Drones overhead tonight (many)

if they were a foreign gvt operating, they could sneak the drones in by truck, launch them, and crash em in the ocean.
the whole idea was they can be a swarm and disposable....
Why leave the lights on?
Sending a message? Causing panic?

I saw the video, so it must be true, of collaborative robots in China.
if that is the case, they will start "reproducing" creating "surrogates" that specialize in creating new robots.
They will grow exponentially - cause that is how it works (remember your pandemic math)

we don't want autonomous cars, we want a swarm that works together.
same with robots.
next time I crash my ebike for no reason, i'm eyeballing it like it meant to do that.

Watch those air pressure sensors on the bike...
and if you are running a Brain suspension?

Alexa of Christmas Present, will we live?

I just had an idea of redoing A Christmas Carol with Clippy, Alexa, and ChatGPT.....
 
rlb said:
The balloon was at 60,000 ft and spent a lot of time flying over less populated areas. Military planes tracking it would not cause such a huge public disturbance. Even then, the military waited until it was tracked over open water to be shot down. And I'm sure there was a lot of analysis along the way (i.e. trying to detect what it was carrying). Back to the drones, there were some pretty interesting arguments earlier in the thread about closed airspace and jets that would be dispatched to shoot down unidentified drones. While this does seem to make sense, how would fighter jets manage to fly at a rate that can keep pace with a drone? As mentioned earlier, they struggle to go slow enough to escort a Cessna out of restricted air space. Also, there was mention in the balloon wiki that the balloons are tough to shoot down due to lack of signature, and I'm guessing a lot of that would also apply to drones.
Click to expand...


i dont have much input on the rest as i am also just a guy, and i didnt even stay at a holiday inn express last night, but this part is simple, they would use helicopters, and likely follow the drones until they could identify a place to shoot them down, noone believes a drone thats this quiet has more loiter time than a helicopter with a fuel tank, right?
 
shrpshtr325 said:
i dont have much input on the rest as i am also just a guy, and i didnt even stay at a holiday inn express last night, but this part is simple, they would use helicopters, and likely follow the drones until they could identify a place to shoot them down, noone believes a drone thats this quiet has more loiter time than a helicopter with a fuel tank, right?
Click to expand...

I heard they are nuclear powered, and would explode if shot down.
 
Last edited:
jShort said:
I wish this god damn rain would stop so we could get more drone content!
Click to expand...
So I guess the drones only fly when there is no cloud ceiling...or above the cloud ceiling (like airplanes 🙂 )

I read somewhere that a NJ st senator was quoted demanding that we shoot one of them down...but now I can't find the quote......LOL...my god, this is a fucking riot, I love it.
 
UtahJoe said:
So I guess the drones only fly when there is no cloud ceiling...or above the cloud ceiling (like airplanes 🙂 )

I read somewhere that a NJ st senator was quoted demanding that we shoot one of them down...but now I can't find the quote......LOL...my god, this is a fucking riot, I love it.
Click to expand...
Maybe this guy?
www.nj.com

Ban drone flights and declare state of emergency, N.J. lawmaker says

A state senator wants all drones to stop flying over the state until mysterious night sightings over New Jersey can be explained.
www.nj.com www.nj.com
 
Patrick said:
TCAS is based on transponders and ADS-B (self reporting of GPS position to ATC, and direct plane-to-plane surveillance)
ATC can add non-transponder traffic (ie some balloons, ultra-lights, etc) to the uplink using primary radar. (think ping in submarine terms)
Commercial pilots refer to this as the fish finder. Don't think i'm using that lingo, although an occasional yahoo when I spot traffic is acceptable.

Yeah, nothing is flying around unidentified in the airspace that is nearly continuous from Philly to Kennedy. Think Delaware Bay to Eastern LI.
Even most generic older transponders have a unique identifier (mode S) along with an altitude encoder (mode C.) ADS-B is now required in controlled airspace.

The area off-shore is monitored by the military - anything that flies in that space that isn't known is getting a visit.
It is called an ADIZ.

I watched that intercept around solberg airport from my backyard. fun watching a military jet try to fly under 100mph.
Click to expand...
And someone got a number to call.. Busting TFR's is never a good idea. Being a licensed radio operator I always have a radio (or, two, or three) going. Caught a few incidents where a Presidential TFR was violated and caught the radio traffic on the Guard Channel. It's always funny to hear the pilot come up on the freq after getting headbutted by an AirGuard F16 and meekly contact the tower. Then hearing the clearance with the dreaded "prepare to copy, I have a number for you to call".
 
rlb said:
Ultimately what I'm getting at is a major defense response along with shooting down drones with unknown cargo over the most densely populated are in the country seems like a pretty risky move and something that would get people pretty panicked in a hurry.
Click to expand...
Ya there is no way....the potential for disaster....I mean look no further than how many people have been killed or injured in the Ukraine from just falling missle debris....

SmooveP said:
Maybe this guy?
www.nj.com

Ban drone flights and declare state of emergency, N.J. lawmaker says

A state senator wants all drones to stop flying over the state until mysterious night sightings over New Jersey can be explained.
www.nj.com www.nj.com
Click to expand...
I found it, it was this idiot
1733926275942.png
www.app.com

Rep. Smith: 50 drones came in from ocean; At least a dozen trailed Coast Guard ship

The mystery of the unidentified drones deepened Tuesday, as federal officials admitted that they don’t know the source or origin of the drones.
www.app.com

Rep. Christopher Smith said during the hearing, and in an interview on Fox News, that he went drone-hunting at Island Beach State Park on Monday with Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy. He said they went to that beach because the night before, a law enforcement officer had counted 50 drones coming in from the ocean onto land.

In addition, he said that he was told by a Coast Guard official that one of their 47-foot ships in the ocean was trailed by 12 to 30 drones.




“I think this is a very serious threat,” Smith said.

He added that when he asked officials at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst why they couldn’t shoot down the drones, he was told they don’t have the authority to do so. Smith urged officials at the hearing to grant military authorization to shoot down the drones so that their identity and capability could be ascertained.
Click to expand...
this is a member of congress urging the military to shoot down giant objects in the sky above NJ.....LOL, we havent quite gone to plaid yet, but we are well on the way
 
Patrick said:
I once worked for DARPA (truly I did!)
At Picatinny and Ft Monmouth.
They have all the toys!

I can tell you what I did. I programmed tools that analyzed programs. the 80s were wild.
should have launched that into something useful rather than catching bin laden.

as soon as you look at them, they go dark. it has to be Elon, he's got that eye tracking stuff.

Need Rick - he knows the tracking nanobots were in the toothpaste all along,
how else could you get them replaced in just about everyone every day.
Click to expand...
Worked at PICA as well. BLDG 350 area (MISD). Back in the 80's when SDI was in full swing.
 
lol @ shooting them down for identification reasons, as if there would be any parts left big enough for that.
 
stb222 said:
Asked why answers about the sightings are so hard to come by, Murphy said the drones are “very sophisticated.”



“The minute you get eyes on them, they go dark,” he said.

jim-halpert.gif
Click to expand...
"End, stop"
 
ok, granted this is the NYP and foxnews
nypost.com

Mystery NJ drones are coming from Iranian mothership offshore, congressman suggests: ‘Should be shot down’

A New Jersey congressman claimed Wednesday that the mystery drones over the Garden State are from Iran, and they’re being launched by a mothership parked off the East Coast.
nypost.com nypost.com
A New Jersey congressman claimed Wednesday that the mystery drones over the Garden State are from Iran, and they’re being launched by a mothership parked off the East Coast.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, said the drones “very possibly could be” from Iran, citing confidential sources during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday morning.

“These drones should be shot down,” he said, adding that “the military is on full alert with this.”
Click to expand...
This is a US congressman claiming there is a mystery Iranian mothership just hanging out off the coast launching drones

we're paying this man $174,000 a year. :Ugh:
 
Last edited:
UtahJoe said:
ok, granted this is the NYP and foxnews
nypost.com

Mystery NJ drones are coming from Iranian mothership offshore, congressman suggests: ‘Should be shot down’

A New Jersey congressman claimed Wednesday that the mystery drones over the Garden State are from Iran, and they’re being launched by a mothership parked off the East Coast.
nypost.com nypost.com

This is a US congressman claiming there is a mystery Iranian mothership just hanging out off the coast launching drones

we're paying this man $174,000 a year. :Ugh:
Click to expand...

more proof that you cant buy intelligence(or common sense)
 
oh wait, its getting better
nypost.com

NJ drone mystery deepens as Pentagon denies flying objects are coming from Iran or any other ‘foreign entity or adversary’

The Department of Defense has deepened the mystery over the drones over New Jersey — and poured cold water on a claim that they came from Iran.
nypost.com nypost.com

The Department of Defense has deepened the mystery over the drones over New Jersey — and poured cold water on a claim that they came from Iran.

Defense officials do not believe the unidentified flying objects are coming from “a foreign entity or adversary,” deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Wednesday.

The drones spotted flying overNew Jersey are not from Iran, the Department of Defense says.@MendhamMike via Storyful
“There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there’s no so-called mothership launching drones towards the United States,”

Singh was responding to explosive claims made by Republican New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew earlier Wednesday, who told Fox News that highly-placed sources told him the drones spotted nightly over the Garden State’s skies were “very possibly” being deployed by Iran.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom