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Late to the thread so this will probably get buried. My spouse and I have seen these things flying for years around the northern Baltimore area. They even

by dgfitz 2y ago

Late to the thread so this will probably get buried. My spouse and I have seen these things flying for __years__ around the northern Baltimore area. They even had patterns. Recently, we have been hearing what sound like Apache helicopters at around the same time at night. This video in this article: https://apnews.com/article/fbi-drones-new-jersey-a978470fa3bb07ed3e98c5b7c18f0abb https://apnews.com/article/fbi-drones-new-jersey-a978470fa3b... Is 100% __identical__ to what we have been seeing for literal years, at least 5.

Mistletoe 2y ago
I guess I would say why are people concerned about this? I’d be much more concerned about ones without navigation lights.
- dgfitz 2y ago
  I didn’t mean to imply I’m concerned, quite the opposite. Like mentioned, this has been happing for half a decade in my world.
- dialup_sounds 2y ago
  It's a social contagion of panic. Blurry video clips trend on social media > local news talks about it > people report to state and local government > national news talks about it > people report to national agencies > national agencies shrug > people say it must be aliens, Iranians, or the CIA. A few thousand people might have seen a drone, but a few million people saw a politician going on national television claiming there's an Iranian mothership off the coast.
- IAmGraydon 2y ago
  That's what I'm saying. Drones are so common that you can buy them at Walmart, and I would be willing to bet that people reporting large drones are just not able to properly judge scale in the sky. What's next, people panicking because they are seeing cars driving around the streets?
nradov 2y ago
AH-64 Apache helicopters sound similar to most every other turbine engine helicopter. I doubt that you could distinguish between them, especially not at any distance.
- dgfitz 2y ago
  > I doubt that you could distinguish between them Do you think that is is possible that someone can? Just not me? Or literally impossible? I would also encourage you not to make assumptions about the background of a random person on the internet. > especially not at any distance They fly over our home.
  - chasd00 2y ago
    My dad can identify fighter aircraft by engine sound alone, he is/was just really really into military aircraft. He gave me a CD once of mp3s of just the sound of jets flying by. To me, it was just a headache generator hah. I don't doubt for one second you can identify an Apache by sound.
IAmGraydon 2y ago
As I mentioned in another comment, police departments have been using drones for around 10 years. That's not to mention all the other professional and amateur use. I personally know at least a handful of people who regularly fly theirs. Most major metro areas are going to have drones flying all over the place. So what I'm saying is...why is this interesting?
- ricardobeat 2y ago
  From the videos, these don't look like traditional photography drones, they are much larger. My money is on eVTOL aircraft. There are hundreds of companies developing them and most are completely unknown to the public. One of them is probably intensifying their testing program and doesn't want news to leak out too early.
- unethical_ban 2y ago
  If it were above board government use, wouldn't it be apparent?
- dgfitz 2y ago
  We would watch 5-7 of them take off and fly the exact same route. They weren’t police drones. They’re training. Edit: my $dayjob is unmanned vehicles
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nickisnoble 2y ago
Which is not far from Aberdeen, where they test a ton of very secret stuff, like nerve gas, ENIAC, agent orange, and LSD, because it's the HQ of ATEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Evaluation_Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Ev...

Late to the thread so this will probably get buried. My spouse and I have seen these things flying for __years__ around the northern Baltimore area. They even

by dgfitz 2y ago

Mistletoe 2y ago

I guess I would say why are people concerned about this? I’d be much more concerned about ones without navigation lights.

dgfitz 2y ago
I didn’t mean to imply I’m concerned, quite the opposite. Like mentioned, this has been happing for half a decade in my world.
dialup_sounds 2y ago
It's a social contagion of panic. Blurry video clips trend on social media > local news talks about it > people report to state and local government > national news talks about it > people report to national agencies > national agencies shrug > people say it must be aliens, Iranians, or the CIA. A few thousand people might have seen a drone, but a few million people saw a politician going on national television claiming there's an Iranian mothership off the coast.
IAmGraydon 2y ago
That's what I'm saying. Drones are so common that you can buy them at Walmart, and I would be willing to bet that people reporting large drones are just not able to properly judge scale in the sky. What's next, people panicking because they are seeing cars driving around the streets?

nradov 2y ago

AH-64 Apache helicopters sound similar to most every other turbine engine helicopter. I doubt that you could distinguish between them, especially not at any distance.

dgfitz 2y ago
> I doubt that you could distinguish between them Do you think that is is possible that someone can? Just not me? Or literally impossible? I would also encourage you not to make assumptions about the background of a random person on the internet. > especially not at any distance They fly over our home.
- chasd00 2y ago
  My dad can identify fighter aircraft by engine sound alone, he is/was just really really into military aircraft. He gave me a CD once of mp3s of just the sound of jets flying by. To me, it was just a headache generator hah. I don't doubt for one second you can identify an Apache by sound.

IAmGraydon 2y ago

As I mentioned in another comment, police departments have been using drones for around 10 years. That's not to mention all the other professional and amateur use. I personally know at least a handful of people who regularly fly theirs. Most major metro areas are going to have drones flying all over the place. So what I'm saying is...why is this interesting?

ricardobeat 2y ago
From the videos, these don't look like traditional photography drones, they are much larger. My money is on eVTOL aircraft. There are hundreds of companies developing them and most are completely unknown to the public. One of them is probably intensifying their testing program and doesn't want news to leak out too early.
unethical_ban 2y ago
If it were above board government use, wouldn't it be apparent?
dgfitz 2y ago
We would watch 5-7 of them take off and fly the exact same route. They weren’t police drones. They’re training. Edit: my $dayjob is unmanned vehicles

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nickisnoble 2y ago

Which is not far from Aberdeen, where they test a ton of very secret stuff, like nerve gas, ENIAC, agent orange, and LSD, because it's the HQ of ATEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Evaluation_Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Ev...