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For decades, sightings clustered near bases and nuclear sites fed a theory that something is monitoring our weapons. NASA's 2023 study team found the pattern mostly reflects where the cameras, radars, and trained observers are - a reporting bias, not a beacon.
A radar 'solid return' feels like proof - a machine saw it, not a nervous pilot. But the atmosphere can bend a radar beam into a phantom, and telling a real UAP from a ghost comes down to one rule investigators live by.
The Pentagon's famous infrared UAP footage is genuine. But the cameras that captured it have specific design quirks - and knowing what they are changes what you see.
Sensor artifacts, data gaps, and rigorous methodology - what does it really take to turn a puzzling sky sighting into a scientifically useful data point? Researchers explain.
