Posted on 01/13/2025 6:32:11 AM PST by RoosterRedux
There have been multiple reports of unexplained drone activity on both forks, including several over Southold and three over Riverhead last month, as well as at least one over Shelter Island and one in Laurel this month. Just after the New Year, county officials revealed that Francis Gabreski airport in Westhampton Beach has experienced repeated breaches of restricted airspace surrounding the airport, which serves as the headquarters of the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard.
There is little uniformity among the sightings. Some drones have been observed hovering for hours in one place, while other reports detail clusters of drones or unidentified objects flying in various patterns.
Southold Police Chief Steven Grattan — himself a licensed drone pilot — said recently that residents and police officers reported sightings of “sedan-sized” drones above Orient, Mattituck, Cutchogue and Southold on Dec. 13 and 14 that appeared to be flying in an unusual pattern.
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North Haven resident David Wind was in his backyard under a “crystal clear sky” just after dusk on Christmas night when he spotted what appeared to be a large drone about 1,000 to 1,500 feet in the air, hovering in a stationary position.
“As I watched it, I started looking around, and I noticed a couple [of] planets, and then I saw a few more [drones],” he said in an interview. “And as I started counting, I identified, the first night … seven distinct and similar shaped items, all with the same pattern of blinking.”
Mr. Wind, an attorney and a drone pilot, said the light patterns on the drones were triangular in shape, unlike the quad copter design of many consumer drones, including his own DJI Mavic.
“These were not ordinary aircraft,” he said, adding that there was “no discernable noise whatsoever.”
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Drones over Suffolk Co. NY ping.
Sounds like the old TR-3s have been dusted off for a public semi-viewing.
The L.A. fires killed most of the reporting about the drones.
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I doubt the public is ever going to get an answer on the drone sightings beyond the Biden Administration’s incompetent “nothing to see here.”
Trump said that he will disclose the truth about them on the day after the inauguration.
“Some drones have been observed hovering for hours in one place”
And yet no one scrambled a jet or even a HELICOPTER to go see what it was? Hell or maybe a spotlight?
OK, right. Yeah. MM hmm.
They have, but the military won’t release those details to the public.
For instance, when Langley AFB in Hampton, Virginia, was buzzed by drones as large as cars for 17 consecutive days in December 2023, NASA deployed its WB-57F high-altitude research aircraft to observe and gather data. The WB-57F, with its ability to operate at extreme altitudes and advanced sensor systems, is specifically designed for monitoring aerial phenomena.
Despite these efforts, including tracking drones that loitered over Langley and Naval Station Norfolk (home to nuclear carriers) before heading out to sea, the Department of Defense ultimately stated they had no knowledge of their origins or intent.
How do they know they are drones? They are just putting a name to UAPs to make it sound familiar and reassuring. They have no idea what they are
So we pretty much have no doubt that they know what they are, and just aren’t telling us.
I guess it's also possible that the government doesn't know, given how incompetent they are, but I think the odds favor what you said.
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