East Coast Drones

  • mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 4089
    #2304846

    Anyone have a theory on this topic?
    US or foreign? Reason why?

    fishmantim
    Posts: 145
    #2304848

    Start shooting them down and then we’ll find out who they belong to…my belief is DARPA or some other govement org…if not that, then some hobbiest group trying to get attention.

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 4089
    #2304850

    Just read these drones are 6 foot across and can fly in formation. shock
    Supposedly they are violating numerous FAA regs. They have been flying close to Military locations, so why not take down a couple?

    3rdtryguy
    Central Mn
    Posts: 1549
    #2304852

    How do you shoot them down over populated areas. The falling debris alone would kill someone.

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 4089
    #2304854

    I’m sure there are areas where it is safe to shoot 1 or 2 down. From what I saw some come in over water.

    wkw
    Posts: 757
    #2304856

    Choot Em Lizbeth ! Choot Em !!

    wkw
    Posts: 757
    #2304857

    Or take a police chopper up and fly along side and try and ID them. I think drones have to be licensed with the FAA

    gim
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 18244
    #2304866

    I believe that is correct, they have to be registered with the FAA. There’s also regs about where you can and cannot fly them. Are they entering restricted air space, like over airports?

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 4089
    #2304868

    I believe that is correct, they have to be registered with the FAA. There’s also regs about where you can and cannot fly them. Are they entering restricted air space, like over airports?

    My understanding they are flying over a Naval Base.

    Dutchboy
    Central Mn.
    Posts: 16989
    #2304872

    Unrelated but did anybody see the drone show on America’s got talent? I believe they had like a 1000 drones that made different pictures and changed colors. Pretty facinating for this old guy. If anybody is interested go to the 2024 finals of America’s got talent on You Tube.

    eyekatcher
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 970
    #2304874

    Maybe they are being flown by chinese illegal immigrants and can’t get a license to fly them while they spy on us.

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 23746
    #2304879

    I think the vast majority of what people are seeing are not drones at all but normal aircraft. Don’t believe half the crap you read on the internet even stuff you see there is so much computer generated crap out there. Heck at one time I was convinced the Ram TRX could do wheelies and I showed my son and he said you know that’s from Grand theft Auto right?

    crawdaddy
    St. Paul MN
    Posts: 1856
    #2304882

    If it’s anything like the Chinese spy balloon, nothing will get done under the current admin.

    Reef W
    Posts: 2908
    #2304884

    If it’s anything like the Chinese spy balloon, nothing will get done under the current admin.

    The one that got shot down?

    Jason
    Posts: 840
    #2304886

    Our current inept administration is to chickenshit to tell the American people what is really going on, so they are going to keep lying about it.

    Dutchboy
    Central Mn.
    Posts: 16989
    #2304889

    Our current inept administration is to chickenshit to tell the American people what is really going on, so they are going to keep lying about it.

    While you might be correct, why don’t you tell us the truth since you seem to know.

    Jason
    Posts: 840
    #2304892

    ^^^ I’m patiently waiting for mayor Pete to finish breast feeding his kid so he can tell us what’s going on.

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10777
    #2304893

    In todays world, how do we not have an answer on this?

    crawdaddy
    St. Paul MN
    Posts: 1856
    #2304896

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>crawdaddy wrote:</div>
    If it’s anything like the Chinese spy balloon, nothing will get done under the current admin.

    The one that got shot down?

    Correct. After it floated over the entire country.

    ThunderLund78
    Posts: 2796
    #2304904

    It could be a lot of things, but my money is on the theory that it’s secret US military activity and the government playing dumb is all part of the cover. Same with the documented UFO sightings by military aircraft throughout the 2000s. No better cover then to play dumb or say it’s other-worldly when it’s really a big controlled experiment.

    Also there are covert parts of the military that explicitly do stuff like this to test the reaction of the rank & file without them knowing it. If this is what’s happening, I’d say we’re failing.

    They don’t move fast and they should be big enough to show-up on radar. Not sure why they can’t be tracked. At some point your average citizen with resources is gonna find a way to take one down and then maybe we’ll see what the fuss is about.

    Sylvanboat
    Posts: 1018
    #2304909

    Biden said it is against the law to shoot them down. ???

    Matt Moen
    South Minneapolis
    Posts: 4507
    #2304911

    I can’t believe someone hasn’t taken a crack at these with a rifle. Reports are they are about 6’ wide with some flying lower than 1000’. I know it’s the east coast but someone has to try it. Some seem pretty rural so you wouldn’t drop it on your neighbors lawn.

    “Ma, hold my beer. I’m going to get the Savage.”

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 23746
    #2304913

    What if it starts shooting back? What if it gets downed into traffic or someone’s house? I saw a video claiming to be shooting at it with tracer rounds but it was an airsoft gun.
    Someone just put an air tag on one

    Matt Moen
    South Minneapolis
    Posts: 4507
    #2304915

    I’m not saying you should shoot em but someone has to try.

    How did they get an air tag on one?

    jwellsy
    Posts: 1617
    #2304917

    I wonder if these things are being programmed to operate autonomously. It’s not hard to measure what frequency they’re operating on and triangulate back to where it’s broadcasting from.

    Many police departments have systems setup to detect drone frequency activity, related to the shot detector/locator systems.

    There’s bound to be some HAM operators playing hide and seek with the drones. You could probably use a Software Defined Radio to find whatever frequency they’re using. HAM’s make a game out of tracking down pirate sources.

    isu22andy
    Posts: 1876
    #2304918

    I’m not saying you should shoot em but someone has to try.

    How did they get an air tag on one?

    I grew up in pretty rural small town – someone would def be shooting one down . Rifle in every other truck come coyote season .

    What’s crazy is how often these drones are used in the Russia Ukraine war . Tons of videos on Reddit that aren’t for the faint of heart.

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