Originally Posted by
OldnGrounded
Someone here pointed out that the flying door/plug would probably give a clear primary radar return. Yesterday, NTSB Chair Homendy told the press briefing that the door/plug was likely to be found around Barnes Road and Highway 217.
ASR-11 test requirement is detection of 1m2 RCS with a single pulse at a range of 55 nmi with a probability of 0.8. That is to say, even though it's smaller than an aircraft, an object the size of a door is precisely within the design of the radar to detect. What the RCS of a falling metal door plug is, who knows, but it's not stealthy.