Skip to comments.
Odd Aerial Drone Photographed Again Over Capitola, California
EarthFiles ^
| May 21, 2007
| Linda Moulton Howe
Posted on 05/22/2007 10:45:45 AM PDT by Sundog
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-62 next last
To: Sundog
It’s no toy - it looks like some Silicon Valley engineer’s very cool garage project.
41
posted on
05/22/2007 12:03:25 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Mr. Jeeves
It’s no toy - it looks like some Silicon Valley engineer’s very cool garage project.
***Yup. Possibly electrogravitics or ion propulsion.
42
posted on
05/22/2007 12:23:53 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(Duncan Hunter just needs one Rudy G Campaign Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM)
To: Redcloak
Red, there is probably a tutorial on Phun with Photoshop Phor Phlying Photographers out there then, because we have 4 different photographers, 4 different dates, 4 different locations, and some different configurations of it. No wind evident from photographers directly underneath it tho.
43
posted on
05/22/2007 12:53:07 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(envision whirled peas.)
To: Sundog
http://www.transformersmovie.com/
Scout ship?
44
posted on
05/22/2007 2:04:09 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("By the simple exercise of our will, we can exert a power for good practically unbounded, etc, etc.")
To: Oberon
It’s really quite easy.
You mix and match parts from another model to create the “body” that you want.
45
posted on
05/22/2007 2:19:39 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: Quix
46
posted on
05/22/2007 2:40:17 PM PDT
by
Michael Barnes
(If Rudy is the GOP's guy, I'm voting for Hillary. Hey, why do anything half ass?)
To: cripplecreek
Check out the set of photographs from the 4 different photographers. The original post (1st viewing) showed the thing clear enough to make out the lettering on it.
47
posted on
05/22/2007 3:42:22 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(envision whirled peas.)
To: nmh
Okay, so I say again...what kind of flying toy or toys did they start with to build this thing? If you were going to build one, how would you go about it?
48
posted on
05/22/2007 4:02:17 PM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: txflake
Didn't know it was legal to put stuff in the air sans call letters.It has markings.
In Klingon...
49
posted on
05/22/2007 5:28:44 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Carter calling Bush worst president in U.S. history is like Michael Moore calling Ann Coulter fat...)
To: cripplecreek
I was thinking of getting out in the woods again this afternoon. Better take the camera just in case I see the Sporktesian Cruiser again.LOL! I took my daughter back to UCSC the l-o-o-o-n-n-g-g-g way arround. We just happened to pass through Capitola...
50
posted on
05/22/2007 5:33:01 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Carter calling Bush worst president in U.S. history is like Michael Moore calling Ann Coulter fat...)
To: Oberon
“Okay, so I say again...what kind of flying toy or toys did they start with to build this thing? If you were going to build one, how would you go about it?”
GEESH!
Just go to a hobby store. Look at the models you can assemble. Pick one out. Got to a toy store and get a remote controlled plane or something. Remove the outer body of the toy and build the model around the body of the toy. Truly, it’s a no brainer.
Now, no more questions!
51
posted on
05/22/2007 6:09:53 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: martin_fierro
OK so Lockheed Martin is having a little fun with the yokels......
52
posted on
05/22/2007 6:39:45 PM PDT
by
hedgetrimmer
(I'm a billionaire! Thanks WTO and the "free trade" system!--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
To: nmh
You're not getting it, bud. Airplanes fly specifically
because of their shape. You can't just swap out the exterior structure and get something that flies.
Besides which, as I said before, I don't see a propeller on that thing...and RC model airplanes have propellers.
So far your theory isn't working out so well, but I'm willing to listen to further explanations.
53
posted on
05/22/2007 6:49:50 PM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Sundog
The antenna like wires sticking up above the central opening gives a clue. My vote is on a ducted
Ion jet lifter with microwave power transmitted to it from a ground based source.
54
posted on
05/22/2007 7:35:21 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
To: Swordmaker
I have read the sources at the link you provided.
My daughter made something like this with her friends, using an original Macintosh and the voltage provided to the picture tube. She did it with wire and tinfoil, and it flew.
I’m still trying to figure out the dimension to this craft, but the vertical wires are very interesting. You might be onto something. Given the 4 different dates and locations, and at least 2 configurations of the thing, it might be self-contained.
55
posted on
05/22/2007 8:21:24 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(envision whirled peas.)
To: Michael Barnes
Thanks.
Quite a variety of different shots with this batch—including interesting foregrounds and backgrounds.
Should be easy to tell if it’s been photoshopped. I don’t think it has.
56
posted on
05/22/2007 9:44:02 PM PDT
by
Quix
(GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
To: Swordmaker
Bah.
It's merely a demonstrator for the advanced rotor technology used on the Hind helicopter.
57
posted on
05/22/2007 11:11:40 PM PDT
by
Hoplite
To: Hoplite
I hope it's one of ours. I wouldn't want us to behind...
58
posted on
05/23/2007 7:25:16 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Carter calling Bush worst president in U.S. history is like Michael Moore calling Ann Coulter fat...)
To: Sundog
The latest version replaces on of the spars with two short beaver tails with three whiskers each, it looks like an antenna array to me.
They also seem to have added crenelations to the bottom of the center ring, they could be antenna as well, or thrust vectoring?
I suspect it’s a prototype sigint drone/test bed.
59
posted on
05/23/2007 7:36:54 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Carter calling Bush worst president in U.S. history is like Michael Moore calling Ann Coulter fat...)
To: null and void
I suspect it’s a prototype sigint drone/test bed. My thought too. Suspended from a high-altitude blimp, positioned over various & sundry communication EM-sources, I bet.
Of course, if this is the case, this means whomever is supposed to be in charge of OpSec has seriously screwed the pooch!
60
posted on
05/24/2007 2:59:51 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-62 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson