From the chans via X. Dont know if it is true..but SOMETHING happened.
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Radar stealth is essentially a passive affair, established by the shaping of the fuselage and wings, and by special absorptive coatings. Active systems light you up, but may be necessary to dodge an air-to-air missile by using ECM. Transponders make the airplane "visible" to the transponder tracking system, which is not a radar.
The minute they go to hover the radar cross section is exposed. It’s a huge flap. Wtf was it doing hovering a half a mile up in the air? None of this makes sense
First, the altitude was above sea level, so it is not clear what it was in relation to terrain. But the odds are good that it was in what we call the "ground clutter" for any ground-based radar (half a mile up at 10 miles distance would be an elevation above terrain of about 3 degrees, farther being less), so it would not have appeared on any surveillance system. Can't see it for the nearby trees or buildings.
Second, it was performing hover flight maneuvers (as they declared). I expect this was a training exercise or possibly an equipment check.