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High Altitude Drone Encounter Prompts FBI Investigation
avweb.com ^ | May 23, 2021 | Russ Niles

Posted on 05/24/2021 10:28:23 AM PDT by lowbridge

The FBI has joined the hunt for the operator of some kind of high-performance drone that flew “dangerously close” to a Customs and Border Protection helicopter over southern Arizona last Feb. 9. According to report from KOLD News, the Tucson CBS affiliate, the drone buzzed the CBP helicopter near Davis Monthan Air Force Base and then followed it for an hour, going as high as 14,000 feet. That’s well beyond the capabilities of commercially available drones and it clearly has the feds concerned.

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To: lowbridge

USAF taunting the FBI again.


21 posted on 05/24/2021 11:40:31 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: DesertRhino

Wouldn’t be the first time, but seems to me they would likely be pleased to have some first-world partner/assets to draw on. Especially for high-performance aviation tech.


22 posted on 05/24/2021 11:56:05 AM PDT by larrytown ( )
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To: lowbridge

Here I thought we spent billions on a “virtual” fence, but apparently, that does not include signal jammers above the border. I saw a chair fitted with 4 drones carrying a person on a video the other day. Coming soon to a border wall near you. Also, as someone else said, I can see this being the new way to smuggle drugs in.


23 posted on 05/24/2021 2:59:32 PM PDT by RainMan (Democrats ... making war against America since April 12, 1861)
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To: Noumenon

“Things just became even more interesting.”

Wait till they hang a pair of gold plated AK-74s off them.

L


24 posted on 05/24/2021 3:04:35 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker

Or a couple of pounds of C4.


25 posted on 05/24/2021 3:49:06 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: lowbridge

“then followed it for an hour, going as high as 14,000 feet.”

No commercially available drone has this capability, particularly in endurance and altitude and speed. It they were at 14000 feet they were on oxygen or in a pressurized craft of high performance and the drone kept up with them? Totally ridiculous.

I call Bull Sh-t!


26 posted on 05/24/2021 4:19:26 PM PDT by cpdiii (Texan Coonass Cane Cutter Deckhand Roughneck Geologist Pilot Phamacist & much more education)
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