Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-19 12:12:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 16F50C00DE8655006F20B0C72E5488A1E333EF968A80EA03E7C16C433453DD24
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Original Note:
As the weatherman explains, this is “chaff” – thin strips of aluminum or other materials designed to disrupt radar guided missiles, in use since WWII. It does not affect weather https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure) It was likely dispensed from an F-15 out of Klamath Falls, OR, home of the 173rd Fighter Wing https://www.173fw.ang.af.mil/
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