UPDATE By Fran Ridge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 2022 ISSUE

NEW MADAR SITES
Node 200 at Fairbanks, Alaska, is being run by by Jessica Desmond. Our latest MADAR site is node 201 at Surprise, Arizona. Richard Lynch is the operator.  Arizona had three nodes prior to this but two of the Ops moved to another state, and MADAR nodes have histories and must be reprogrammed when they move to another site, even if it is the same state. One of the sites was shut down for non-compliance or lack of communication. I'm afraid that covid has taken some of our ops.

Before I forget it, I must thank all of you, especially the Ops and our tech support, who have made the last four years so successful since we went operational in May of 2018. During the last couple of years we, on the staff side of MADAR, have been thinking about the security of the operation and the future, since none of us are getting any younger. But because of issues we have had, especially with so many nodes having unchecked control of false alarms, it has been hard to work on some things which should have been priorities. Needless to say we are very vulnerable right now. The secret I think is the state control of each MADAR operation. Without yours truly a state can use guidelines and actually take the helm in several important areas. And what a state does can be totally separate from what other states don't do. Here is what you can do.

1) Everyone has access to the MADAR 101 papers at  http://www.nicap.org/match/MADAR_101/
I have addressed almost all of the important issues so someone in each state needs to know these instructions or where certain directives are. I'm updating all of them and re-numbering them according to priorities and especially in the rotation for getting nodes operating most efficiently as quick as possible.

2) Each state needs a "UFO Officer". I have stressed this several times and some states have adopted this policy. The main priority here is to look for good sightings while they are fresh. Then look for MADAR hits near them. Let's face it, if the sighting isn't compelling, scientists looking at our data won't be impressed. Just having a UFO isn't enough, but at this point we are looking at convincing incidents that have a MADAR "signature". If you find a good sighting we will help you in a flash. The volunteer should have enough to do just doing that while they do their regular investigatory work.

3) State "madar coordinator". We have a number of tools onsite every week that are supposed to be used by Ops, but since some Ops don'r seem to pay enough attention, we need state MADAR coordinators to get involved. I'm suggesting that states designate specific persons/volunteers to do different jobs and not have one person doing all the MADAR-related chores. Here are some tools for them.
a) Each week I post an NOL report. If the coordinator sees a node offline he needs to maintain communications with the Op and find out why and for how long. We can help on any issues but an Op not responding to his node being offline has to be contacted and emails many times produce no answers.
b) If a node has had no hits in 60 days I get a NoHit60 report and it also goes on the site every week. But in this case it may just need us to lower the shield a little. But if continued lowering produces no results it may mean the MADAR unit is bad or the power supply may be at fault.
c) If a node is having runaway hits/false alarms (too many raw hits) and is not doing anything to correct it, we have a wseekly AND a monthly raw hit printout that shows the "offenders". Repeated issues after raising a shield or threshold or repeat high Average Ambient is indicative of a local E-M problem, either constant or periodic and it must be addressed. Going wifi has solved many of these issues and now we are more able to get hard-wired units on wifi.
d) Analysis. I apologize for not keeping better records but several persons have tried to volunteer to do analysis graphwork and I have lost track of them. Graphs showing raw hits versus processed hits, incident trends with states, especially those with good correlations the last four years, would be interesting.

A special paper regarding what I have just covered will be added to the MADAR 101 so that volunteers will jump onboard as soon as they see the opportunity.


Fran Ridge
MADAR OPERATIONS CENTER
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