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Recent drone acticity in the US and Great Britain...

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20 hours ago, birdguy said:

They're the only ones running for office?

Noel

Back in 2020 a political analyst stated that the presidential election was an election of the deplorables. The only ones willing to tolerate the media digging in on them caring less what people thought.🤣 Some things never change.

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  • So far, I've seen a lot of hysteria and few facts.  That in itself is a recepie for problems.  There's already concerns from GA pilots, and my biggest fear is that someone starts shooting up in the sk

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    My first thoughts were of insurance companies flying them around photographing roofs so they can cancel homeowner's insurance.  That's been happening frequently here on the west coast.  Now I'm thin

  • They're the only ones running for office? Noel

The thing that gets me is how large these drones are. That means there is a lot of money involved, it isn't amateurs or small companies launching dozens of flying boxcars. And it isn't Amazon delivery, they will use smaller drones. 

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Yes, Martin, that's probably what's happening.

And I think we can rule out things like this below:

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To be honest it's really annoying me now. People on Instagram where the less intelligent congregate are claiming, what's referred to as a "circle of confusion" in photography, is an alien force field. 😳 

Of course, they get the views and comments they crave, thanks to ignorance.

 

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Martin, people should just calm down until they find out what it's all about from the source that is commanding these drones.  There is a reason for them to be doing this and it is not time yet to divulge the details.  Wild speculation by people who know nothing about these drones is useless information chaff.

I, and many like me, have served in operations that were classified and even we didn't know why.  But later we realized there was a good reason for it.  And later, perhaps years later, the classification was lifted.

One of the assignments I was on was classified top secret.  That classification has been lifted and is now common knowledge.

I had spent several months learning seismology and the seismic instruments we had to maintain.  We operated a station on a ranch a few miles out of the town of Douglas Wyoming.  We were there, along with two other sites in Wyoming (Encampment and Pinedale) to detect underground nuclear tests.  This was a top secret operation until they closed the sites down and declassified the project.  As far as the people in the towns our stations were located we were weather stations.

What these drones are and what they are doing will be explained one day.  Meanwhile, don't panic and stop speculating.

Noel

The tires are worn.  The shocks are shot.  The steering is wobbly.  But the engine still runs fine.

Keep calm. The drones are there because of a purpose. To serve man.

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2 hours ago, Fielder said:

The drones are there because of a purpose. To serve man.

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17 hours ago, birdguy said:

Martin, people should just calm down until they find out what it's all about from the source that is commanding these drones.  There is a reason for them to be doing this and it is not time yet to divulge the details.  Wild speculation by people who know nothing about these drones is useless information chaff.

 

Yep, indeed. The internet machine that craves views is in full swing though, exaggerating everything, misidentifying, posting fake videos.  

Yesterday in the night News services in Porta land we also had various statements from people, mainly along the western coast of mainland Portugal, describing and even documenting with smartphone captures, various objects that appear to rise from the Ocean.

From the various images they do not look like drones at all but rather like spheres...

A friend of mine took a rather intriguing screenshot of what I don't hesitate to identify as an UFO, overflying a zone of Lisbon, early morning in a weekend, more than 1 year ago.

Given the person he is, a man of exact sciences, and probably the most credited professional in the area I work with and a friend for many years, since the early days at Lisbon University in the early 80s of last Century, the last thing I would think would be that he was "mad"...  and the screenshot, captured with an iPhone with a very good resolution / camera is there to proof there was indeed something quite apart from what it would be expected at that position, in the sky of a Spring CAVOK morning over Lisbon town... 

At least they have good taste! Lisbon and Portugal are the most beautiful places in the Galaxy... 

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23 hours ago, birdguy said:

I, and many like me, have served in operations that were classified and even we didn't know why.  But later we realized there was a good reason for it.  And later, perhaps years later, the classification was lifted.

Noel, you come from a generation who lived much of their lives during a time when the govt. were the good guys.  Sadly, that is not the case any more.

Everything that govt. is involved in and spends money on is suspect, and oftentimes only benefits a chosen few, usually those in govt. and/or their cronies, friends, and family.

It's a different world now.

Dave

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This news feature was about the drones. They noted all the land China is buying farmland in the USA. Even up in Grand Forks, North Dakota, near military bases.

 

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1 hour ago, Fielder said:

They noted all the land China is buying farmland in the USA. Even up in Grand Forks, North Dakota, near military bases.

They(the high-level govt. types) have known about this for years and done nothing to stop it.  Mmmm, I wonder why???? 

I know why.  There are those at high levels who are hoping for a major war.  The reasons are the following: 1)they are desperate to maintain absolute U.S. hegemony over the rest of the world, 2)they need a reason to default on the debt, and 3)this would be a great distraction from all the corruption and various shenanigans that many of them have been involved in.  However, they need a good reason, because they know that 99% of us are against war, so they are doing everything they can to provoke one.

Look up the Thucydides Trap online.  It is an article written by Graham Allison in 2012.  This explains some of it, but the best way to understand what's going on is just to look at the govt.'s actions.

I can't discuss certain subjects here as they have been deemed "verboten", but suffice it to say that all you have to do is look at what the U.S. govt. has been doing around the world to provoke and antagonize multiple countries.

I pray every day that they can be stopped, as they are madmen who are willing to burn it all down as long as they achieve their goals, sort of a Pyrrhic Victory.

This won't end well....

Dave

 

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Possible environmental problems from Laminar Research's strange activities around military golf courses? Used to be heaps more birdies! But I guess I shouldn't help start a battle over it.

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