# False tracks from the SPY-1 system, which had been recently upgraded, with the visual sighting a coincidence.

> Still possible: False tracks from the SPY-1 system, which had been recently upgraded, with the visual sighting a coincidence.

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# False tracks from the SPY-1 system, which had been recently upgraded, with the visual sighting a coincidence.

False tracks from the SPY-1 system, which had been recently upgraded, with the visual sighting a coincidence.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Tracks are absent from other sensors.
- The track behaviour (instant altitude changes) matches known track-management artefacts.

## What would rule it out

- Independent sensors recorded the same tracks.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The accounts attribute instantaneous descents from 80,000 to 20,000 feet, behaviour that resembles…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SC4CA199Y/the-accounts-attribute-instantaneous-descents-from-80-000-to)

Speculative

FOR

[The 2009 report is said to list AN/SPY radars, an E-2C and ship radars among the sensors, which if accurate…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/evidence/EVD0D1SC4M46BJA/the-2009-report-is-said-to-list-an-spy-radars-an-e-2c-and)

Speculative

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What were the Princeton's radar tracks?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/questions/QST0D1SBVB80ZGV/what-were-the-princetons-radar-tracks)

Part of [What did Fravor and Dietrich see on 14 November 2004?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nimitz-encounter/questions/QST0D1SBTC04CMV/what-did-fravor-and-dietrich-see-on-14-november-2004)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). False tracks from the SPY-1 system, which had been recently upgraded, with the visual sighting a coincidence. [Answer ANS0D1SC44G2VCD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1SC44G2VCD
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