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Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for 'state of emergency'

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Re: Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for 'state of emergency'

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Post by downWidOutaFite »

Israel has been mounting guns and speakers on long-distance quadcopters and shooting at Gazans. Only a short time until that tech becomes widespread. Israel seems to be a proving ground for mass population terrorizing tech like this. I'm having a hard time seeing how society is not going to devolve into capitalist tech fascism as we lose all our privacy and tech becomes more powerful than our governments, aka the will of the people.

Re: Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for 'state of emergency'

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Post by plipt »

apcragg wrote: post #13

The 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...

I find the discussions on Metabunk.org helpful with news stories like this.

For example here is a clip that a Fox News host recorded. Presented as a drone, but is it not clearly just an airplane filmed flying directly overhead?

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/drones-over-new-jersey.1377...

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Post by wood_spirit »

gowld wrote: post #37
potato3732842 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Ukraine is any indication you shoot them down with other drones.

No one in Ukraine is in the habit of shooting down commercial airliners and helicopters, though.

No they used Buk missiles instead.

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Post by OhNoNotAgain_99 »

hoppyhoppy2 wrote: post #8
soared wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think anyone has the tools to go to an area after a spotting and capture/destroy them quick enough.

Not to mention that it's illegal to shoot down aircraft

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Re: Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for 'state of emergency'

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Post by Amezarak »

jklinger410 wrote: post #39
apcragg wrote: post #13

The 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...

There is more evidence here than just pictures from this one article. The pentagon, for example, just declared that they do not know what they are[1]. Among many other credible sources. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hc1l58/pentagon_no_e...

> The pentagon, for example, just declared that they do not know what they are[1].

This sounds impressive, but people don't seem to realize that there is no USGOV tracking of drone-sized objects in US airspace. Of course they can't say who is doing it or where they're coming from, they also don't know what's going on when you launch a drone from your backyard and fly it around.

The FAA has a database of reports of people illegally flying drones around planes and airports, it's been happening constantly since they've been mass market items and the perps rarely get caught.

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Post by 0cf8612b2e1e »

fourteenfour wrote: post #35
_djo_ wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. This is a ridiculous mass hysteria driven by media sensationalism and ignorant members of the public.

Lol, also rep. Jeff Van Drew claiming without evidence that the drones are coming from an Iranian mothership off the coast.

Something tells me that if there were so much as an Iranian dinghy sitting off the coast, the military would be extremely aware of its presence. Monitoring absolutely everything that it did.
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