Summary
A drone sighting temporarily shut down runways at Stewart International Airport in New York on Friday, part of a string of drone activity since mid-November.
Gov. Kathy Hochul called for federal action, urging Congress to pass the Counter-UAS Authority Act to enhance drone oversight and empower local law enforcement.
Similar sightings in New Jersey prompted investigations by federal agencies, though many reports are suspected misidentified aircraft.
Officials stress the activity isn’t linked to foreign actors but remains irresponsible. Temporary flight restrictions were imposed near sensitive sites, including military bases.
Idiots like this ruining my hobby.
Soon there will be a nationwide drone ban… 🤦♂️
Go to a fucking park (edit: check for any restrictions first, national parks might require permission) or something, why these idiots gotta fly in an airport or military bases?
This is why we can’t have nice things…
Who says it isn’t some government employee doing it to justify a national ban? Police do this all the time during protests so that they can come in and shoot people in the face with rubber bullets and tear gas canisters for exercising their rights.
Thats possible. Agent provocateurs are a thing that happen in protests to justify using force to suppress protests.
A national ban, you say.
Almost like that would benefit certain jet flying billionaires in times where they likely fear drones being used against them, and a government that will inevitability be using them to monitor and control the populace.
Oh no, you’re mistaken.
The national ban would only apply to poor civillians.
Rich people get a FAA exemptions, as well as the military or law enforcement.
Please don’t disturb state or national parks with drones.
My city park has no restrictions, in case you are wondering. I aint breaking any laws lol
Edit: and there aren’t any wild animals nearby last I checked, perfect place to play with drones.
In my city (toronto) there is a bylaw that no remote controlled vehicles are allowed. So, not only Drones, but RC planes and RC Cars. Oddly, its an old bylaw as well, was not written becuase of drones.
I have no clue what these are, and idk if you are from the area, but these have been everywhere and all over multiple states for weeks now. I hear they are the size of cars, and idk much about the hobby but is that a normal size for hobbyist? Considering how many there are every night I just feel like there is no way this is some idiot messing with this and is something else, but until they track one down or finally decide to take one down to find out more I have no clue what’s going on.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is some local drone hobbyist meetup.
But if its actually “size of cars” then it has to be a private military contractor testing new tech. As to why in a populated area: maybe they want to test the ability to detect human beings, you know, that’s quite useful on a battlefield. Telling people “it’s fine, its just a military contractor testing new drones for war” would probably get people to protest, as most people don’t like their tax dollars spend on new killing machines, so the government is just not saying anything about it.
Training an AI to kill humans on sight is a horrifying prospect
I live just outside a no-fly zone around an airport. Maybe a mile away, slightly under.
I never take my drone above the trees unless I’m away from home because I’m paranoid about anything going wrong and my drone just taking off in one direction until it dies or hits something.
I’d rather be extra cautious and be lightly mocked than cause the airport to shut down and have the alphabet boys knocking on/down my door.
Especially since I live close enough to a military base that my drone could theoretically reach it in a flyaway, if winds are helping it along.
Note: I have been lucky enough that in four years, I have never lost contact with my drone, but the paranoia remains.
“Drones” they call them. These are straight up UFOs and are being seen all over the world now. The feds claim they don’t know whose craft they are and they can’t catch them or track them down even with infrared cameras.
UFOs with proper FAA regulation lighting.
There’s video of a rather large UAV that crashed in the middle of New Jersey at night in the median strip of a highway.
If we find anything out I think we’re going to find that it’s a military vehicle and somebody hired a swarm out to spread FUD so nobody would see what they were actually doing.
Also, I have yet to see any reasonable credible footage outside of Jersey City. There’s people posting pictures of helicopters doing night landings and airliners. I followed up on a lead last night where someone said look at this beach cam, I pulled up ADSB exchange and could easily see registered air traffic for every light in the area.
