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Just to balance out things a bit: most of the sightings were dismissed as either aircrafts, stars or other lights [1]. It may be worth reading the actual releas

Just to balance out things a bit: most of the sightings were dismissed as either aircrafts, stars or other lights [1]. It may be worth reading the actual released documents rather than take the cherry picked quotes from them. My 2c. Edit - Just to be clear: this is not about drones being spotted, there may have been small drones flying at night. This is about reports of drones with a large wingspan flying in formation around a 'mothership'. These sightings have been investigated and dismissed [2]. [1] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/884xv3/the-colorado-mystery-drones-werent-real https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/884xv3/the-colorado-myste... [2] https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/publicsafety/news/updates-investigations-suspicious-drone-activity-ne-colorado https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/publicsafety/news/updates-i...

matthewdgreen 6y ago
The articles you point to note that the sightings were investigated on Jan 11-13, and the investigators found nothing. It doesn't prove that the previous sightings were an invention. The War Zone (OP) article also says that reports of sightings ended around mid-January. I don't know what people saw out there. But I don't think one three-night investigation is enough to completely discredit all of those very detailed reports, especially given (1) how close together they are in time, (2) that reporting dropped off in multiple states at a similar point, (3) that there are matching descriptions from people who were quite far apart, and (4) that some were from pilots and others using night vision. It could still be imagination, I just don't think your links provide enough to conclude that.
- fabbari 6y ago
  If you would read the second link I posted carefully you would find out that the investigations started in November, field investigations went from the 6th of January to the 13th. If there was an activity of large groups of drones flying in grid patterns - let alone ones with a 6 feet wing span - these would have been easy to confirm. Add to this that there is no video or photographic evidence of any of these activities. Of 90 reports in a couple of months none of the witnesses had a phone on them to shoot anything that's not a single light in the sky? I think that this is a text book example of social media fueled collective hysteria at its best. Specifically your points 1, 2 and 3 are signs of the phenomenon - about your 4th point: even more reason to expect any form of firm evidence.
  - matthewdgreen 6y ago
    I’ve tried to photograph large planes and Navy dirigibles in the sky. Every picture, even the ones that were of vehicles just a few hundred feet above me (where I can hear the engines) turned out to look like specks unless I digitally blew it up. And this is daytime. At night even close up objects just produce a bright speck, or a collection of specks. Eg: https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/385040854920204288?s=21 https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/385040854920204288?... Reality: https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/eye-in-the-sky-navy-research-blimp-hovering-over-charm-city/ https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/eye-in-the-sky-nav...
jjwiseman 6y ago
Exactly. There seems to be barely any concrete evidence (photos, videos) of any drones at all, let alone large mothership drones controlling swarms of smaller drones. Despite it being likely that every single person who thinks they saw a drone probably had a high resolution video camera in their pocket.

matthewdgreen 6y ago

The articles you point to note that the sightings were investigated on Jan 11-13, and the investigators found nothing. It doesn't prove that the previous sightings were an invention. The War Zone (OP) article also says that reports of sightings ended around mid-January. I don't know what people saw out there. But I don't think one three-night investigation is enough to completely discredit all of those very detailed reports, especially given (1) how close together they are in time, (2) that reporting dropped off in multiple states at a similar point, (3) that there are matching descriptions from people who were quite far apart, and (4) that some were from pilots and others using night vision. It could still be imagination, I just don't think your links provide enough to conclude that.

fabbari 6y ago
If you would read the second link I posted carefully you would find out that the investigations started in November, field investigations went from the 6th of January to the 13th. If there was an activity of large groups of drones flying in grid patterns - let alone ones with a 6 feet wing span - these would have been easy to confirm. Add to this that there is no video or photographic evidence of any of these activities. Of 90 reports in a couple of months none of the witnesses had a phone on them to shoot anything that's not a single light in the sky? I think that this is a text book example of social media fueled collective hysteria at its best. Specifically your points 1, 2 and 3 are signs of the phenomenon - about your 4th point: even more reason to expect any form of firm evidence.
- matthewdgreen 6y ago
  I’ve tried to photograph large planes and Navy dirigibles in the sky. Every picture, even the ones that were of vehicles just a few hundred feet above me (where I can hear the engines) turned out to look like specks unless I digitally blew it up. And this is daytime. At night even close up objects just produce a bright speck, or a collection of specks. Eg: https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/385040854920204288?s=21 https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/385040854920204288?... Reality: https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/eye-in-the-sky-navy-research-blimp-hovering-over-charm-city/ https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/09/27/eye-in-the-sky-nav...

jjwiseman 6y ago

Exactly. There seems to be barely any concrete evidence (photos, videos) of any drones at all, let alone large mothership drones controlling swarms of smaller drones. Despite it being likely that every single person who thinks they saw a drone probably had a high resolution video camera in their pocket.