[tejohnso]

> I think it's likely that most of the tic-tac things were some kind of projected image.

A projected image that is perfectly represented in three dimensions, viewable from multiple angles simultaneously, and giving off appropriate radar signatures to match its position in real time? That in itself would be something quite astonishing, and would certainly be a matter of national security.

[asfarley]

It's pretty fuzzy in the clips I've seen, so I think it depends what you mean by perfectly represented. A coordinated set of lasers can cause a single point to appear to emit from multiple angles simultaneously.

Re: radar, I was not aware of evidence that the radar signature of the device is known to match the appearance of the device in real-time. Where do you get this?

My understanding is that some radar stations picked up 'something moving at high velocity' in some area, and the jet fighters went in for a visual. There may be only a very loose correspondence between radar tracking and visual tracking. It would be much easier to evaluate if they released the numerical data, which the navy no doubt has.