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I moved to Tucson temporarily during the pandemic. One night walking to get groceries my girlfriend and I saw a very low flying drone with a single green light

I moved to Tucson temporarily during the pandemic. One night walking to get groceries my girlfriend and I saw a very low flying drone with a single green light underneath. It was moving far faster than I’d ever seen a drone, very low over our head and went far into the distance. Couldn’t hear it at all. The speed must have been at or above 100mph, it was almost unbelievable how quick it went.

mistrial9 5y ago
NASCAR warmups trials, except for drones.. humans are dangerous, and proud of it
seaorg 5y ago
You didn’t hear it at all? Why do you call it a drone, because it had the typical four struts of a commercial drone? What color was it? How many feet above the ground would you say it was? Did it maneuver at all to avoid buildings as it flew?
- nwienert 5y ago
  It was high enough, maybe 60-100ft that it could have been quiet and we just didn’t hear. It was off to the left a little as well. I say drone only because it seemed about that size, didn’t see it beyond the general shape and darker color unfortunately.
  - joshmlewis 5y ago
    You would definitely hear it at 100ft and 100mph. I race drones and they are LOUD. If it's some DoD tech then maybe they figured out how to make it near silent but it'd have to be some real state of the art prop design.
    - pillefitz 5y ago
      Not every drone is a quadcopter, could have had wings of some kind (?)
      - qeternity 5y ago
        It’s the electric motors that are loud. Fixed wing still suffer from that, though not as loud.
tiahura 5y ago
Could you tell whether it was a quad or some other form factor?
jbay808 5y ago
Could it have been a spot from a green laser pointer traversing the clouds, or something like that?
- Gravityloss 5y ago
  My thoughts exactly. A single green point light...
  - nwienert 5y ago
    There weren’t clouds, and i could make out a body as the light was attached to it. Plus we tracked it far into the distance as it moved steadily at a consistent height. If I had any doubt it could be a laser pointer I’d have noted it, but it definitely wasn’t.

mistrial9 5y ago

NASCAR warmups trials, except for drones.. humans are dangerous, and proud of it

seaorg 5y ago

You didn’t hear it at all? Why do you call it a drone, because it had the typical four struts of a commercial drone? What color was it? How many feet above the ground would you say it was? Did it maneuver at all to avoid buildings as it flew?

nwienert 5y ago
It was high enough, maybe 60-100ft that it could have been quiet and we just didn’t hear. It was off to the left a little as well. I say drone only because it seemed about that size, didn’t see it beyond the general shape and darker color unfortunately.
- joshmlewis 5y ago
  You would definitely hear it at 100ft and 100mph. I race drones and they are LOUD. If it's some DoD tech then maybe they figured out how to make it near silent but it'd have to be some real state of the art prop design.
  - pillefitz 5y ago
    Not every drone is a quadcopter, could have had wings of some kind (?)
    - qeternity 5y ago
      It’s the electric motors that are loud. Fixed wing still suffer from that, though not as loud.

tiahura 5y ago

Could you tell whether it was a quad or some other form factor?

jbay808 5y ago

Could it have been a spot from a green laser pointer traversing the clouds, or something like that?

Gravityloss 5y ago
My thoughts exactly. A single green point light...
- nwienert 5y ago
  There weren’t clouds, and i could make out a body as the light was attached to it. Plus we tracked it far into the distance as it moved steadily at a consistent height. If I had any doubt it could be a laser pointer I’d have noted it, but it definitely wasn’t.