![Used by the military to help aircraft avoid radar, chaff shows up in unusual places (video) - al.com Used by the military to help aircraft avoid radar, chaff shows up in unusual places (video) - al.com](https://www.al.com/resizer/P3w0c4h3fnEHGahys81f_LUozq8=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.al.com/home/bama-media/width2048/img/breaking/photo/12878812-large.jpg)
Used by the military to help aircraft avoid radar, chaff shows up in unusual places (video) - al.com
![NWS Tampa Bay on Twitter: "Similar to last week, chaff is showing up on radar over southwest Florida. #FLWX http://t.co/iPTXTGuFC1" / Twitter NWS Tampa Bay on Twitter: "Similar to last week, chaff is showing up on radar over southwest Florida. #FLWX http://t.co/iPTXTGuFC1" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd4bXg4CUAAFMxp.png)
NWS Tampa Bay on Twitter: "Similar to last week, chaff is showing up on radar over southwest Florida. #FLWX http://t.co/iPTXTGuFC1" / Twitter
![Window-foil strips (chaff) used to jam German radar, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Museum, East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lincs, UK Stock Photo - Alamy Window-foil strips (chaff) used to jam German radar, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Museum, East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lincs, UK Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DCNM08/window-foil-strips-chaff-used-to-jam-german-radar-lincolnshire-aviation-heritage-museum-east-kirkby-spilsby-lincs-uk-2DCNM08.jpg)
Window-foil strips (chaff) used to jam German radar, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Museum, East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lincs, UK Stock Photo - Alamy
![Are we breathing in military anti-radar chaff? This radar image from the National Weather Service is troubling. Are we breathing in military anti-radar chaff? This radar image from the National Weather Service is troubling.](https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/cb-images/053af7b1e7d6dfa26eec260cbf523fbc.jpg)
Are we breathing in military anti-radar chaff? This radar image from the National Weather Service is troubling.
![Polarimetric Observations of Chaff Using the WSR-88D Network in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 57 Issue 5 (2018) Polarimetric Observations of Chaff Using the WSR-88D Network in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 57 Issue 5 (2018)](https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/apme/57/5/full-jamc-d-17-0191.1-f1.jpg)
Polarimetric Observations of Chaff Using the WSR-88D Network in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 57 Issue 5 (2018)
![NWS Huntsville on Twitter: "👀Looking Back: The mysterious CHAFF event was 9 years ago! That afternoon under mostly clear skies, radar depected a large "storm" develolping. Turns out it was CHAFF which NWS Huntsville on Twitter: "👀Looking Back: The mysterious CHAFF event was 9 years ago! That afternoon under mostly clear skies, radar depected a large "storm" develolping. Turns out it was CHAFF which](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUcSfBzWQAASmCy.jpg:large)