Swiss Weather Radar Anomaly - UPDATE
On the morning of the 24th of April 2009 employees at MeteoSwiss (Switzerland’s Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology) got the surprise of their lives. Huge circular fields hovering over Switzerland were picked up by their radars. The question was asked as to whether a massive UFO was in the upper-atmosphere above the scenic mountainous nation or perhaps these circles were signs of an imminent hurricane or maybe some sort of electromagnetic radio frequency/microwave technology is in use to cause such an anomaly.
Felix Schacher, a senior Meteorologist at MeteoSwiss claimed the circles were not UFOs or the signs of a hurricane about to wreak havoc on his country. Mr Schacher told the Swiss news site 20 Minutes | Link: http://www.20min.ch/news/wetter/story/Gigantisches-Ufo-ueber-der-Schweiz—24496881 | that they were merely caused by the reflection of water droplets that just happened to form a circular shape.(same report in another website/in English: http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/6587/56/)
A few minutes after being queried on the issue the radar images were hurriedly removed from the departments website. Many Swiss UFO researchers have left comments on various internet forums expressing their doubt on the ‘reflection water droplets’ story, asking why was the image so quickly removed and who ordered its removal.
See the animation/montage I did below:
As I found the subject very interesting, I decided to contact the MeteoSwiss Office in Switzerland asking if the Radar Photo was authentic. The answer I received is the following:
This picture is the real radar picture we had that day, but it was nothing extraterrestrial, but a technical problem. In addition I send you all the pictures from that day, but I can’t change the resolution.
Kind regards
Meteorological Adviser, MeteoSwiss Zurich
PHOTOS
Yes, they were very helpful and I indeed received 286 Radar Photos from them for that day (24.Apr.2009) covering the 24 hrs clock - one photo per 5 mins gap!
I did a montage and here it is:
- Circular Pattern #1: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3405/3526276550_214bea94a7_o.jpg (5 mins gap from 04:15 to 04:55 hrs)
- Circular Pattern #2: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3526277050_4f2397f07d_o.jpg (10 mins gap from 05:25 to 06:45)
Animation:
- Circular Pattern from 04:10 to 5:00: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaleagle/3526271174/sizes/o/in/set-72157617957731281/
- Circular Pattern at 06:20 as it appeared on the web with animation and published image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaleagle/3526264408/sizes/o/in/set-72157617957731281/
- Bigger image with animation and 06:20 frame: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaleagle/3525463861/sizes/o/in/set-72157617957731281/
I also contacted a few people in my Network List asking their opinion on the matter and if they think the Radar Photo was authentic. I had many opinions - and Andrew Johnson (from http://www.checktheevidence.co.uk) emailed me some material showing that the same anomalies are happening wordwide and can wrote the following:
“I suspect the image could be genuine - because I have seen a fair few of these images. We know that Wilhelm Reich experimented with “Cloud Busting” in the 1950’s and 1960’s - and we know what Hurricane Erin was closest to NYC on the morning on 9/11. I therefore regard these images as supporting evidence”. - Andrew Johnson
Additional information:
- Weather Radar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_radar
- CERN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cern
- Large Hadron Collider: http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
How does the precipitation-radar work?
Raindrops, snowflakes and hailstones reflect radar-radiations. The representation of the echoes of the precipitation-radar sets shows the geographic distribution of rain, snow and hail. The colors refer to the precipitation-intensity.
More about the Swiss weather-radar
The Swiss radar-picture is a composite from the radar-pictures of the three Radar-Weatherstations in the Dôle, on the Albis and on Mount Lema. This information is collected by the MeteoSchweiz and is processed into a picture. The pictures are then distributed to the three weather-headquarters in Zurich, Geneva and Locarno. In these weather-headquarters, the pictures are updated every 2.5 minutes and can also be used to create animations. They allow meteorologists to make very precise short-term statements, 1-2 hours in advance, about when precipitations begin or stop again at a certain place. In addition to this these images allow us to localize thundercloud-layers which can cause localized wind-gusts.
Technically speaking the weather-radar works the same as any other radar except that it is optimized to recognize the individual types of precipitation, rain, hail or snow.
The radar works as follows: A signal is sent out from a rotating antenna. If the signal meets with a precipitation-zone, a part of the signal is reflected back to the antenna which sent out the signal. This antenna works simultaneously as a receiver and can calculate the distance of the precipitation-zone by measuring the time lapse between the sending and the return of the signal. The intensity of the reflected signal provides information about the type and intensity of the precipitation-zone. It is consequently partially possible to distinguish between a mild drizzle, rain, hail and snow. If one approximately knows the diameter and the number of precipitation-particles, it is then possible to generate a color-scale, which gives us the intensity of rain.
The pictures from the Swiss weather-radar have a spatial resolution of up to 1 km3. Each of the radars scans the surrounding area between the horizon and a 40° angle over the horizon in two narrow bands with each Scan lasting 2.5 minutes. One consequently gets a complete radar-picture every 5 minutes. The wavelength is of about 5 cm length. The echoes generated through the terrain are suppressed in order to get a better picture of the precipitation. Due to the geographic nature of Switzerland and blind spots caused by the mountain ranges of our Alps, (comma added) precipitation in e.g. Zentralwallis or Graubünden is more difficult to measure than for example in the less mountainous regions.
(above translation/text - my thanks to Peter Stumpfle)
Please feel free to expand the research and send some feedback!
