Mysterious drones are flying around the Midwest, Great Plain

[pixy0stix]

Mysterious drones are flying around the Midwest, Great Plains, and no one has answers

www.coloradoan.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/02/nebraska-colorado-drone-sightings-puzzle-midwest-government-agencies/2793815001/


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Some of my more "tin foil hat" friends of FB have been thoroughly freaked out by this. I'm guessing it's some sort of government something, tied to the missile bases throughout the area.

[bowies]

Foreign ops most likely.

[calmcosmo]

I feel more breezy about this because I 100% believe that the right people know exactly what these drones are and what they're doing.

There is so much air power and testing that goes on that we have no idea about (by design). My husband is a naval aviator and graduated from the naval test pilot school. He spent a lot of time at Nellis and at Walker (close to Roswell, NM which is no coincidence), at Pax River and other places where we test a lot of "secret" or "top secret" projects. Just because the AF and Army are saying they "don't have any information" (for the media) does not mean that they "don't know what it is". He just finished a three year tour at NORAD and I am confident that they wouldn't let foreign operatives just zip around our nuke silos. Of course random police forces can't shoot down UFOs. But the military could absolutely take out a foreign drone in US Airspace.

I think it's interesting to read these kinds of things and absolutely think it's an interesting mystery. But I do not for one hot second think that nobody knows what/who they are. The media and general population don't know. But we don't know a lot of things. I geeked out on books like Skunkworks when my husband was a test pilot and it was super interesting how the US kept so many air power projects under wraps. Drones are the next chapter in military aviation.

[pixy0stix]

Jan 2, 2020 13:40:04 GMT -5 calmcosmo said:

I feel more breezy about this because I 100% believe that the right people know exactly what these drones are and what they're doing.

There is so much air power and testing that goes on that we have no idea about (by design). My husband is a naval aviator and graduated from the naval test pilot school. He spent a lot of time at Nellis and at Walker (close to Roswell, NM which is no coincidence), at Pax River and other places where we test a lot of "secret" or "top secret" projects. Just because the AF and Army are saying they "don't have any information" (for the media) does not mean that they "don't know what it is". He just finished a three year tour at NORAD and I am confident that they wouldn't let foreign operatives just zip around our nuke silos. Of course random police forces can't shoot down UFOs. But the military could absolutely take out a foreign drone in US Airspace.

I think it's interesting to read these kinds of things and absolutely think it's an interesting mystery. But I do not for one hot second think that nobody knows what/who they are. The media and general population don't know. But we don't know a lot of things. I geeked out on books like Skunkworks when my husband was a test pilot and it was super interesting how the US kept so many air power projects under wraps. Drones are the next chapter in military aviation.

I'd agree, but none of our local government agencies know anything and are raising the alarm. Our CO governor posted today that he hasn't received any information even through formal requests. I would think that at that level he would have received at least a "it's government so and so".

ETA: 

[litebright]

Hmmm. Given the grid pattern, maybe mapping? Something like satellite-imagery, only at closer range? Like this: www.verizon.com/about/news/skyward-releases-advanced-airspace-intelligence

Or they're testing drone platooning capabilities for uses such as mapping or search-and-rescue and/or disaster recovery and so on. There aren't a lot of aerial hazards (tall buildings and so on) in those areas, or population, and it's out of restricted airspace, so it would be a good, basic test area. Drones with a six-foot wingspan are huge, for drones, and expensive. It sounds like they don't actually need to have filed flight plans, though. So it's entirely possible that when Polis asks, there's no information available.

"Local sheriffs told The Denver Post that the drones don’t appear to be “malicious” and that they’re likely not breaking any laws. Flight plans are not required to be filed with the FAA unless the drone pilots are flying in restricted airspace."

[calmcosmo]

Jan 2, 2020 13:47:38 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jan 2, 2020 13:40:04 GMT -5 calmcosmo said:

I feel more breezy about this because I 100% believe that the right people know exactly what these drones are and what they're doing.

There is so much air power and testing that goes on that we have no idea about (by design). My husband is a naval aviator and graduated from the naval test pilot school. He spent a lot of time at Nellis and at Walker (close to Roswell, NM which is no coincidence), at Pax River and other places where we test a lot of "secret" or "top secret" projects. Just because the AF and Army are saying they "don't have any information" (for the media) does not mean that they "don't know what it is". He just finished a three year tour at NORAD and I am confident that they wouldn't let foreign operatives just zip around our nuke silos. Of course random police forces can't shoot down UFOs. But the military could absolutely take out a foreign drone in US Airspace.

I think it's interesting to read these kinds of things and absolutely think it's an interesting mystery. But I do not for one hot second think that nobody knows what/who they are. The media and general population don't know. But we don't know a lot of things. I geeked out on books like Skunkworks when my husband was a test pilot and it was super interesting how the US kept so many air power projects under wraps. Drones are the next chapter in military aviation.

I'd agree, but none of our local government agencies know anything and are raising the alarm. Our CO governor posted today that he hasn't received any information even through formal requests. I would think that at that level he would have received at least a "it's government so and so".

ETA: 

Not necessarily. This stuff is highly compartmentalized. Even the people in command of the test community aren't read in on all projects. If I know anything from being married to a test pilot is that nobody is privy to everything - especially politicians who are asked a dozen questions a day by reporters. It's risky.

I know very little about what my husband worked on over the years. Most of it is boring software upgrades in planes that are boring. But drones are a big deal right now and we are still connected with that community and the test communities for drone projects are very strong. 6 foot wingspan is a very small drone (for military standards) so this is certainly a different project than the ones I've seen.

[alleinesein]

Those are definitely not the military drones that my mom works with, they are way too small.

[VillainV]

Jan 2, 2020 15:55:23 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Those are definitely not the military drones that my mom works with, they are way too small.

The military has drones anywhere from a few inches up to the size of an airliner.

[alleinesein]

Jan 2, 2020 16:37:20 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Jan 2, 2020 15:55:23 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Those are definitely not the military drones that my mom works with, they are way too small.

The military has drones anywhere from a few inches up to the size of an airliner.

The ones she is involved with are just a tab smaller than fighter jets. They are huge!

[pixy0stix]

Possible explanation, but I'm not at all comforted given the timing and what has happened on the global stage during this time: gazette.com/military/could-mystery-of-colorado-drone-sightings-finally-be-explained/article_c8d375be-2e6f-11ea-85b7-2335e1d42476.html

[pixy0stix]

Well this happened - 77 agencies including federal agencies met today - www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-drones-faa-task-force-meeting/73-059fd156-ec27-4a36-8bb6-717b2e70d5c6?fbclid=IwAR0C-G-px8X-mVtbE9ymx4hijs8V0Fz7FT1zvfNewtLkKXUU95obiaqP5yE

[georgeglass]

Jan 6, 2020 20:06:21 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Well this happened - 77 agencies including federal agencies met today - www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-drones-faa-task-force-meeting/73-059fd156-ec27-4a36-8bb6-717b2e70d5c6?fbclid=IwAR0C-G-px8X-mVtbE9ymx4hijs8V0Fz7FT1zvfNewtLkKXUU95obiaqP5yE

I...could not name 77 different agencies.

[pixy0stix]

Jan 6, 2020 20:17:25 GMT -5 georgeglass said:

Jan 6, 2020 20:06:21 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Well this happened - 77 agencies including federal agencies met today - www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-drones-faa-task-force-meeting/73-059fd156-ec27-4a36-8bb6-717b2e70d5c6?fbclid=IwAR0C-G-px8X-mVtbE9ymx4hijs8V0Fz7FT1zvfNewtLkKXUU95obiaqP5yE

I...could not name 77 different agencies.

Right? 

I really don't think this is a case of "oh, it's just the military".

[jssymom14]

The kept getting further and further east too as they have been spotted close to Lincoln and Omaha the last few nights. It’s something I have been reading up on as well.