This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – There’s a new ...

A clump of chaff fibers landed at Zierdt Road near Highway 20 on Tuesday. (Bob Gathany/[email protected]) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Military chaff that distort weather radar, similar to the phenomenon that ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - UAH confirmed chaff was the cause of high radar reflectivity, or the "blob" over West Huntsville Tuesday. They released a photo of what they said is fiberglass chaff found on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – It is a hot and ...

(WAFF) - 'Chaff' is an interesting word in that it has several radically different meanings, one of which we are well familiar with, being in a military area. As we've learned in the past, chaff can ...

You learn something new everyday. And for today, this is likely no exception. Here’s something for dinner table discussion. You may have been looking at your favorite radar app around 9:15 last night ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — It’s hard to shoot down an enemy plane you can’t find. That was the whole idea behind a surprisingly low tech means of neutralizing German radar on D-Day. “When you can’t see the plane ...

The mystery was solved. Then it wasn’t. Then it was. Now, well, who knows? Back on Dec. 10, the Evansville area was embroiled in intrigue when mysterious radar blips appeared over Southern Illinois ...

An incident that confused Evansville-area residents in December has now gone worldwide. Two weeks before Christmas, what looked lines of storms appeared on weather radar above Western Kentucky and ...

In his review of Anthony Cave Brown’s “Bodyguard of Lies,” (Books—Five Best, June 27), Damien Lewis misunderstands the use of chaff, thin strips of aluminum dropped from Allied aircraft during World ...

Strange radar sightings in Maine on Wednesday were likely caused by clouds of metallic “chaff” that are released from military planes to fool radar, the National Weather Service said Thursday. The ...