Mystery Drones

[TheWizard]

He’s headed this way by drone.

Moderator SOH is much better here than on a certain other forum...

 

[ls99]

It is them Feringi and the Romulans coming to restore order.

 

[anethum]

Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast was set in New Jersey, too. Just sayin'.

 

[easysurfer]

I'm not going to believe any of the explanations unless I see little green men in a flying saucer.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

This all reminds me of the story of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon. Mad Gasser of Mattoon - Wikipedia

 

[TheWizard]

I'm not going to believe any of the explanations unless I see little green men in a flying saucer.

Those are mostly down in Roswell, NM...

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[jim584672]

Strange lights have been in NJ way before drones existed.

 

[easysurfer]

As I'd mentioned before, you'd think with all the tech these days nobody can get a clear picture of a drone up in the air? We can take pictures of the moon's craters but not a drone? Something doesn't add up.

 

[GrayHare]

As Roseanne Roseannadanna would say after reading a letter from Richard Feder of Fort Lee, NJ, "Never mind!"

 

[Chuckanut]

Clearly all these "drone" sightings are mistaken.

They are really just Santa and his reindeer making practice runs. Relax folks.

In that case, use the NORAD Santa Tracker to see what’s going on.

Official NORAD Tracks Santa

www.noradsanta.org

Or call 1-877-HI-NORAD

Or get the official NORAD Tracks Santa Claus app

Merry Christmas to all!

 

[flyoverstate]

I personally think the current hysteria is just that - hysteria hatched by people who know nothing about "drones".

With that said, go read about how UAVs are being used in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Consumer sized drones are playing a huge part in that conflict, and they will in any future conflict. It is much less expensive and effective to launch 1000 small aircraft, each carrying one small bomb, or, heaven (and the Geneva Convention) forbid, a radioactive or poisonous payload,, than to fire million dollar missiles at a target. There are consumer drones made to spray pesticides/herbicides that can carry 80-100 lb of payload. About $30,000. They can be pre-programmed to fly a route, so they need no operator intervention. It doesn't take much imagination.

 

[karen1972]

To me the current hysteria is likely mostly people never look up at the sky as they are too busy with their phones, now someone told them to look up and magically OMG did you see that light??

Yes lots of drones, planes, helicopters and meteorites going across the sky all night long.

My personal theory is that there were several manned 1-2 person drones that had previously said they wanted to launch in 2025 timeframe and they will have to test at night at some point but may not want to tip their hand to competitors. They may also be "testing" software about restricted air space.

It is likely a combinations of many of things and 100% escalated by tiktok/social media as now like 60% of the country gets their "news" from social media.

 

[cbo111]

The comical thing about this whole "drone crisis" seems to stem from people seeing lights in the night sky. These drones are probably even more prevalent during daylight hours, but with no shiny things to point out, they are ignored.

 

[EastWest Gal]

I'm curious about this topic. I'm not sure that Porky Pig is on his way. This doesn't seem a contentious or political topic here. Just a curiosity and speculation.

 

[target2019]

Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast was set in New Jersey, too. Just sayin'.

And the Hindenburg disaster too.

 

[Pluperfect]

Then drone hobbyists flew more at night for fun to add to the hysteria.

Just today I said, "If I were in New Jersey and had a drone, I'd definitely be flying it every night."

 

[skipro33]

I live relatively near Intel, Folsom California plant. They put on some spectacular drone displays in the night sky without any warning. Sometimes I think there's got to be upwards of 1,000 at a time. Once was a HUGE American flag waving. I think they are testing product before shipping or something. Across the freeway from them, Aerojet used to build and test rocket engines. The noise and smoke plume from those! The sound would rattle windows dozens of miles away and the smoke visible all the way up to Shasta on a clear day.
I'm without doubt our government knows at least where these recent sightings are being launched from and landing. Our tracking systems are way too sophisticated not to. Even when I was in the Air Force, working in Alaska on early warning systems, we had one, called Cobra Dane, that could track as many as 3,000 objects the size of a softball in orbit. I was hired part time by Raytheon to assemble a bunch while stationed there. For tests, we would track a seagull, then focus the phased array on it and smoke it out of the sky, Poof! So if we had that technology back in the 70's, I'm sure we have our ways of vaporizing a simple drone to the point it would not be a bother with the wreckage coming down to earth.

 

[RetiredHappy]

My fear is not the green aliens but rather intelligence, i.e. spies, from other countries like Russia, Iran and China.

 

[RetiredAndLovingIt]

Probably much ado about nothing. I live close to the GA UAV test facility in El Mirage California. GA manufacturers the Reaper. I haven't noticed any recently but an unmanned drone ( not the Reaper) used to fly over my house every morning for at least three years heading north about 10 AM returning back home sometime about 6-8 PM always accompanied by a chase plane. The first time I noticed it, it freaked me out but after a while I didn't even notice them anymore. My son worked at that facility for a while in the fire department and my son in law still does in IT. They show up on the flight tracker apps as does the ones used by the Police Department. They have their own symbol so you can tell they're drones.

 

[Al18]

“But Mayorkas explained that in September 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration tweaked its policy on drones to allow flights at night.” according to MSN

Some people suggested the increased drone night sightings were the result of the FAA policy change.

 

[timbervest]

24 hour news cycle craving content. Generate hysteria over stuff that probably was up there a month ago and nobody noticed. Now they are looking at planes, helicopters, recreational drones, etc. Jeez.

 

[wrigley]

shoot one down and see what it is and then be transparent with the news. Vola!!

The first half of your statement may come true sooner than we think. The second half will never come true.

 

[target2019]

Six out of 12 new threads in the local nextdoor feed in my area of South Jersey are about drones. One post headline references a debunked McDonald's parking lot drone crash.

PLBKAC.

 

[braumeister]

It's hardly a mystery. They're using a new psychoactive ingredient in the chemtrails, which has to be released at a lower altitude for maximum effectiveness.

 

[Gumby]

My fear is not the green aliens but rather intelligence, i.e. spies, from other countries like Russia, Iran and China.

I'm not concerned about foreign intelligence. I'm concerned about the intelligence of our own citizens.