US Military: Patriot Battery Tracks UAP at 6,000 mph
Around 2013, a US Patriot missile battery tracked a UAP traveling at approximately 6,000 mph — far exceeding any known aircraft capabilities.
Background
Around 2013, a US Army Patriot missile battery — a sophisticated air defense system designed to track high-speed threats — tracked a UAP traveling at approximately 6,000 mph (Mach 7.8). This speed far exceeds the capabilities of any known aircraft, including hypersonic missiles then in development.
The Patriot system is one of the most reliable radar tracking platforms in the US military arsenal, making this instrumental detection particularly credible. Elizondo cites this case as evidence of hypersonic velocity without a sonic boom — one of the five UAP observables described by Hal Puthoff.
Significance
High-credibility instrumental detection by a Patriot missile system, confirming hypersonic UAP velocities consistent with the five observables.