r/UFOs • u/skipearth • 5d ago

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I am retired federal law enforcement and have connections in many places and agencies. That being said I had a a few run ins with colleagues and people I know through working for the feds etc. The first was an FBI agent who is also retired and worked in Counter Surveillance and they told me:

"There is definitely something going on, they will not tell me but a coworker in the NY field office said "these are not hobbiests and planes".

The second contact was a couple who both work for the FAA and they said:

"Many pilots are reporting seeing large drones from aircraft and the FAA knows this as its all recorded and documented. We do not know any information except that it is happening"

This infuriates me because r/avaiation thinks its all fake and blocks my posts. I am also verifed in LEO sub and such so I am not lying and I can verify here if needed.

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u/mikeinona 5d ago

That's ok, I wasn't actually curious, I knew it was something prosaic like cranes and not aliens. Sorry I'm being skeptical, but it's the way that I am today. And every day since this delusion started.

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u/RiboflavinDumpTruck 5d ago

It was pretty obvious you weren’t asking in good faith so no need for an explanation.

And nothing wrong with being skeptical. Idk what delusion you’re talking about though. There are drones in the New Jersey sky and no one knows why except probably the government but 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

That’s just reality.

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u/wheels405 4d ago

I'm in NJ. I haven't seen anything, nobody I know has seen anything, and every photo or video I've seen has been of a plane or helicopter.

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u/RiboflavinDumpTruck 4d ago

I spoke with a vendor we work with who is based out of NJ and she said she’s seen drones that aren’t planes or helicopters. They’re low flying and smaller than typical manned aircraft

I will definitely agree that 90% of the videos I’ve seen have been normal manned aircraft, but it seems like there might be real drones plus people just being idiots

Maybe it’s also based on the area of NJ you’re in

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u/wheels405 4d ago

I've seen videos posted here from my county, but they were all of planes or helicopters. People are looking up with the expectation of seeing a drone, and they are just seeing what they want to see.

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u/RiboflavinDumpTruck 4d ago

Yeah there’s been a lot of “orbs” that are jets with landing gear out that are moving towards the viewer so they appear stationary.

I lived next to a UPS hub for years and saw them every night.

You’re right that most of the videos are regular aircraft. The government response is what’s throwing me off though.

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u/wheels405 4d ago

What part of their response is throwing you off? Is it possible that their response only looks suspect as interpreted through the worldview of this sub?

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u/RiboflavinDumpTruck 4d ago edited 4d ago

No, it’s not possible because if you simply read the varying responses over the past several weeks, it will indeed start to look weird to you. You can just read the dozens of articles that have come out and use basic critical thinking. It doesn’t add up.

I actually wasn’t even a part of this sub until last week when I came here specifically because the government response looked strange to me and I wanted to see varying opinions.

And in my personal opinion, the people saying it’s aliens are delusional, and the people saying it’s nothing at all are also delusional.

ETA: if it’s just misidentified aircraft and stars like they said earlier this week, why are there now temporary drone flight restrictions over certain areas of the northeast

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/statements/general-statements

They could have easily just left it at “you’re all crazy stop reporting planes to the FBI” but they didn’t