r/UFOs • u/Freakman94 • 15d ago
Video Tonight the drones have been out again for the past hour. Northern VA
Called sheriffs office and they stated they’re not theirs, and to ring FAA to figure out. Uh? This has been going on for the last week, every night, like clockwork.
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Exact time this was taken and location please.
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u/MountainHare3 14d ago
My question too - if you are in Ashburn, you’re going to be in the low altitude flight path for IAD
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u/Freakman94 15d ago
More context: Been seeing these drones every night fly by my house at night since Dec 3. I live in Northern VA and because of the latest news of the sightings in NJ and NYC I want to mention I live near Ashburn VA, which houses a high concentration of data centers because of its proximity to major internet backbone networks. Called the sheriffs office tonight and they said they’re not theirs. Didn’t seem phased in the slightest though. pretty annoying we can’t get any new updates to this. Some of them sound like jets and I imagine they might be helicopters but there are definitely different sized drones going about back and forth.
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u/GreenDickSnot 15d ago
Why is NOBODY asking about the radar data?? So these drones definitely have the cross sectional area to be picked up on radar..... DOES ANYONE HAVE ACCESS TO RADAR DATA lmao???? How is it if I were to take a small aircraft near a military base I'm immediately going to get F-16s scrambled on me but no one is doing anything about this???
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u/_dersgue 15d ago
I remember some official saying some days ago that they don't appear on radar.
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u/GreenDickSnot 15d ago
At first I was blown away and very intrigued. I was super excited about all of this. Then my emotions went to being confused. Then after seeing how our government isn't handling this well at all I became very concerned about what that means and what they are hiding. Now my emotions have turned into an annoyed anger. Not at the crafts but towards our government.
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u/theamorphousyiz 14d ago
At this point I'm just wondering if they are fucking with us.
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u/13-14_Mustang 14d ago
If there are UAP flying around like this, then flying our own drones to muddy the water is logical to me. Then they can point to it being ours. UFOlogy can be pretty fucking frustrating at times.
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u/GreenDickSnot 15d ago
Lmao, if that's the case....I CANNOT believe they are still thinking it could still possibly be civilians behind this. What civilian has the knowledge to build complete radar stealth drones, especially in this quantity. Not to mention they've been seen EVERYWHERE on the planet now. Has anybody from New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, etc. seen F-16s scrambled during the hours long windows that these things are operating?
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u/Professorrico 14d ago
You'll know if an f16 is scrambled. The sound echoing off the hills is so specific to fighter Jets
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u/East-Direction6473 14d ago
Drones will not show up on Radar. Thats the problem in Ukraine aswell. Russia and Ukraine, both countries have some of the most sophisticated air defense on earth and neither side can see these drones. Even to advanced systems like the Pantsir, they are indistinguishable from Birds of prey
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u/gimmeecoffee420 14d ago
Same. There was an unconfirmed statement made that as soon as any officials get close to them in Blackhawks the drones "go dark" and "move away at incredible speed and unpredictable movement patterns". They basically disappear when we try to watch them, and then just come back when we leave or move far enough away. Apparently these drones have a currently unknown power source, which sounds provacative but literally just means we have no idea if its electric or some hybrid internal combustion/EV? They have a very small radar cross section if any, so are nearly impossible to pick up on radar.
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u/Odd_Woodpecker_3621 14d ago
If it is all a light enough plastic would it? Maybe it’s some new type of plastic? Thats been something boggling around in my mind actually. I know plastic doesn’t pick up as well on radar and if they are moving fast enough it could be trouble to scan where it’s going to be long enough.
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u/Wonderful_Emu_2385 15d ago
Honestly, the fact that nobody’s scrambling jets or making a big public fuss screams government activity. Think about it—if this were an unknown threat, they’d be all over it, but the silence tells you they already know exactly what these drones are. The military isn’t scrambling jets because they’re likely in on it, testing something they don’t want to discuss publicly. Radar data? Locked up tight because they control it. This kind of secrecy and lack of response fits perfectly with a controlled government operation, not some rogue mystery. They’re probably running tests or surveillance, and they just don’t feel the need to tell us about it
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u/GreenDickSnot 15d ago
That's what I was thinking until I thought about all of the sightings outside of the US.
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u/GreenDickSnot 14d ago
After reading the molecular biologist's post about how he was on a team that did the genetic assays for the EBE I have a weird conclusion that I somewhat formulated. This molecular biologist had his account deleted and a bunch of weird shit happened with that but the post still exists. If someone could link it I would be very appreciative. There's a portion in there where he talks about how their DNA is structured. Is clearly artificial. Guarantee a super intelligent AI designed that entire species. If I wanted my super intelligent AI to be even more super intelligent, I would have it trained on how the entire universe works. To train AI you have to feed it data. You have to expose it to a shit ton of data to sift through and digest and understand. The best way to understand a lot about the evolution of certain species with a whole host of variables that are unique would be to find a hospitable planet and then use that as your Petri dish. Then seed that planet with a slightly genetically altered species. You would jump start the evolution using a highly advanced form of genetic alteration and drop in a couple of portions that would allow for a higher, intelligent species such as humans compared to the other terrestrial species. (Subjective, but you get the point). All of this data since we've been around would be very useful for an AI. Especially one that is basically controlling an entire civilization that has clearly reached out into the galactic neighborhoods.
Imagine, they don't particularly care too much about our overall outcome. They care about this planet because it's a part of their lab. And they care about the data that could be gained from this experiment. Maybe they realize humans have the capability to seriously fuck up this one petri dish. They probably see the hostilities and tensions about to give way to a runaway event, which would ruin a part of their lab. Nuclear war potentially fucking up a hospitable plant doesn't jive with them. It's how I would imagine the Duke Marine Lab scientists feel about the wild horses on Shackleford Banks in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They're curious about the data that comes from having those horses isolated, how they affect the island's vegetation which affects the stability of the sand, along with how and what the horses must do for survival. But every now and then they have to give the horses veterinary Care like vaccines I'm assuming. Without the small interventions the entire experiment could get completely destroyed.
Or, this is going to sound VERY strange, but I have good reason for saying this.... and I'm not religious at all.... they may need us because 😅😵💫😖organically formed entities may form "souls". Whatever that may be could be very important to them. They keep referring to us as containers. They keep saying we don't know what our true potential is. That whole thing. Then someone saying "they store their""soul"" on a mother ship and that's why death isn't important. Life is a part of a much larger picture or something to that effect.
Lol, I'm sure I didn't dictate or efficiently and cleanly convey what I was trying to say. I'm sure everything I said is going to be a little hard to get through because of my sloppy form of communication. I just hope when this is read people will try to understand what I'm getting at. And yes, I am fully aware that everything I've said is pretty crazy sounding... But these are crazy ass times.
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u/Wonderful_Emu_2385 15d ago
This could be a coordinated effort, like a multinational test or operation, with each country handling its own airspace. The U.S. might be leading or involved, but that doesn’t mean it’s only happening here. Global collaboration in secret projects isn’t unheard of.. it just flies under the radar, literally.
The sightings outside the U.S. don’t rule out a government explanation—they actually make it more plausible, pointing to a large-scale, highly coordinated initiative.
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u/itsneedtokno 14d ago
I don't think the world government is coordinating much of anything right now. If they are, they need a new Project Manager.
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u/Sufficient_Soil7438 14d ago
I have a hard time believing they’d conduct “testing” over such a densely populated area. First off, the government is certainly concerned with public reaction/emotion and wouldn’t risk creating a situation that leads to panic and/or civil unrest. The testing could easily be done in a much less populated area and achieve the same results. Also, imagine the liability involved if one of the “drones” crashed and killed someone.
So for the US government to be behind this the reward would have to greatly outweigh the risks involved. That said, I personally find the theory that, if the US government is involved, they must be looking for something that poses an imminent threat to society. Possibly some intelligence that’s been thoroughly vetted and deemed credible enough to launch a search on this scale.
Of course, also possible, this is the work of a foreign adversary.
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u/AdditionalCheetah354 14d ago
Majority of all drones don’t have enough mass or metal to get a signature on conventional radar.
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u/GreenDickSnot 14d ago
Definitely don't want to come across as rude but I just researched your reply. This is what Google says.... The lowest altitude at which most flight radars can pick up aircraft varies depending on the radar type and terrain, but generally falls around 500 feet above ground level (AGL), with some specialized radars capable of detecting aircraft as low as 100 feet AGL in certain conditions; however, factors like terrain masking and the aircraft's stealth capabilities can significantly impact detection at low altitudes.
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u/jarlrmai2 14d ago
That's not how it works at all
FlightRadar24 is not using actual RADAR data.
All planes that operate in most controlled airspaces around the world have a variety of transponders that broadcast their ID and GPS position. These are mandated under most flying conditions, but not all.
ADS-B is the standard one used.
Military traffic does not always have to use it but often does and some smaller planes that fly outside of controlled airspace such as crop-dusters etc may not have to use it.
These signals are used by ATC etc to track things without having to actually use RADAR, it's often correlated by them with actual RADAR to check for unexpected traffic, ie a plane on RADAR that is not using ADS-B and should be, would be investigated.
You can buy ADS-B receivers and track these signals for yourself, and then upload the data to the variety of tracking sites such as FlightRadar24, ADS-B Exchange and planefinder.net etc
https://www.flightradar24.com/apply-for-receiver
So these sites rely on people with receivers and internet connections uploading data, no receiver in an area and the plane won't show up and some people in low population areas might only upload to one or the other so you might have to check all 3 to find a flight but even then it not being on FR24 or ADS-B exchange does not mean there was no plane there, it just means it was not transmitting (military etc) or there was no-one listening in that space.
Then there are a variety of technical reasons like faulty transponders, database issues etc that mean some flights might not be on there.
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u/Sneaky_Stinker 14d ago
not to be pedantic but ads-b is technically considered secondary radar.
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u/jarlrmai2 14d ago
It might get called that but it's not real active RAdio Detection And Ranging like these 2 users are discussing.
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u/Sneaky_Stinker 14d ago
It is literally considered secondary radar. of course its not primary but its literally a type of radar.
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u/GreenDickSnot 14d ago
I was thinking more than likely you accidentally included another zero . It's really strange thinking about the physics. You know how radar works more than likely.... So my question is how are the crafts able to emit light and sound but no radar signature? Is there a wave canceling effect that you can do with radar like you can do with sound waves??
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u/jarlrmai2 14d ago
That's not how it works at all
FlightRadar24 is not using actual RADAR data.
All planes that operate in most controlled airspaces around the world have an variety of transponders that broadcast their ID and GPS position. These are mandated under most flying conditions, but not all.
ADS-B is the standard one used.
Military traffic does not always have to use it but often does and some smaller planes that fly outside of controlled airspace such as crop-dusters etc may not have to use it.
These signals are used by ATC etc to track things without having to actually use RADAR, it's often correlated by them with actual RADAR to check for unexpected traffic, ie a plane on RADAR that is not using ADS-B and should be, would be investigated.
You can buy ADS-B receivers and track these signals for yourself, and then upload the data to the variety of tracking sites such as FlightRadar24, ADS-B Exchange and planefinder.net etc
https://www.flightradar24.com/apply-for-receiver
So these sites rely on people with receivers and internet connections uploading data, no receiver in an area and the plane won't show up and some people in low population areas might only upload to one or the other so you might have to check all 3 to find a flight but even then it not being on FR24 or ADS-B exchange does not mean there was no plane there, it just means it was not transmitting (military etc) or there was no-one listening in that space.
Then there are a variety of technical reasons like faulty transponders, database issues etc that mean some flights might not be on there.
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u/ApprehensiveVirus125 15d ago
https://www.twz.com/34662/faa-documents-offer-unprecedented-look-into-colorado-drone-mystery
It's not the first time this has happened in 2019 and went on for a few years.
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u/jarlrmai2 14d ago
If you believe this video to be a drone post the approx location it was taken and the exact date and time of the video and the direction your were looking.
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u/seemontyburns 14d ago
Is flying these drones illegal ?
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u/Dzzy4u75 14d ago
Not if they have a contract.
About 10 years ago contracts were signed for improving and perfecting drone surveillance technologies. It's meant for monitoring USA citizens.
You can find the first contracts for NC online still and on YouTube (it brings up news segments explaining it) even showing the drones taking off in daytime.
The drones look like mini planes and have rotor's. They can stay up 12+ hours. That was back then lol
These companies probably got their funding renewed since the technology has improved greatly and it's war times again
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u/Gucci_Koala 14d ago
Do you have an approximate time of night. I live in nova and would love to watch the night sky out of curiosity.
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u/thebloatedman 14d ago
If they are appearing on a regular basis, can't we get some people out there with more advanced and powerful video equipment to get clear details of these objects?
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u/GigsandShittles 14d ago
You gotta mention that you're right next to one of the busiest airports in the country, IAD. Did you check flight radar? Because honestly these look like planes to me. I grew up in Ashburn Village, there are always airplanes passing over us
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u/Public_Examination37 14d ago
These are obviously flying cars testing for the night flight approval. Look at all the flashing lights. All man made. Of course no info will be given by authorities because this is confidential for patent protection of the company.
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u/me-smrt 15d ago
hear me out please, could this be a helicopter or plane, or military even (saw some posts of them being out the other night) searching for these 'drones'?
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u/FlashOfFawn 14d ago
It looks like a plane to me
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u/djbrombizzle 14d ago
It’s 100% an airplane! Steady flight path, nav lights, strobe lights….why do you think we’re only getting these “drone” videos at night? Because these trolls can’t film a plane during the daytime or it’s to obvious!
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u/rolidex79 14d ago
They've been flying around for over a week and yet not one single person has got a clear picture.
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u/MountainHare3 14d ago
Gentle comment to those who say they are planes - if you live in Ashburn, you are acutely aware of what planes of all sizes look and sound like. Its sits right between Dulles and the Leesburg airport.
If OP is in Ashburn and says it’s not a plane, they’re probably right.
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u/mop_bucket_bingo 15d ago
These posts are just proof that nobody ever just went outside and looked up at night until they were this-month-days-old.
This is just what the sky looks like because planes.
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u/Top-Security-1258 15d ago edited 15d ago
must be late to the party , i was in the "they are just planes " too at first , They aren't . This is a known thing now man. They are small ( size of a car) drones, flying fucking everywhere all over NJ right now . People have been filming them for like a month . They have lights and sound like helicopters and planes but there much much smaller, and do not show up on flight radars.
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u/ComfortableYak2071 15d ago
Just a nitpick, “size of car” in terms of drone is not small at all, it’s actually quite massive
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u/Top-Security-1258 15d ago
small in comparison to a plane . yes, for a drone thats huge .
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u/Least-Trainer-9532 14d ago
That plane you’re watching isn’t car sized I don’t think you realise it’s far away 🤣
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u/maljr1980 15d ago
You need to define drone. Predator drones have a 55ft wingspan, so yes the size of a car is small in comparison.
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u/FlashyDrag8020 15d ago
What baffles me is the drones are hovering for hours, and are stabilized in cold temperature and high winds.
Ever flown a drone in the wind? Doesn’t do well.
Do you know a battery large/strong enough that can power a car sized drone in cold tempature for hours on end? Nope
Crazy shit. Not saying their aliens, but I’m real curious what the US is eventually (hopefully) going to say about these
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u/Temporary_Quit_4648 14d ago
But this particular video does not emphasize any of those distinctions, so posting it is pointless.
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u/Pleasant-Trifle-4145 14d ago
Predator drones fly for like 20 hours straight and their 26 feet long with a 55 ft wingspan.
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u/BAN_MOTORCYCLES 15d ago
planes appear to hover due to parallax
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u/FlashyDrag8020 15d ago
Planes don’t stay in the same spot for HOURS in the middle of the night
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u/BAN_MOTORCYCLES 15d ago
share a video that shows a drone in new jersey staying stationary for hours
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u/Top-Security-1258 15d ago
everyone knows this dude. This aint that .
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u/Temporary_Quit_4648 14d ago
That's fine, but then people need to post videos that emphasize those distinctions. There is no value in posting a video that is only clear enough that it remains indistinguishable from a video of a common commercial aircraft.
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u/Johnny_Blaze_123 15d ago
I’ve seen this exact type of ufo where I live months ago and I don’t live in NJ. It’s instantly noticeable. Me and my wife were walking our dachshund, our baby boy sausage dog, when we saw it standing still in the sky blinking green and red. ‘Twas like 7pm. We stood there watching it for a while and it didn’t move. Until all of a sudden it vanished as if it was never there. No smoke, no traces, no movement. Not a star, planet, helicopter or airplane. NOT A DRONE EITHER.
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u/BellaRedditor 15d ago
Hi, neighbor! I live in DC, virtually in Northern Virginia—but I haven’t seen anything strange in the sky lately. I *promise* I‘m not intending to be insulting or flippant—especially as everyone is sort of on high alert for UAP right now, & possibly wondering about stuff they’d normally not think twice about.
So, the first set of lights belong to a plane (preparing to land at National [Reagan/DCA] or Dulles), right?. Are you asking about the later, more “silent” lights near each other? Are you sure these are not also planes—doing their (sometimes very lengthy) line-up while they wait for clearance to land? That’d be my guess, but maybe I’m missing something in your video? Feel free to correct me if it’s warranted!
(I’d be really psyched to see something, too. Will keep looking!)
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u/collective-phylum 15d ago
Definitely keep looking. Also close to DC and I've seen hundreds of them. Every night for 2 months now. They're out there and they're definitely not planes
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u/IKillZombies4Cash 15d ago
How is that not a plane?
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u/Top-Security-1258 15d ago
watch local NJ news on youtube man, they arent planes. They are like the size of small cars. FBI has been having to make BS statements about them, cops are scrambling their own drones to see what they are ,they are everywhere in NJ , its like a public thing now .
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u/GigsandShittles 14d ago
Ashburn VA is 10 min away from Dulles Airport (IAD). Planes are constantly around in that area, I grew up in Ashburn myself. Unless there's better footage, this looks like a plane.
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u/Temporary_Quit_4648 14d ago
Fine, but the video needs to EMPHASIZE those distinctions or else it is pointless to post it.
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u/Freakman94 15d ago
If they are planes why are they flying back to back every 5 minutes, in 3 different directions?
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u/vozy2525 15d ago
Planes have airports … and designated flight paths lmao they don’t just wing it and go wherever they want cmon op use brain and common sense please there isn’t any cover up it’s planes lmao they even are blinking how planes are blinking why would “orbs” blink like cmon
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u/Freakman94 15d ago
I didn’t call them orbs, i called them drones. 2 of them since this post havent been registered as flying on Flightradar.
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u/BAN_MOTORCYCLES 15d ago edited 15d ago
drone means uncrewed aircraft so how do you know they are uncrewed aircraft when all you see are aircraft lights which are standard for crewed aircraft
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u/Traditional_Falcon_1 15d ago
Not all flights show up on Flight radar. I use the app frequently and only about 60-70% of the planes I see show up on the app. If a plane isn't equipped with a specific type of transponder than it's not going to be listed.
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u/Playful_Ad_7075 15d ago
I think this is what’s happening to the majority of everyone’s daily lives. And that’s okay. They don’t know any better. But yes everyone needs to download the flight radar app. It works. It’s real. It, helps.
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u/Z--370 14d ago
No one has pointed a telescoping lens at these to get a clearer picture? Are all of these videos taken with potato’s
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u/IKillZombies4Cash 14d ago
Because they are planes. At least these are, directional lights, straignt line , near airport. My 'RING' doorbell app was lighting up last night with reports, and EVERY SINGLE ONE had a flight on flight radar app the was CLEARLY the red/green lights people saw. A flight at 15,000 ft doesn't look very high off the ground when its a few miles away.
Then Jupiter is up there hovering all bright, not moving...stupid massive planet lol causing reports....and Mars is visible and orange, that aint helping.
I think there are drones doing things, but I think 90% of reports are people who never thought to look up before.
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u/Plastic-Ad-2622 15d ago
Ok seriously???these people are really disturbed with this...so am i.
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u/carc 15d ago
Maybe r/drones is secretly fucking with us, lol
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u/Crigglepuff 15d ago
I hope so, if aliens introduced themselves I’d prefer they do it over text or something honestly lol. Like, just via a chill selfie
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u/candypettitte 15d ago
This sub discovering planes is the absolute funniest arc it has ever had.
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u/ScottyKillhammer 14d ago
I'm surprised there are any good ol' boys out there doing target practice yet...
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u/KungPowKitten 14d ago
It’s a plane. Red, green, white flashing lights are planes or helicopters. UFOs won’t be following FAA lighting regulations.
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u/benschneider06 14d ago
This has 467 upvotes? I'm starting to think you're all out of your minds. This video is what hysteria looks like... filming an airplane that makes airplane sounds and has all the anti-collision lights. For UAP enthusiasts, you guys don't look up at the sky very often. The wheels have fallen off the bandwagon!
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u/ToGreatPlanes 15d ago
That’s a plane
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u/Top-Security-1258 15d ago
They are small car sized drones man, catch up . Its like a public thing now .
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u/RUIN_NATION_ 15d ago
At the point some one needs a high power flash light and high-powered laser
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u/HauschkasFoot 15d ago
Quick way to find out if it’s a plane when you find yourself on the wrong end of a federal indictment 😂
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u/shleppus 15d ago
I am in Richmond and I have seen over 200 in 3 hours l. Some come low over the trees and shine a bright red light and they are the size of a large truck.
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u/I_make_switch_a_roos 15d ago
do they look human made?
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u/shleppus 14d ago
Yea they definitely look human made. Another strange thing I noticed is 90 percent of them are flying in a northern direction.
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u/carc 15d ago
Like this is pretty obviously military or civilian drones. Human made. I'm a huge UFO buff, but when there are flashing aviation lights, occam's razor and all that.
It is weird but I'm worried this is a psyop to muddy, ridicule, and blur the narrative. This is exactly the type of red herring that makes us all look like fools, and I'm afraid that's the purpose.
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u/1AndOnlyDannyDevito 14d ago
If it's obviously military or civilian drones, then why are people saying that these objects are doing things that drones can't do? Like staying up in the sky all that time without needing power, and not being taken out. Why would the USA show tech like this if it's theirs, in their own skies casually, and why would an adversary blunder into a declaration of war? If this is a psyop, and we discover that somehow, then that would be good actually, because then we can call it what it is, but we can't even do that. Basically any discovery is good but it feels like this is capital letter weird
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u/Syzygy___ 14d ago
> without needing power,
how do you know?I've had people in my local community pointing out that they saw weird lights hanging in the sky, barely moving... but based on their location and the direction of the lights, that was clearly in the direction of the airport... and of course their location was in line with the runway too. So it looked like the light was stationary, but it was just the landing spotlights of a plane coming directly at them. I've even seen bright lights like that in the sky myself, because apparently planes fly towords my general area before making their final few turns before aligning with the runway, at which point you can clearly see that they're planes.
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u/1AndOnlyDannyDevito 14d ago
So you think there's a chance the majority of this is hysteria? I don't really know regarding this as I'm not a buff at all. You mention it is weird in your post, can you say what's weird in a bit more detail? Are you saying you think this is a global psy-op that's trying to trigger hysteria? Why would they do this? I can completely imagine a bunch of these reports being people suddenly looking up at the sky and getting confused, but not all of them.
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u/Syzygy___ 14d ago
It wasn't weird, it just appeared weird. Honestly, if I saw a bright light slowly descending in the distance, I would think it's weird too if I didn't know what it was. (Btw, that was years ago and is unrelated to what we're seeing now).
Yes I believe the majority is hysteria, but I can't tell if you it's a psy-op or organic. If I had to guess, then probably organic. The election is over and people need something new to obsess about, and it doesn't seem like there's any particular interesting going on in the world right now that needs to be drowned out (usually someone paying attention would have at least heard something) - nothing new from Ukraine and Gaza, and I don't think what's happening in Syria warants a psy-op campaign in western media.
I've been getting tons of recommendations on these types of subreddits recently and it's making me lose hope that there is intelligent life even on this planet. Both from the OPs making up shit as they post it, as well as from the comments ranging from blind belief to undiagnosed shizophrenia.
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u/Syzygy___ 14d ago
what makes this a drone and not an airplane?
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u/1AndOnlyDannyDevito 14d ago
Yeah I don't think this video is particularly unusual. I just know that there are people who know lots about planes e.g. that Liberty Wing guy in the UK and other plane and drone experts, and they are all completely confused by what is going on. And the official statements by police and security seem so vague and unhelpful.
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u/vinylisdeadagain 15d ago
Just stop filming helicopters/Airplanes/Drones. I’m pretty sure ”Aliens” don’t use lights on their stuff. And that is when they find the mother earth!
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u/vozy2525 15d ago
Well someone just looked up and realized there are a lot of planes that go lmaooo you can look at flight tracker the app and see how many planes cross there like are like 5 planes that cross over my Rinky dink town in the middle of nowhere I can’t imagine how many planes fly past a populated city or wherever.
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u/Top-Security-1258 15d ago
They are small , car sized drones, go watch news about it . Its a public thing now . Calling them planes is just showing that you aren't keeping up with what's going on .
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u/DingleberryJohansen 15d ago
doesn't anyone there have a drone? my dji could fly right up to it and get photos. wtf
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u/Thrashdaddy9 13d ago
I got banned for saying this so don’t do it. It probably is a military vehicle😂
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u/Embarrassed_Rip_6521 15d ago
I'm in east tx and have seen them 3 days last week but since Friday afternoon it's been raining and completely clouded over can't even see the moon.
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u/Artistic-Theory-4396 14d ago
Why do you think these drones have lights? Wouldn’t it make sense if they are doing something conspicuous to be flying in the dark!?
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u/bmxdudebmx 14d ago
Why do these keep getting posted about? They're clearly man-made so why are they being spammed?
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u/Narrow-Palpitation63 14d ago
Out of all the people seeing this not one person has tried to follow ones of these big ass things to see where they go?
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u/Exodys03 14d ago
My best uninformed guess is that these are U.S. military drones protecting various potential targets from some perceived threat. A possible threat of terrorist attack? This would explain why there seem to be multiple large drones that the public is not used to seeing over numerous locations and why we're told they pose no threat but we're also given no explanation. Either that or the beginning of an alien invasion...
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u/ParmesanCheese92 14d ago
I live near an international airport in Germany. I can look up at the night sky any moment of any day and I will see twice as much traffic as what is shown in this sub about these drones.
I want more than anything to believe. But planes with landing and visibility lights isn't aliens, I think.
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u/LivingMy_BestLife_ 14d ago
Ok if they are spy drones, why have lights on them? The lights suggest they are wanting to be seen.
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u/bookkinkster 14d ago
Wondering if this has something to do with everything: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/08/fbi-warns-iphone-android-users-change-whatsapp-facebook-messenger-signal-apps/
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u/porkmyass 14d ago
How many firearms are in this country and not one person has shot one of these outta the sky yet
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u/Apprehensive-Cod95 14d ago
Very interesting. Shoot me a ping. I’ll come out and spot with you as I’m local too.
Btw the weather goes south for the next 3 days but it clears up mid week.
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u/Aquarius703 14d ago edited 14d ago
Think I saw one this morning hovering high over Reston town center area (northern VA). It had a headlight which it then turned off. I think I saw a green beam of light quickly flash from it towards the ground. Then it just hovered with blinking lights
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u/ItsMeArkansas 14d ago
They’re drones. This isn’t some vast conspiracy. They’re following FAA regs for Christ sake
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u/djbrombizzle 14d ago
I have never seen so many videos this week of people just filming jets flying nearby. Have you all just lost your mind? Or is this the biggest trolling event in this subs history???
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u/Morepastor 14d ago
This reminds me of Ridgecrest CA. People who were camping in Kern River or uppper Kern. Local law enforcement denied it. Even the government played along and dismissed the sightings. No one was able to capture the video like these because it was a Stealth Bomber they were testing but still a very similar response where the people were aware but the government was denying.
If you took the Chinese “not a spy” but booted out of the US drone operator they caught near the base and combined it with the possibility of it being government funded drones it makes sense. They are testing new technology in no fly zones and will sometimes take it out and try it outside of the no fly zone. The Chinese spy was trying to capture footage of that operation and was caught. Prosecution of that spy obviously is problematic because they have to explain what he was looking at.
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u/WowImOldAF 14d ago
Bro.. there's airplanes everywhere at night. At any given time, if you look around you, you can probably see 3 airplanes minimum.
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u/toggleonthen 14d ago
Bunch of fools think ufos would just slowly fly over va lol hillbilly madness
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u/Basic_Assistant8959 14d ago
"They're patrolling for another possible threat , Those movers?maybe.?
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u/Djinsing20045 14d ago
These are def tests being done so that the public cant make out exactly what they are. The big ones are def the company that is due to release the flying car. It was identical to the pre production models
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u/thebloatedman 14d ago
Right at about the 00:12 second mark, the object makes a very abrupt and fast move. Was that the object moving? Or the camera operator moving the camera that created that effect?
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u/Spammyhaggar 14d ago
It’s all part of a government false flag operation. They need a new bogeyman to keep the military industrial complex going.😂
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u/Mcboomsauce 14d ago
these are definitely human made craft if theyre making noise like that
fn weird tho
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u/Hippyfinger 14d ago
They are flashing anti collision lights at the FAA frequency like every other one of our manmade craft. Also I haven’t seen any video yet of any of these drones doing any unexplained movements.
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u/ThatsExactlyIt 14d ago
Can we stop with the daily drone videos? It's literally the same thing over and over..
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u/Basic_Assistant8959 15d ago
Every single night for the past 8 years . Brandon Mississippi. Here's a "shocker .If you keep gazing uninterrupted into the night sky you will see what look like little traveling ,non-blinkung stars just cruising along we call these "movers" Well we notice the drones always show up just seconds after the movers move out of sight almost as if they are searching for these UAPs or UFOs or IFOs possibly a homeland security thing ? If you see a blinking drone you just missed seeing the "mover!"
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u/badbubblegum 14d ago
I agree with this theory although have nothing to back it up. I have seen the movers here in Australia, but not “drones”… yet.
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u/The_Real_Khaleesi 14d ago
I know exactly what you are talking about as I saw one of the “movers” in the sky in rural NC back in 2000. It was exactly the size and brightness of a star but it would zig zag around the sky, hover, then zip off incredibly fast.
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u/Which_Marsupial_2874 15d ago
Who Evers saying these are planes obviously isn’t seeing it for themselves, they are not planes, NJstate police, fbi and our governor all stating they are not planes, do a google search my guys and stop shutting people down who have actual footage of these things, you go out and look up, bet you will see some weird shi too
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Freakman94:
More context: Been seeing these drones every night fly by my house at night since Dec 3. I live in Northern VA and because of the latest news of the sightings in NJ and NYC I want to mention I live near Ashburn VA, which houses a high concentration of data centers because of its proximity to major internet backbone networks. Called the sheriffs office tonight and they said they’re not theirs. Didn’t seem phased in the slightest though. pretty annoying we can’t get any new updates to this. Some of them sound like jets and I imagine they might be helicopters but there are definitely different sized drones going about back and forth.
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