Weather radar signature was military ‘chaff,’ not grasshoppers, National Weather Service clarifies
Military chaff — a reflective substance designed to confuse radars — is likely what radar imaging picked up last month, an expert says.
(National Weather Service, Salt Lake City) Radar from the National Weather Service at around 6 p.m. on June 21, 2023. Scientists initially said the swarm-like shape moving over the West Desert was a group of grasshoppers, but further investigation showed the source was likely military chaff, a meteorologist said Saturday, July 8, 2023.