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angrychair

(12,358 posts) Sat Dec 14, 2024, 10:16 PM Dec 2024

Drones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [View all]

They are drones. Lots of people own drones. You can literally walk into Walmart or go onto Amazon and buy all you want.
What is this weird obsession with drones suddenly?!? They are in the sky all the time. I see at least a couple a week. What am I missing?

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Drones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [View all] angrychair Dec 2024 OP

The escalation of concern and attention is mostly coming from the right. dgauss Dec 2024 #1

Yup, it's starting to feel like a "Look! Squirrel!!" situation. GoCubsGo Dec 2024 #41

Yeah, that's a phrase I've run into, maybe we've sat in on similar meetings. dgauss Dec 2024 #46

I think drones flying at night, rigged out with Hi-lumen LEDs is what is freaking people out. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2024 #2

It already is angrychair Dec 2024 #6

Agree Meowmee Dec 2024 #3

I'm surprised no one has with all the gun happy people out there Deuxcents Dec 2024 #5

Yeah Meowmee Dec 2024 #7

Truth be told, Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #11

Trump himself has suggested people should shoot them down. Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #18

Yeah, he says a lot of crazy things. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #54

Plus, it's illegal and the Feds could then go after the shooter... AntiFascist Dec 2024 #57

Not a bad idea the make drone killing shotgun shells Historic NY Dec 2024 #56

Intentional fear to cause panic. recovering_democrat Dec 2024 #4

See this video. If you're not in NJ, you wouldn't understand. Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 #8

That was a lot people talking angrychair Dec 2024 #12

You heard what you wanted to hear. Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 #16

If I see angrychair Dec 2024 #20

Weird. Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 #22

Those were of flying lights angrychair Dec 2024 #27

Um...Never any foreign invaders on US soil? wnylib Dec 2024 #49

Not an invading military force angrychair Dec 2024 #50

these ones are the size of cars? Blues Heron Dec 2024 #9

So like bigfoot angrychair Dec 2024 #15

Maybe it's Uranus shining bright? Blues Heron Dec 2024 #21

It is pretty shiny angrychair Dec 2024 #28

..nah. thomski64 Dec 2024 #35

It's hard to take a picture of a drone in the night sky with a puny iPhone Polybius Dec 2024 #26

All these government people angrychair Dec 2024 #29

I'm sure they do Polybius Dec 2024 #31

My favorite part of UFO stories... Iggo Dec 2024 #19

I listen to a podcaster who lives in a rural area of NJ where these were first spotted... AntiFascist Dec 2024 #10

People often misidentify what drones are angrychair Dec 2024 #14

I agree that they are just drones, but big ones with unique capabilities... AntiFascist Dec 2024 #17

Because I believe in Occam's razor angrychair Dec 2024 #25

I've never once implied that it was aliens or foreign invaders, why do you keep suggesting that? AntiFascist Dec 2024 #30

Because the feds have officially responded angrychair Dec 2024 #32

There seems to be a lot of dissonance between what the Feds are saying... AntiFascist Dec 2024 #37

They are reacting to their citizens angrychair Dec 2024 #43

Meanwhile, who knows how much or what kind of data is being collected and archived... AntiFascist Dec 2024 #44

I appreciate that angrychair Dec 2024 #48

Plus angrychair Dec 2024 #45

That could be part of the plan, to distract from other news n/t AntiFascist Dec 2024 #47

Please come to a council meeting in my town JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #36

It's Hysteria angrychair Dec 2024 #38

What if we find out these are not drones, Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #13

Now appearing at Cinerama 4, Colony Collapse Payback. LudwigPastorius Dec 2024 #63

... Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #23

Droneado! (Coming soon to a theater near you) Buns_of_Fire Dec 2024 #24

I'll just be happy Scott Baio and Jon Voight found work. Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #33

Recommended! H2O Man Dec 2024 #34

I live in Brick, NJ, and I have not seen... TrunKated Dec 2024 #39

Why... angrychair Dec 2024 #40

Some of the allegations say that there are "SUV-sized" drones, Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #42

I heard that as well angrychair Dec 2024 #51

The early report that I mentioned in a post above... AntiFascist Dec 2024 #53

So there are gas powered drones angrychair Dec 2024 #58

Which only goes to show that these may be higher tech than anything commercially available n/t AntiFascist Dec 2024 #60

My favorite is the advanced technology footage Sympthsical Dec 2024 #52

"What is this weird obsession with drones suddenly?!?" J_William_Ryan Dec 2024 #55

To me, terrorists from another country are foreign invaders. wnylib Dec 2024 #59

It's all just the planet Venus. LudwigPastorius Dec 2024 #61

Why only New Jersey? AverageOldGuy Dec 2024 #62

100% this brettdale Dec 2024 #64

Not just the media Noel Kums Dec 2024 #65