Comment by kcplate

> his belief was that radar tracked other (jet) aircraft airspeed by reading the reflections bounced off of the other jets' turning pistons and calculating airspeed by how fast their piston assembly rotated.

TBH this sounds a lot like something I would say just to fuck with a buddy to see a reaction. Oh and I could sell it with a straight face pretty damn good too. Although I wouldn’t let the ruse last long term. Not saying that’s the case here, but that would be my first assumption if I heard something so off the wall that defies belief from someone who should know better.

Of course you have had folks seriously arguing Q Anon, lizard popes, shape shifting Obama family members and all that mess too…so there are definitely those among us that have probably heard “what is you, stupid or something?” more than once in their lives.