UPDATE: Military chaff — a reflective substance designed to confuse radars — is likely what radar imaging picked up last month, an expert said. This story has been updated to, if you'll forgive the pun, 'reflect' this new information.
Military chaff — a reflective substance designed to confuse radars — is likely what radar imaging picked up last month, an expert said.
Scientists initially identified the June 21 radar movement as insects, because the group was very “non-uniform,” and meteorological events — like raindrops and snowflakes — tend to be more consistent in shape, meteorologist Alex DeSmet said. The idea that a swarm of grasshoppers would be spotted in the Utah desert isn’t that far-fetched. The northeastern Nevada town of Elko recently dealt with a Mormon cricket invasion, with millions of the blood-red insects blanketing parts of the city,Managing pests – when they do occur
“We should always be vigilant as producers in the agriculture industry ... assuring that we don’t have grasshoppers in there early,” Watson said. “Not just kill the grasshoppers. We’re looking to help manage the problem so that we don’t have ongoing populations for years and years to come.”
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