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Mysterious Unmarked Helicopters Spotted Surveying L.A. with Peculiar Antennae
Liberty Hub ^ | January 14, 2021 | Andrew West

Posted on 01/14/2021 5:06:45 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

With much of the nation on high alert for potential acts of domestic terrorism in the coming days, law enforcement is breaking out their most powerful tools to keep us safe.

This week alone we’ve seen tens of thousands of National Guard troops descend upon Washington DC to protect the capital, and military-grade armored vehicles rolling up the front doors of Proud Boys making online threats.

Now, Los Angeles appears to be getting visits from some very unusual helicopters.

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Yesterday, plane spotters in the greater Los Angeles area caught glimpses of three mysterious Bell 407 helicopters painted overall in what looks to be a dark gray color, but with no easily identifiable markings. Covered in antennas that one might expect to see on examples in use by military or law enforcement units, but unlike any we at The War Zone are familiar with, the sightings immediately caught our attention. While we don’t know for sure who is operating them or for what purpose, these helicopters appear to have a very unusual history and there are solid indications that they could be associated with a very secretive U.S. military aviation unit.

Chris Shaw of Shaw’s Aviation Photography was among the first to spot the trio as they arrived at Bob Hope Airport, also known as Hollywood Burbank Airport or KBUR, which is situated just north of Los Angeles, on Jan. 12, 2021. Later that day, plane spotter Scott Lowe caught a glimpse of two of the helicopters leaving that airport.

The equipment package of the whirlybirds indicates that they could be military or law enforcement assets.

From what we can these helicopters each have an “egg-beater” or “O Wing” type UHF satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna on their tail booms. This installation is similar, if not identical to the one that the U.S. Army used on its now-retired OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed scout helicopters, from which the commercial Model 407 was derived.

They also have a pair of prominent blade-type antennas located ventrally under the fuselage, which are generally associated with high-frequency radios and other communications systems. Various other smaller antennas are also visible under the rear fuselage. The helicopters notably do not appear to have any kind of sensor turret of the types that typically hold electro-optical or infrared cameras underneath the nose or elsewhere beneath the fuselage. They are also equipped with high skids, which are commonly found on versions of the Jet Ranger family of helicopters that are tasked with utility work, law enforcement applications, and military missions.

Photos were soon circulating on social media, depicting the the rare helios.

Mysterious helicopters have been circling Los Angeleshttps://t.co/EPtC47TrsV

Local authorities have been contacted with questions regarding the flights, but no answers have yet been given.


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: california
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Ticks too~


41 posted on 01/14/2021 6:09:59 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Cattle mutilations in Rancho Cucamonga to follow . . .


42 posted on 01/14/2021 6:13:27 PM PST by Blurb2350
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To: butlerweave

Measuring the drapes?


43 posted on 01/14/2021 6:19:20 PM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Chinese Communist spraying Covid-19?


44 posted on 01/14/2021 6:21:56 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: puppypusher

Bingo!
You’d need three
To Triangulate!


45 posted on 01/14/2021 7:29:09 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Disappeared )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Blue Thunder ??


46 posted on 01/14/2021 8:09:36 PM PST by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (A conclusion about the use of a thing from its abuse is invalid. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Blue Thunder.🤔


47 posted on 01/14/2021 8:40:24 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: vpintheak

Looking for houses that have more than the limit of residents. By using heat signatures, they can determine if an illegal party is going on.


48 posted on 01/14/2021 8:41:31 PM PST by BipolarBob (USA - Born July 4, 1776. Died Jan. 20, 2021 in the Year of our Covid.)
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To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar

Yah beat me to it.😁


49 posted on 01/14/2021 8:43:03 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: The Great RJ

“Thought Police looking for thought crimes”

Funny now, in ten years, not so much.


50 posted on 01/14/2021 8:46:29 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: BunnySlippers

Likely acting as arail repeater stations for radio communication?


51 posted on 01/14/2021 8:46:45 PM PST by pingman ("I ain't in no ways tarred.." of WINNING!)
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To: BipolarBob

Looking for houses that have more than the limit of residents. By using heat signatures, they can determine if an illegal party is going on.

Doubtful, too many false positives of 20 illegals in an apartment.


52 posted on 01/14/2021 8:48:56 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: sonova

How do you say Blue Thunder in Mandarin?


53 posted on 01/14/2021 8:58:36 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Diogenesis

Saw two of those flying in Kansas City today heading west flying pretty low around 11am. Not something you see every day...


54 posted on 01/14/2021 9:08:51 PM PST by italyconservative ("He must increase, I must decrease: John 3:30)
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To: BipolarBob

I wouldn’t put it past them.


55 posted on 01/14/2021 9:27:24 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Gee I can’t imagine why. 🙄


56 posted on 01/14/2021 10:01:23 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: cld51860

57 posted on 01/15/2021 9:04:24 AM PST by L.A.Justice ( )
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To: Semper Mark

They don’t need it as an instruction manual they have know all about it since the days of communism.


58 posted on 01/18/2021 9:04:42 AM PST by cradle of freedom (ET TU FOX NEWS. TRUMP TV THE ANTIDOTE TO FOX NEWS.)
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To: Skywise

I usually don’t watch the network news so I don’t know if the network news showed the riots last year and to what extent they were shown. I watched the internet and Fox News which did a lot of coverage especially Sean Hannity. Do you know it the network news actually carried the full extent of the rioting? Did they show people that this was happening for MONTHS!


59 posted on 01/18/2021 9:11:10 AM PST by cradle of freedom (ET TU FOX NEWS. TRUMP TV THE ANTIDOTE TO FOX NEWS.)
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