Posted on 12/15/2024 12:24:59 PM PST by EBH
Two men were arrested Saturday night on trespassing charges after a drone came “dangerously close” to Logan International Airport in Boston, police said in a statement.
The incident began Saturday afternoon when a Boston police officer detected an “Unmanned Aircraft System,” or UAS, operating “dangerously close” to the airport, according to police.
The officer used advanced UAS monitoring technology to identify the drone’s location, flight history and its operators’ position on the largely uninhabited Boston Harbor Island known as Long Island, police said.
The Boston Police Harbor Patrol Unit was dispatched to the island and found three people inside the decommissioned Long Island Health Campus, police said. The suspects fled on foot, but two were captured and a drone was found inside one suspect’s backpack, according to police. The third person is believed to have fled in a small vessel, and the search is ongoing.
Robert Duffy, a 42-year-old of Charlestown, and Jeremy Folcik, a 32-year-old of Bridgewater, were arrested and face charges of trespassing, police said. Further fines and charges are possible. They are scheduled to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court, police said.
The arrests come amid heightened concerns about a series of drone sightings in the Northeast in recent weeks. Officials have urged calm and emphasized there is no evidence suggesting the sightings pose a security threat, but they have raised pressure on federal agencies to provide more information about them.
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Robert Duffy, a 42-year-old of Charlestown, and Jeremy Folcik, a 32-year-old of Bridgewater, were arrested and face charges of trespassing, police said. Further fines and charges are possible. They are scheduled to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court, police said.
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nobody had any authority for this........................
Our Government Agencies are getting so good at playing GAMES!!!
“The officer used advanced UAS monitoring technology to identify the drone’s location, flight history and its operators’ position . . .”
The feral government ought to get them some of this technology.
Up to now spokespersons for the federal government claim they have limited resources to deal with drones - even though they have been “doing everything we can.”
I wish I could get a hold of the tech on these drones... all the ones I have every owned wont even power up in no fly zones...
I dont know….. but 2 men running drones from an abandoned building during this drone crisis sounds pretty fishy.
“These are not the drones you are looking for...”
Yes, it does, doesn’t it.
I think most of this is viral hysteria egged on by asshats enjoying the public freakout.
I wonder what their YouBoob channel name is?
Exactly. One Chinese national caught in California heading for a flight to return to China after taking pictures of a US military base with a small drone.
Now these two guys.
That is a red herring tactic.
When the news media takes the bait and there are stories of “that turned out to be a sighting of a retired doctor’s single engine plane approaching the airport” it will distract from genuine unsolved sightings.
UFO ones have been laughed at for years as “the Planet Venus” and swamp gas.
“”The feral government ought to get them some of this technology.””
If it is available and that accurate, why don’t they have it?
Great work on running that down!
Expert reveals why ‘too large’ mysterious NJ drones could be deliberate distraction from attack on US
“The thing that really worries me is that if they’re trying to draw our attention to these drones, the question is what are they doing elsewhere in our country?”asked Gordon Chang, senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute.
New York Post today
Here is the damning part of the article:
“The officer used advanced UAS monitoring technology to identify the drone’s location, flight history and its operators’ position”
If they can use that to find a tiny toy drone why can’t they use it to find a giant 6 foot wide drone and trace it to its owner?
The latest rumor: They are searching for a smuggled-in nuclear weapon. Not saying it’s true, but the behavior of various gov agencies...
The unnamed officer deserves a medal, a fat raise and nice pension for life.
Doing what our government can’t / refuse to do!
“The officer used advanced UAS monitoring technology to identify the drone’s location, flight history and its operators’ position”
So why the hell isn’t this being done on every sighting?
And they can’t pinpoint drones that are bigger than an suv?
Well, recall a few months ago NY area had a nuclear refresher notification of what to do in the event of a radiation event.
An international prepper company just had a very large request for an order of thyrosafe. https://youtu.be/rwzXCSHy_E4?si=dTodmi9z-fT4klbX
Funny!!!
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