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There is no mystery, except for how millions of people think blurry videos of regular passenger aircraft, radio towers in fog, and dudes flying DJI phantoms at

There is no mystery, except for how millions of people think blurry videos of regular passenger aircraft, radio towers in fog, and dudes flying DJI phantoms at night are mysterious. And the media is stoking the flames of this hype train as fast and hard as they can for those sweet sweet clicks.

adrr 2y ago
Saw news article where the author spent 5 minutes to look up the object on ADS-B tracking site and it was just a plane. Even reach out to the pilot who confirmed it was his plane.
CapcomGo 2y ago
They've shut down airspace around military bases for no reason?
- ndileas 2y ago
  The military doesn't magically know what's going on better than random civilians, and in many cases is risk averse and paranoid, subject to hysterias and fads just as much as everyone else. They do have some non-public sources of data like air search radars. All this to say, temporary airspace shutdowns don't convey any useful signal about the existence of uaps or foreign drones.
- dazed_confused 2y ago
  Shutting down airspace around Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst makes sense if gunnery is happening.
- snakeyjake 2y ago
  Q) ZID/QFALC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/3949N08402W005 A) KFFO B) 2412140400 C) 2412140800 E) WRIGHT PATTERSON CLASS D AIRSPACE CLOSED DUE TO SECURITY THREAT M1133/24 NOTAMN Q) ZID/QXXXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/3949N08402W005 A) KFFO B) 2412140403 C) 2412140800 E) CAUTION: USE EXTREME CAUTION; HEAVY UAS ACTIVITY IN KFFO SURFACE AREA” People flying DJI Phantoms near a military base and the base suspending operations is not "no reason". It's not "Eyerainian Turrists" And it is certainly not aliens. It's dumbasses flying DJI Phantoms near an airport.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  It's easy to do, it typically doesn't impact much, and it's great ass-covering. If my child tells me she saw a werewolf outside, I'll bolt the door, regardless whether I believe there's a werewolf - or a dog, or a coyote, or a Bigfoot - out there.

adrr 2y ago

Saw news article where the author spent 5 minutes to look up the object on ADS-B tracking site and it was just a plane. Even reach out to the pilot who confirmed it was his plane.

CapcomGo 2y ago

They've shut down airspace around military bases for no reason?

ndileas 2y ago
The military doesn't magically know what's going on better than random civilians, and in many cases is risk averse and paranoid, subject to hysterias and fads just as much as everyone else. They do have some non-public sources of data like air search radars. All this to say, temporary airspace shutdowns don't convey any useful signal about the existence of uaps or foreign drones.
dazed_confused 2y ago
Shutting down airspace around Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst makes sense if gunnery is happening.
snakeyjake 2y ago
Q) ZID/QFALC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/3949N08402W005 A) KFFO B) 2412140400 C) 2412140800 E) WRIGHT PATTERSON CLASS D AIRSPACE CLOSED DUE TO SECURITY THREAT M1133/24 NOTAMN Q) ZID/QXXXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/3949N08402W005 A) KFFO B) 2412140403 C) 2412140800 E) CAUTION: USE EXTREME CAUTION; HEAVY UAS ACTIVITY IN KFFO SURFACE AREA” People flying DJI Phantoms near a military base and the base suspending operations is not "no reason". It's not "Eyerainian Turrists" And it is certainly not aliens. It's dumbasses flying DJI Phantoms near an airport.
pavel_lishin 2y ago
It's easy to do, it typically doesn't impact much, and it's great ass-covering. If my child tells me she saw a werewolf outside, I'll bolt the door, regardless whether I believe there's a werewolf - or a dog, or a coyote, or a Bigfoot - out there.