Report of false targets appearing intermittently during a period of several hours.

Attributes
ACN	385717
Time
Date	199711
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bur
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar pilot : private
Experience	controller military : 6 controller radar : 10 controller supervisory : 3 flight time total : 105
ASRS Report	385717
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Numerous false radar targets (approximately 70-80) appeared on radar scope during moderate traffic. These targets were indistinguishable from real aircraft. This happened several times over the next couple hours from time of initial occurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPT OF FALSE TARGETS APPEARING INTERMITTENTLY DURING A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HRS.

Narrative: NUMEROUS FALSE RADAR TARGETS (APPROX 70-80) APPEARED ON RADAR SCOPE DURING MODERATE TFC. THESE TARGETS WERE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM REAL ACFT. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HRS FROM TIME OF INITIAL OCCURRENCE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.