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.
One can still hope, if you get my drift.
It’s for your safety and convenience!
The Chinese Communist Party checking their new property
In a completely unrelated story, rolls of Reynolds Wrap have been disappearing from the shelves of Los Angeles supermarkets....
Amen
After reading this headline I found myself trying to say “mysterious helicopters with peculiar antennae” fast ten times.
Maybe I need a break from current events.
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Thought Police looking for thought crimes
What domestic terrorism are they talking about?!
We had an entire summer of black liberation mayhem where while cities were sacked and many streets burned to the ground and nobody dared called it “terrorism” or even lifted a finger to stop it.
Now you have ONE protest at the capital which was SO BAD that Congress finished its business THAT night - EVERYBODY OBEYED the curfew and left and suddenly we’ve got 20k troops in DC and military on alert all over the cities?!
More than likely.
The George Orwell novel 1984 is becoming a best seller.
Oh for crying out loud. Its what, 2, 3 little jet ranger types? No FLIR pods, no gun mounts, looks like a DF antenna on the boom. Probably belong to some Dr. Evil type, don’t ya think?
Must be running short of aluminum foil in Cali.
Helicopters??? Probing???
Well now that Trump presidency is ending at least there is tin foil on the shelves again.
Are we going back to the good old days of the “black helicopter” threads of FR past?
Black helicopters will be standing by in case they cause trouble.
Don't let their innocent looks fool you. They are dangerous.
Make sure the dull side is on the outside, and the shiny side is on the inside. Otherwise, it has the opposite effect!
;-)
And the new property they I going to get. Also the miltary shipping ports and military airports they are going to build.
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