Multistatic radar measurements of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena by cell and open access radio networks

TL;DR

This paper explores using open access radio networks, including cell towers and open-source multistatic arrays, to detect and analyze various aerial phenomena like drones, birds, and planes.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach combining passive and active radio detection methods using existing infrastructure and open-source tools for identifying aerial objects.

Findings

Feasibility of passive detection with cell towers.

Potential of multistatic open-source arrays for aerial surveillance.

Integration of military sources for anomaly detection.

Abstract

Measurements of a wide variety of aerial phenomena such as drones, birds, planes, and other aerial objects can in principle be obtained from open access radio detection and ranging equipment. Passive strategies involve existing cell towers as transmitters and cell phones as receivers. Another active possibility is the creation of a multistatic, possibly phased array, network of transmission and receiving stations by open-source realizations such as GNU radio. We also suggest provision of uncorrelated targets or anomalies from existing military sources.