I think it's clearly government and shameful that they don't talk to representatives at a minimum.
Other guesses foreign adversary >10%
Organized local club >3%
Super rich corporate company >25
Helicopter/ planes <50%
Where do you all land. I'd love someone to chase one, like a twister.
Funny, OK your not a bot.
Having a drone reported to be the size of a compact car hovering over my house would be upsetting. I don't need "evidence" they are a threat. Mannade vehicles do fall from the sky.
Do think the news outlets are running with this though. FOX showed a night-time pic that clearly was a helicopter and not a drone.
How hard is it to get quick, legit answers?? That is the real problem here.
Was it clearly a helicopter?
@UNIMAN
Admittedly, haven't really looked too much into any of this. But the one part I did see that was alarming was how upon being approached they go dark / silent.
That's was screams Government testing to me and I'm sure we'll find out months from now.
But to your point, they could just say they're testing technologies.
@unplucked_gem
The latest theroy thrown out there is HPGe Nuclear Detector Drones. Looking for a nuclear bomb??
Seems plausible.
@StumpTownStu
If I could find the pic I would post a link. It was a night pic showing a green light on underbelly with a red light on tail. Outline of helicopter seemed obvious.
I should have said nuclear material rather than bomb.
All speculation but some videos appear to show several drones spread evenly apart at night.
Hard to believe a bunch of drone enthusiasts are flying very large drones at night over and over. Am sure though that planes, jets, and helicopters are being mistaken too.
@UNIMAN
New working hypothesis:
Some of the "got away's" in from the porous southern border do not have the best intentions for us and as a precaution they're scanning for dirty bomb materials. >60%
If anything like what you suggest or this is remotely close, it's messed up. They'll try to hide behind verbiage citing "the drones didn't present a public safety issue".
If things in the sky concern you, consider airports. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) wants to do away with the TSA. Ok, fine. And replace it with what?
It's so easy to tear shit down & not so easy to rebuild it better.
And there's talk about having federal remote workers return to brick/mortar locations. Ok, does the government have locations, networks, hardware, furniture etc to implement this? Fuck, no. Of course not
Members of Congress need to be held accountable for comments like this. But who can trust the media to ask those questions now that ABC got their wrists slapped?
This admin is a complete joke and a disgrace who insults the public's intelligence with it's non stop gaslighting. Apparently, the "dRoNeS" can be bought at retail stores. These same "dRoNeS" that are sold to the public can also hide themselves from thermal readings, can shut down military bases and also hide from detection. They are also not able to be tracked from take off or landing. Per the White House they are "...lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and even fucking stars that were mistakenly reported as drones" and they are not a "national security or public safety risk..." So, these so called drones can shut military bases down, go completely undetected and the public is not being told where they are coming form, not whom is flying them (since they are "manned") but they are not a security risk. Okayyyyyy. GTFO WH.
@Midnight1
They don't concern me, its anomaly and conversational event.
If you fly ever, TSA is horrible and there is no reason that I can't bring my own bottle of water and have to take my shoes off. I'll do you one better, if you fly international you really get it. TSA is an exact example of government swelling beyond usefulness at our expense.
As to ABC or here in the forum word choice matters. Finally I'm sure they can find a few chairs....that's a joke.
Get precheck and you don't have to remove your shoes.
And there's talk about having federal remote workers return to brick/mortar locations. Ok, does the government have locations, networks, hardware, furniture etc to implement this? Fuck, no. Of course not
Members of Congress need to be held accountable for comments like this. But who can trust the media to ask those questions now that ABC got their wrists slapped?
https://reason.com/2023/10/27/federal-agencies-maintain-offices-that-sit-mostly-empty/
The federal government is sitting on millions of square feet of unused office space.
"The federal government owns over 460 million square feet of office space that costs billions annually to operate and maintain," the report notes.
The report found that, on average, 17 of the 24 agencies surveyed used 25 percent or less of the available space in their headquarters buildings. Even agencies on the higher end only averaged between 40 percent and 49 percent.
Reason previously reported on an earlier version of the final report, related to data compiled by government watchdog organization OpenTheBooks.com, showing that government agencies spent more than $3.3 billion on office furniture since the beginning of the pandemic even as their buildings sat largely vacant.
This article states the Biden Admin was pressuring remote working but those damn powerful federal employees unions. 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-are-paying-billions-for-empty-government-offices-181334141.html
Officials in Washington, D.C., have urged the president to bring federal workers back to the office, arguing that their absence has turned the nation¡¯s capital into a ghost town. They have been joined by Capitol Hill legislators from rural districts who say their constituents lack reliable internet access and need to interact with government agencies face-to-face.
So far, however, the powerful unions that represent federal employees have resisted that push.
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