Drones over NJ/NY??

[Will Onyx]

 

[Frodebro]

If they are iranian drones, we are so fucked.

If they can get drone into our airspace, they can get nukes into our airspace, and apparently we can't do anything about it.

The whole missile defense industry is like the life jacket you put on when your plane is going down.

I doubt they are Iranian. That just doesn't pass the sniff test.

 

[mavrick102000]

I’m basically side-eyeing anyone who suggests Iran at this point. They’ve got WAY bigger problems right now.


I’ve yet to see anything that actually validates that, but I’ve heard the same claim.

China and Russia have had numerous occasions where they passed right along our shores over the last decade, but surfacing and launching drones (or maybe not surfacing??!) would definitely be a surprise.

I understand that. Why have your drones lit up like a Christmas tree would be the obvious question from a bad actor perspective?

Sometimes there are psychological benefits to show your capabilities, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's another nation-state actor.

Look at how many people are focused on talking about this, there is another report in "the news" this morning.

It could simply be a distraction or it could be Bezos testing his larger delivery drones

 

[James Freeman]

Ah the old aliens landing in america trick, what has uncle sam done this time to avert our attention from?

Edit:
Aliens never visit us here in not-america land.

 

[EOengineer]

Ah the old aliens landing in america trick, what has uncle sam done this time to avert our attention from?

Edit:
Aliens never visit us here in not-america land.

This is a pretty outdated trope at this point, regardless of what we want to call the phenomena.

Both the UK and Germany have reported drone incursions over military facilities within the last 2 weeks.

 

[EOengineer]

I understand that. Why have your drones lit up like a Christmas tree would be the obvious question from a bad actor perspective?

Sometimes there are psychological benefits to show your capabilities, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's another nation-state actor.

Look at how many people are focused on talking about this, there is another report in "the news" this morning.

It could simply be a distraction or it could be Bezos testing his larger delivery drones

People have been talking about this for weeks and military bases have been dealing with drone incursions for years. Langley and WrightPat have had pretty public incursions over the last year. The UK and Germany have also had issues.

This is part of what’s so confusing about this. Official military channels are reporting issues, but there is virtually zero publicity available data corroborating any of this.

It’s either something, or nothing. Both are interesting for different reasons.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

This thread has potential.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

Such a weird time to live in.

First COVID. Now are we really considering that there is an alien invasion going on?

Told some family members and they aren’t even shocked by it all.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

I'll bet these are the drones that are handing out those fake foreign cheap HexHider knockoffs where the bit just turns round and round as you are tightening.

 

[PLX]

I'll bet these are the drones that are handing out those fake foreign cheap HexHider knockoffs where the bit just turns round and round as you are tightening.

My money is on Sweetwater® controlled drones tryna find out how those new picks are workin' out for ya.

 

[EOengineer]

My money is on Sweetwater® controlled drones tryna find out how those new picks are workin' out for ya.

“this just in…reports of drones dropping smarties and bit o’ honey in New Jersey today…”

 

[PLX]

“this just in…reports of drones dropping smarties and bit o’ honey in New Jersey today…”

One just crashed in my backyard.

 

[the-trooper]

Damn drones.

 

[EOengineer]

Such a weird time to live in.

First COVID. Now are we really considering that there is an alien invasion going on?

Told some family members and they aren’t even shocked by it all.

Not judging, genuinely curious - what makes you think it’s an alien invasion?

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

Not judging, genuinely curious - what makes you think it’s an alien invasion?

I don't. I have no idea what it is. Should have been more clear. What I meant was, we live in such crazy times that even an alien invasion is open for debate between the people. Back in the days this was something for the whack jobs. I tend to stay away from the news etc. but what I do know about it, it all seems really weird whats happening.

All I saw today about it was some dude in government saying: Yeah we know it's not our military stuff. It doesn't look like foreign military stuff.

So.. is a drone hobby club having a blast?

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

I watched one vid of a so-called drone/UAV flying in the sky at night.

There was a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side... just like with aircraft.

So they are definitely man-made.

I am of the firm opinion that they are military.

I think this article from October has some clues:

U.S. flaunts diverse drones, high-altitude balloons and more at AUKUS event in Australia

Two senior defense officials shared an inside look at Autonomous Warrior 2024, an event in AUKUS' Maritime Big Play series of integrated trilateral experiments and exercises.

defensescoop.com

 

[PLX]

'tis the season..

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

'tis the season..

Well of course. Didn't even consider it was Jeff fucking Bezos and his Monopolyship. It is Christmas after all.

 

[PLX]

Well of course. Didn't even consider it was Jeff fucking Bezos and his Monopolyship. It is Christmas after all.

“Toan is what gives a guitarist his ability to play. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together”​

- Tony Wank-a-nobi

 

[EOengineer]

I don't. I have no idea what it is. Should have been more clear. What I meant was, we live in such crazy times that even an alien invasion is open for debate between the people. Back in the days this was something for the whack jobs. I tend to stay away from the news etc. but what I do know about it, it all seems really weird whats happening.

All I saw today about it was some dude in government saying: Yeah we know it's not our military stuff. It doesn't look like foreign military stuff.

So.. is a drone hobby club having a blast?

Thanks for elaborating. I agree, people may be more open to the concept of non human intelligent life these days. Science is coming around slowly but surely too. These types of changes take time though. You can’t force discovery. As an example - the discovery of extremophiles dramatically broadened our understanding of the types of life that can exist, and the conditions under which life can prosper…that’s a fairly recent discovery too.

Our understanding is always changing, as it should.

I watched one vid of a so-called drone/UAV flying in the sky at night.

There was a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side... just like with aircraft.

So they are definitely man-made.

I am of the firm opinion that they are military.

I think this article from October has some clues:

U.S. flaunts diverse drones, high-altitude balloons and more at AUKUS event in Australia

Two senior defense officials shared an inside look at Autonomous Warrior 2024, an event in AUKUS' Maritime Big Play series of integrated trilateral experiments and exercises.

defensescoop.com

It’s one thing to have the tech. Deploying it on the public with no warning and then denying its existence is totally different though.

I have no doubt we have ridiculously advanced drone technology in our arsenal, but the military is very particular about where and how this stuff can be tested. They are most likely not flying them over residential areas, if anything is even there at all.