Eli5- WW84: Wouldn’t radar still be able to detect an invisible jet

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Spoiler for WW84! In the movie, WW turns a jet invisible which causes the radar to lose its signal. I’m no scientist, but I would think radar would still pick up an invisible aircraft. Since the aircraft is only invisible to the naked eye, radar would still bounce off the aircraft revealing its position. I’m perfectly fine accepting the explanation that this was done just for a good scene. I just want to make sure I’m not an idiot.

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Invisible plane isn’t reflecting electromagnetic waves from the visible spectrum, making it invisible to the human eye. Radar is the same, just a different wavelength. Why would it reflect radar and not visible light?

Granted that’s a physics explanation for magic though 🙂

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