Strange 'S'-shaped radar phenomenon appears off Western Australian coast

[panopticon]

Personally I reckon this is the Wagyl complaining about the shark cull.

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Strange 'S'-shaped radar phenomenon appears off WA coast
ABC News, 12th February 2014



A screenshot of a Bureau of Meteorology map showing a strange S-shaped formation off the coast of Western Australia on February 12, 2014.

A strange S-shaped formation which appeared on weather bureau radar off the West Australian coast was not caused by cloud, the bureau says.

The shape was spotted on the weather bureau's radar map on Wednesday about 30 kilometres west of Rottnest.

After checking the satellite, the bureau's Neil Bennett ruled out the phenomenon being caused by cloud.

"There's no cloud, there's nothing to produce a rain echo, ... which we do see a lot, but not this particular shape," he said.

"They don't take on S shapes and things like that.

"The radar that we use are there for the detection of precipitation, it's basically just a beam going out and hitting the rain droplets or ice particles from hail.

"Sometimes the beam itself rather than going straight it gets bent back to earth and you start to pick up reflections from the ocean, rather than rain droplets."

The ABC has asked the Department of Defence whether there are military operations off the coast which may interfere with radar activity.

The department is yet to comment.

The WA Weather Group has seized on the photo and retweeted it to their followers.

"Nice that our pet #RottNessMonster has avoided the shark baits. Her name is Susan & she likes to eat plankton," the group tweeted.

"And I, for one, welcome our new giant sea serpent overlords," Perth Sunrise Prints tweeted.

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[Hazel]

Quite possibly an Armada of 'Boat People' (that our Gov't had towed off-shore...) in process of forming the international distress signal = S O S

** excuse my candid off topic remark, but many of us here are ashamed of our Governments immoral treatment of asylum seekers.

Such is my lack of trust... 'boat people' issues could be the tip of the ice berg and this anomaly off our coast, could well be something even more sinister that our Gov't has us complicit to in our name.

[the_real_dave-id]

They're calling it an "S" shape, but to be an "S" it would have to be the mirror of the shape on the radar.

If it's an "S," it's backwards.

[WHOMADEGOD]

It's the shape of one wavelength.

[Hazel]

Posted by WHOMADEGOD (here)
It's the shape of one wavelength.

Mmmm... as in the shape of one waves length on the ocean?

[DeDukshyn]

There has to be ways to verify any other activity in the area? I wonder how one would do that?

[ghostrider]

looks just like those energy rods seen by NASA and the astronauts in space ...

[nephalim]

For years the U.S Navy has tested new weapons among other technologies in our oceans wonder if this has anything to do with that? It would be interested to see if any marine life was affected in the area. Or even if we could read any local papers for strange anomalies in the vicinity. Great post btw!

[WhiteFeather]

The first letter may stand for Snow. We are getting it here but good in The East.

[Carmody]

Also known as phi, in time, 360 degrees.

One single full complete cycle or single wave or single oscillation. In time.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave



Or, in esoteric terms, down the rabbit hole:

http://galacticconnection.com/profou...und-the-world/

And so on.

You might even say that someone with a sense of humour, has 'ping'ed them back.

They send out the radar pulses....and they get one back, in the form of a single wave that is seen in the radar return.

We might even be seeing evidence that it is time to STOP the use of RF waves. Period. Full stop.

[toad]

I love the word sinusoidal .

[Atlas]

The Guardian, 13 February 2014:

‘Rottnest monster’ mystery solved after defence force admits training exercises

Large S-shape spotted on radar off WA coast sparked conspiracy theories of alien spacecraft and weather control experiments. With experts initially stumped, conspiracy theorists stepped in to provide an explanation, suggesting the formation could have been alien spacecraft, the result of weather control experiments or, less tantalisingly, a well-synchronised flock of birds.

Now it appears the mystery has been solved. On Thursday afternoon the defence department admitted it had been conducting exercises in the area. A defence spokesman said the exercise was a training activity involving warships and aircraft, “designed to prepare a navy warship for an operations deployment”. “The environmental conditions over the West Australian coast at the time of the activity provided a unique opportunity for this routine activity to be visible on the weather radar display,” he said.

Posted by Labrenthina (here)
[...] here is the link from recent 'unusual' activity near WA Australia which was caught on radar and has since been claimed to be military drill (yeah yeah I know lol) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-1...solved/5258964

A spokesman for the Department of Defence said in a statement on Thursday that the exercise was a regular training activity involving ships and aircraft designed to prepare a Navy warship for an operational deployment.

The weather bureau's Neil Bennett said on Wednesday the bureau did sometimes see shapes form on the weather radar when cloud produced a rain echo. But nothing like the distinctive "S" shape from Wednesday.

"The radar that we use are there for the detection of precipitation, it's basically just a beam going out and hitting the rain droplets or ice particles from hail," he said. "Sometimes the beam itself rather than going straight it gets bent back to earth and you start to pick up reflections from the ocean, rather than rain droplets."

The WA Weather Group seized on the photo on Wednesday and retweeted it to their followers. "Nice that our pet #RottNessMonster has avoided the shark baits. Her name is Susan & she likes to eat plankton," the group tweeted. "And I, for one, welcome our new giant sea serpent overlords," Perth Sunrise Prints tweeted.

[DeDukshyn]

Posted by buares (here)
The Guardian, 13 February 2014:

‘Rottnest monster’ mystery solved after defence force admits training exercises

Large S-shape spotted on radar off WA coast sparked conspiracy theories of alien spacecraft and weather control experiments. With experts initially stumped, conspiracy theorists stepped in to provide an explanation, suggesting the formation could have been alien spacecraft, the result of weather control experiments or, less tantalisingly, a well-synchronised flock of birds.

Now it appears the mystery has been solved. On Thursday afternoon the defence department admitted it had been conducting exercises in the area. A defence spokesman said the exercise was a training activity involving warships and aircraft, “designed to prepare a navy warship for an operations deployment”. “The environmental conditions over the West Australian coast at the time of the activity provided a unique opportunity for this routine activity to be visible on the weather radar display,” he said.

Posted by Labrenthina (here)
[...] here is the link from recent 'unusual' activity near WA Australia which was caught on radar and has since been claimed to be military drill (yeah yeah I know lol) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-1...solved/5258964

A spokesman for the Department of Defence said in a statement on Thursday that the exercise was a regular training activity involving ships and aircraft designed to prepare a Navy warship for an operational deployment.

The weather bureau's Neil Bennett said on Wednesday the bureau did sometimes see shapes form on the weather radar when cloud produced a rain echo. But nothing like the distinctive "S" shape from Wednesday.

"The radar that we use are there for the detection of precipitation, it's basically just a beam going out and hitting the rain droplets or ice particles from hail," he said. "Sometimes the beam itself rather than going straight it gets bent back to earth and you start to pick up reflections from the ocean, rather than rain droplets."

The WA Weather Group seized on the photo on Wednesday and retweeted it to their followers. "Nice that our pet #RottNessMonster has avoided the shark baits. Her name is Susan & she likes to eat plankton," the group tweeted. "And I, for one, welcome our new giant sea serpent overlords," Perth Sunrise Prints tweeted.

I find it interesting that conspiracy theories can be ridiculed, but there is still no explanation for the "S" shape in the "mystery solved" story. There is reason why a person who claims to commit a crime still needs to be proven guilty. Some people say that those who consider conspiracy theories will just "believe anything they are told", yet the official story in many cases, such as this one, doesn't explain anything. "The navy was preparing a warship in the area" -- this is great, as my first post on this thread indicated we should simply look at the activity in the area.

But how does "preparing a warship" create large "S" shaped radar patterns? Where is the actual explanation? And why should we believe this? I am not saying we shouldn't, I am pointing out the automated expectation that we are sheep and if an "authority" tells us something, even without explaining it or often even if it makes no sense, we just are assumed to accept what we are told. Just an observation ...

[Atlas]

Posted by Emma L Johnston
ocean radar image was caused by a "naval exercise". What were they doing? Dancing the conga?

News.com.au, February 13, 2014:

NOBODY knows what caused the S-shaped formation which appeared in the sky off the West Australian coast, only that it was there. In an interview with the ABC, meteorologist Neil Bennett said the phenomenon was not caused by cloud. “They don’t take on S shapes and things like that,” he said.

Mr Bennett told the broadcaster that the radar beam, programmed for the detection of precipitation, strikes rain droplets or ice particles. The Defence Department has not responded to questions about whether operations in the Indian Ocean may have caused the blip.

A source with knowledge about weather phenomena told news.com.au blips on the weather radar are common and are sometimes caused by flocks of birds and insects. The WA Weather Group provided a number of possible explanations in messages on Twitter:


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AlanH posted:

Looks like there were 3 events, not just the S shape one one the news. Thanks to Fu Manchu for the oscilmet link, previously. http://www.oscilmet.com.au/?page=loops. ... 1392294000

Move the slider across so the date reads:
12/2/14 1.30 (aprox 60km WSW from Rottnest Island)
12/2/14 5.10 (aprox 40km W from Rottnest Island)
13/2/14 2.50 (aprox 40km SW from Rottnest Island)

See the last 2 events below:

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This content is NOT on the Avalon server. Source of content is: http://ausradaranomalies.wordpress.com/

[Labrenthina]

Maybe related, maybe not...I took a series of sky photos around Nov-Dec 2013 and found this 'W' or zigzag formation (zoomed in and contrast/colour altered to make it easier to see). No idea what is it but it was interesting so I saved the pics.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

[Labrenthina]

Not exactly in the same 'Rottnest Monster' area but if you go to google maps (or whatever you use) and search 'Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia'. Go to the tip of that area and zoom in and see the hexagon markings (no idea what it is).
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Exmou...0.016,36.902,0

[Atlas]

Hi Labrenthina,

The hexagon in Exmouth is the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt:



The town of Exmouth was built at the same time as the communications station to provide support to the base and to house dependent families of U.S. Navy personnel.



The station provides very low frequency (VLF) radio transmission to United States Navy and Royal Australian Navy ships and submarines in the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean. With a transmission power of 1 megawatt, it is the most powerful transmission station in the Southern Hemisphere.