizations. To do this, the team will identify how data gathered by civilian government entities, commercial data, and data from other sources can potentially be analyzed to shed light on UAPs. It will then recommend a roadmap for potential UAP data analysis by the agency going forward."
"The study will focus solely on unclassified data. A full report containing the team’s findings will be released to the public in mid-2023."
NASA Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study, Frequently Asked Questions
https://science.nasa.gov/uap/faqs
"FAQ 10: Are there any data supporting the idea that UAP are evidence of alien technologies?"
"No. Most UAP sightings result in very limited data, making it difficult to draw scientific conclusions about the nature of UAP."
My Comments
From the Twining memo in which the predecessor of NASA was read into the information on the flying discs, to contemporary recording of UAPs on multiple military grade sensors there is an abundance of scientific facts showing UAPs are flying in US airspace exhibiting flight characteristics not reproducible by any aircraft in the US inventory.
If a UAP flies at a high Mach speed and suddenly hovers in place, or performs a sharp 180 or 90 degree turn most people would consider that evidence of an ET manufactured aircraft.
Added July 19, 2022
NASA's search for UAPs, by the SETI Nuggets editor, July 19, 2022
NASA's position on the question are we alone in the universe is sketchy. NASA acts like a person who enters a room that contains an elephant and is asked if there is an elephant in the room.
For most people that would be an easy question but not for NASA.
In my opinion, NASA would answer the question with one or more of these ripostes:
That elephant is unidentified, it needs to be labeled: "I am an elephant." Otherwise, what seems to be an elephant may be an optical illusion, an anomalous weather pattern, swamp gas, or an observation balloon.
There is not enough data. Science needs a repeatable experiment or else it is not real science. The scientific method requires that you create a second elephant. If you cannot do that you have no elephant.
There is a growing number of military and civilian aviators who have captured UAP data by observation, and with aircraft and ground-based sensors. They have detected UAP data with otherworldy properties. Occam's razor and the law of parsimony say the data has a terrestrial origin.
The elephant in the room must be determined by entirely new data. There is a compelling need for real scientists to examine the data and then start from scratch.
My Comments
Otherworldly facts should be described something like this: The facts are best explained by science that is not known or understood by terrestrial scientists.
Added July 18, 2022
NASA's Illogical Perspective on UAPs, by the SETI Nuggets editor, July 18, 2022
Frmr F-18 Pilot, Ryan Graves presented to the AIAA organization facts on UAPs he detected using sensors in his F-18 fighter aircraft. He reports to the AIAA his conclusion he has detected UAPs every day for several years.
See: Persistent Detection of Non-Participating Aircraft by USN Tactical Aircraft Ryan Graves, AIAA AV21
NASA could delve into Ryan Graves UAP observations but apparently NASA does not actually want UAPs to exist because it would not jive with their model of the universe. So they brush aside the most telling facts.
NASA's model of the universe is there probably is intelligent life throughout the universe. However, ETs have not visited Earth because nothing can travel faster than light which results in separated silos of ETs light years apart,
There are two logical paths to refute Einstein's law on the limit of the speed of light:
Prove the speed of light is not the limit on the ability of an object to traverse LY distances. This would be done using standard tools. I will call this NASA's version of the universe.
Find or prove the existence of interstellar spacecraft. For example, Commander Fravor's Tic Tacs or Ryan Grave's UAPs, which would refute the Einsteinian premise on limits of the speed of light.
Finding a crashed interstellar spacecraft, or reliably detecting such a craft, would refute Einsteinian physics without solving in a laboratory how an ET spacecraft may travel faster than light, or circumvent the speed of light limit.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, July 14, 2022
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/with/72177720296737701
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/72157719060832052
The images are filled with diffraction spikes, which are artifacts of the telescope, not space, and the images are synthetically colorized by NASA scientists. Many people might say the images are altered.
Watch How NASA Colorizes the James Webb Telescope Images, CNET, July 12 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT68KjxYQ4g&ab_channel=BloombergQuicktake%3AOriginals
Why is the JWST so spiky. Diffraction Spikes Explained, Pattison, March 21, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBcc3vpJTAU&ab_channel=ChrisPattison
The JWST images don't show which objects are close by and which objects are extremely distant. It may be a good idea for the colorization to be applied according to how distant an object is from JWST, at least for one optional perspective. Now spatially, the images seem very flattened.