Why are they not being shot down at the very least?
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Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for 'state of emergency'
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#12How strange we get great footage out of Ukraine but no one in New Jersey can get a photo that's not shakey rubbish that looks like an airplane, or helicopter or Xmas lights or Sasquatch walking down the street with a glow in the dark cock ring.
Mustn't have the latest cellphone? I hear smart phones have cameras. They sound as good with technology as HN commentators.
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#13The photos I've seen posted look very obviously like commercial airliners and helicopters with their navigation lights on. You can even make out the American Airlines livery on the tail!
https://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2024/12/11/d...
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#14There was a similar phenomenon a few years back in Colorado: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Colorado_drone....
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#15Bit concerning that no government agencies have figured out what’s going on, but hardly seems like there is a reason for a limited state of emergency given there is no known threat at all. My guess is a US company is gathering data and hasn’t admitted to do so without some type of licensing/etc
>My guess is a US company is gathering data and hasn’t admitted to do so without some type of licensing/etc
My guess is "Flowers By Irene" or more likely someone contracted to do stuff on their behalf for optics/politics reasons. Real companies that do drone stuff are pretty by the book because they know the fed crosshairs are on them.
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#16So is Iran just going to be the default bogeyman until they drum up enough negative sentiment for a war?
Iran doesn't really have any military projection. It can't even move equipment and people into countries it's close to (Syria, Iraq), let alone the US. Why would they take the risk of doing this? It's obviously bullshit.
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#17The photos I've seen posted look very obviously like commercial airliners and helicopters with their navigation lights on. You can even make out the American Airlines livery on the tail! https://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2024/12/11/d...
Same. This is a ridiculous mass hysteria driven by media sensationalism and ignorant members of the public.
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#18Bit concerning that no government agencies have figured out what’s going on, but hardly seems like there is a reason for a limited state of emergency given there is no known threat at all. My guess is a US company is gathering data and hasn’t admitted to do so without some type of licensing/etc
That's the beauty of things like this. Most local municipalities are just not equipped for this type of situation. The feds are, but the locals have to become aware, realize they can't do anything, and then request help. A mayor calls the governor, the governor calls the feds. That's the hierarchy, and that's pretty much what happened.
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#19A practical question, beyond the questions of whose drones these are: what are they looking for?
They're just looking for the Situation or Snooki out on the Shore. Someone forgot to tell them what decade it is.
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#20So is Iran just going to be the default bogeyman until they drum up enough negative sentiment for a war? Iran doesn't really have any military projection. It can't even move equipment and people into countries it's close to (Syria, Iraq), let alone the US. Why would they take the risk of doing this? It's obviously bullshit.
>Iran doesn't really have any military projection.
I'll take "things people said about Afghanistan in 1999" for 400!
Just to be clear, I fully agree with your sentiment. Probably not Iran or any other foreign power.