Phantom target

4-3-240

An indication of an object on a display that does not correspond to the presence of an actual object at the point indicated.

Note: This term is also used for "Echo box" in U.S.A. (4-3-170).

Reference: I.C.A.O.

Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)

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