What the hell is this dot over Indianapolis?

[Joemonkey]

This "thing" has been there since Friday.

I have a conspiray theorist friend who says its the base of some "scalar weaponry" like a "tesla howitzer" or something, and the fact that it hasn't moved in a few days is kinda odd...

anyway, Check it out , and if you want to wait for it to load press play and watch how it hasn't moved (relative location wise, i realize the dots move around in the circle)

i wanna know what it is!! I think there's one over Minot North Dakota too, and there's an air force base there...

 

[Brutuskend]

Hole in the Ozone layer?

Been using a lot of hair spray, or freon lately?


MAYBE it's the MOTHER SHIP! :Q

 

[agnitrate]

That's the nuke I have prepared to strike West Lafayette in case I need to get out of an exam.

-silver

 

[compudog]

Looks like noise to me. Something close to the radar scrambling the signal, maybe the antenna is too low to the ground?

 

[AAjax]

Heheh sorry, I had allot of whitecastle the other night and now the aftermath is just "lingering" around

 

[Joemonkey]

now this friend of mine (who's canadian by the way, just when you thought he couldn't be wackier) says the cloud density changes when it goes over the spot

 

[Joemonkey]

and here's the latest IM from him:

[18:55] Canadian: and i determined the this site containrs real radar pics http://www.toledolink.com/~flash/flashx.html i cross refrenced them with the NCDC notional climate data center and they'er there too

 

[Yomicron]

being that the "dot" appears to be centered at the radar station, I'm going to side with compudog, and guess that it is just noise, the radar equipmet may be misconfigured or positioned incorrectly.

 

[PCMarine]

Oh Sh!T! I think I better turn off my radar scrambler now...

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: Yomicron
being that the "dot" appears to be centered at the radar station, I'm going to side with compudog, and guess that it is just noise, the radar equipmet may be misconfigured or positioned incorrectly.

but wouldn't they have noticed it since it's been there since friday?

 

[wfbberzerker]

when the movie "the core" comes out, it will explain everything...

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: agnitrate
That's the nuke I have prepared to strike West Lafayette in case I need to get out of an exam.

-silver

ixnay on the oilerspay

 

[bozo1]

Jeez, it's simple background clutter - buildings, houses, etc. You see that over all cities. (even though many radar maps filter it out for you)

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: bozo1
Jeez, it's simple background clutter - buildings, houses, etc. You see that over all cities. (even though many radar maps filter it out for you)

if it's buildings and houses, how do the dots move constantly? and i'm sure the radar goes out farther than the dot itself, so why doesn't it pick up the other houses and buildings?

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: bozo1
Jeez, it's simple background clutter - buildings, houses, etc. You see that over all cities. (even though many radar maps filter it out for you)

if it's buildings and houses, how do the dots move constantly? and i'm sure the radar goes out farther than the dot itself, so why doesn't it pick up the other houses and buildings?

Its a UFO. The aliens are coming man!!!!!

Even I can see that.

 

[etech]

The opinion of an old Navy radar tech.

It's just ground clutter. The radar is on a long range which means the gain is high. The stuff close to it will reflect some signal back.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: etech
The opinion of an old Navy radar tech.

It's just ground clutter. The radar is on a long range which means the gain is high. The stuff close to it will reflect some signal back.

You, sir, are part of a vast government conspiracy.

 

[bozo1]

and i'm sure the radar goes out farther than the dot itself, so why doesn't it pick up the other houses and buildings?

Cause the Earth does this strange thing called curving. Radar signals do not.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: bozo1
Jeez, it's simple background clutter - buildings, houses, etc. You see that over all cities. (even though many radar maps filter it out for you)

Is that what the government tells you?

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: wizardLRU

Originally posted by: etech
The opinion of an old Navy radar tech.

It's just ground clutter. The radar is on a long range which means the gain is high. The stuff close to it will reflect some signal back.

You, sir, are part of a vast government conspiracy.

You sir, are why I wish I had bought stock in ALCOA long ago.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

it's ground clutter, such as buildings or large trees near by.

Or maybe there's dirt on the radar mast???

 

[Amused]

It's called "ground clutter."

The gain is up too high on the radar.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: etech

Originally posted by: wizardLRU

Originally posted by: etech
The opinion of an old Navy radar tech.

It's just ground clutter. The radar is on a long range which means the gain is high. The stuff close to it will reflect some signal back.

You, sir, are part of a vast government conspiracy.

You sir, are why I wish I had bought stock in ALCOA long ago.

You don't really think that I was serious do you?

If so, let me clarify: Just Joking [tm]

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: wizardLRU

Originally posted by: etech

Originally posted by: wizardLRU

Originally posted by: etech
The opinion of an old Navy radar tech.

It's just ground clutter. The radar is on a long range which means the gain is high. The stuff close to it will reflect some signal back.

You, sir, are part of a vast government conspiracy.

You sir, are why I wish I had bought stock in ALCOA long ago.

You don't really think that I was serious do you?

If so, let me clarify: Just Joking [tm]

hint, so was I.

I read on a true conspiracy site that everyone knows that aluminum foil is not adequate shielding from the government's mind control rays. You have to use lead foil.

 

[slydecix]

Originally posted by: Amused
It's called "ground clutter."

The gain is up too high on the radar.

then wouldn't there be other spots with ground clutter elsewhere on the map? I don't see anything in the bordering states or elsewhere in indiana... also, towards the last few frames, the clouds seem to be moving around it as opposed to moving over it...

strange...