Posted on 12/17/2024 9:19:08 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The bureau also warned people not to shine lasers at what they believe are drones.
The FBI’s Newark, New Jersey, office on Monday evening called on residents not to shoot or shine lasers at objects in the sky amid a spate of drone sightings across the region in recent weeks that have prompted alarm among elected officials.
In a statement, the FBI said that both the bureau and New Jersey State Police are alerting residents “about an increase in pilots of manned aircraft being hit in the eyes with lasers because people on the ground think they see an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS),” or drones.
“There is also a concern with people possibly firing weapons at what they believe to be a UAS but could be a manned aircraft,” the FBI statement said.
The Newark office did not say whether there are any recent reports of pilots being targeted from the ground.
Objects such as airplanes or helicopters, certain satellites, planets, and stars can be mistaken for drones by people observing them from the ground, the officials said.
The FBI, state police, and other law enforcement agencies have gone out “every night for several weeks to legally track down operators acting illegally or with nefarious intent and using every available tool and piece of equipment to find the answers the public is seeking,” according to the statement.
But it warned that “there could be dangerous and possibly deadly consequences if manned aircraft are targeted mistakenly” as drones by people firing weapons or using lasers.
Members of the public, the statement said, can access a multitude of websites and mobile apps through government agencies and private companies to show the flight paths of satellites, manned aircraft, or celestial bodies such as planets and stars.
Several New Jersey and New York elected officials last week raised alarm about...
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Now we know who they belong to.
If the drones were simply normal craft, then today’s briefing on them would not be classified.
IOW, they are government owned...................
Oh, the old “What goes up must come down!” rule. Never quite figured firing into the sky thing.
If they are ‘personed’, aren’t they VTOLs ?
The morons are running wild. They won’t be happy until they kill some poor sap out flying in his Cessna doing night a currency ride.
Because a DRONE flew by somewhere... you HAVE to shoot at it! You know?!
Morons.
Stop saying identified manned crafts are unidentified.
FBI: BELIEVE US AND OBEY YOU IGNORANT DIRTY PEASANTS! SIGN OUR PAYCHECKS AND STFU!
I found a .30 caliber rifle bullet pancaked on the parking lot of the company I worked at about thirty years ago. Looked like it came in at about a 45° angle, so I am guessing it could have been fired from as far away as seven miles, since that's the range it says on 30-06 cartridge box.
Basically, yes.
I’d be inclined to believe that shooting into the sky at night is pretty much a bad idea no matter what you’re aiming at.
Always consult the official drone identification guide:
I wish I knew how to post this image.
The FBI should tell us everything—full disclosure—or keep their mouths shut.
The trust is gone.
Night or day, doesn't matter. I remember when this happened:
https://www.the-daily-record.com/story/news/2012/09/12/yoder-gets-jail-for-firing/19455539007/
When I used to work for a company in a large Texas city, every Monday morning I would walk the parking lot looking for bullets. The ner-do-wells like to shoot their guns on the weekends. Found lots of 9mm, .45 and even a bullet from 7.62x39. Don’t miss that place at all!
The trust is gone.“
Precisely, this makes me think we should shoot them down and take a good look at them.
Well that was the plan. Not to shoot; threaten to shoot, and see who squeaks.
“...Objects such as airplanes or helicopters, certain satellites, planets, and stars can be mistaken for drones...”
Please, for sure, do NOT shoot down any planets or stars....
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