You’re out here demanding “firsthand radar data” like some basement skeptic who’s never flown a Beechcraft through actual weather, let alone watched a real radar return do something that makes the laws of physics file a complaint.
“Unverified stories,” you sniff.
Sweetie, the Navy pilots who’ve risked their careers and their necks describing objects that drop from 80,000 feet to sea level in seconds while doing right-angle turns at Mach speeds aren’t telling campfire tales. They’re the ones with the tapes, the FLIR, the SPY-1 arrays, and the training to know when something isn’t a balloon, a bird, or your average Chinese lantern.
But sure, keep clutching your “no conclusive proof” security blanket. The rest of us who aren’t playing Reddit skeptic bingo will note that when multiple sensor platforms, trained observers, and government programs all say “this isn’t ours and it doesn’t obey physics,” the adult response isn’t “nuh-uh, anecdotes!”
It’s “maybe the universe is bigger and weirder than your worldview.”
Go touch some grass. Or better yet, some actual radar.
100%. Really grinds my gears when people talk about radar data like they’ve seen it personally. it’s just another story amongst many other stories.