Caught wind of this through a couple of channels and I've been trying to piece it together. From what I can tell, the blackout lasted somewhere between 40 and 90 minutes depending on which source you trust - which is already a red flag because you'd expect consistent reporting if it was routine maintenance.
What's interesting is the timing. There were at least three separate MUFON submissions from the Nevada/Utah border area filed within 24 hours of the blackout. Coincidence? Possibly. But stacking that on top of the radar gap feels worth digging into.
A few things I'd want to know before jumping to conclusions though:
Was this a scheduled NOTAM that just didn't get widely circulated?, Are there any ADS-B Exchange recordings from that window? FlightAware sometimes has gaps that ADS-B Exchange fills in, Did any amateur radio operators in the area notice anything unusual on monitored frequencies?
I'm coming at this from a poltergeist/crop circle background mostly, so government airspace stuff isn't my strongest area. But a deliberate radar blackout over Nevada specifically feels like it warrants more than a ". Technical glitch". Explanation, especially given what we know about Nellis and the surrounding test ranges.
Has anyone actually submitted a FOIA request yet? That seems like the logical next step if we want hard documentation rather than speculation. Would be curious whether others were tracking this in real time - did anyone have their own monitoring setup running that night?
