Mike Freeh

FAA short-range airport radars detect targets (modeled as a one-square-meter sphere) at 40-60 nautical miles with altitude detection to about 24,000 feet; long-range radars detect at 2-250 nautical miles with altitude detection to 100,000 feet.

the short range Radars... have a detection range between 40 and 60 miles and an altitude detection capability of about 24,000 feet - the long-range radar systems have a detection range of 2 to 250 nautical miles with altitude detection up to 100,000 feet

There are 880,000 registered small (Part 107) commercial drones in the US, plus an estimated 1.69 million recreational/model uncrewed aircraft, most of which are not tracked by air traffic control and are a major source of clutter in UAP identification.

there's 880,000 registered drones in the U.S., small drones I should say, part 107 drones

FAA air traffic controllers historically filed about 3-5 UAP-type reports per month nationwide; this rose to roughly 8-10 per month around August 2022 (possibly related to Starlink launches) and spiked to about 68 reports following the February 2023 Chinese surveillance balloon incident.

with the Chinese weather, or the Chinese balloon incidents, in February we did see a significant uptick and there's like 68 UAP reports that started in February

At least 184 weather balloons are launched daily across the US (twice daily from roughly 92 National Weather Service stations at 0000Z and 1200Z), rising to about 100,000 feet before bursting, not counting university or hobbyist balloon launches.

at least 184 balloon flights daily in the NAS - not to consider universities and hobbyist balloons that may be launched