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Discussion: Drone over SOMA or thereabouts

I have been to places near an airport where on a clear night you can see airplanes from miles away.  And if they are heading toward you, they seem to be almost hovering. (think parallax.) From my backyard, on a clear night, I can sometimes see six or more planes at a time either coming or going to Newark or Teterboro.  Much of North Jersey is on the flight path of planes going to Newark or Teterboro.  I think this is what most people are seeing.   Also, helicopters can hover, but they make a lot of noise.  Planes also use the coast as a flight path.  

The Federal Govt said that most drone sightings are manned aircraft. (You or me flying on a commercial airline into Newark.)  So, why are the Feds disregarded in their explanation?  I think it is both a sign of times as good conspiracy theories are fun and exciting, and there is also a political component as our Chief Conspiracy Contingent gets active and wants to shoot them down.  I hope I am not on the plane that they start shooting at.  

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Uber eats now got even quicker…

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I’ve been trying to warn people about giant coyotes for years and nobody is taking it seriously.  The photo evidence will be helpful. 

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Discussion: We're on the new server - tweaking issues

Getting there.

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Discussion: Drone over SOMA or thereabouts
In the "giant animal/forced perspective" vein:

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Discussion: Drone over SOMA or thereabouts

War of the Worlds Part 2?

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Discussion: We're on the new server - tweaking issues

I'm guessing we'll shut down for a bit starting at around 11:30 - 12 tonight.

Cross your fingers!

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Discussion: Drone over SOMA or thereabouts

Jaytee said:

it’s time to start shooting these things. See how fast the owners will show up. Only then will we get the truth. 

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In 1980-1982 a helicopter traced back and forth around Essex County for weeks.   No reason was given by the government at the time.  About a year later, the NJDEP reported that they had mapped out the high radium areas of the county.  Hundreds of homes and parks were affected.  These were the sites where radium slag dirt was dumped from the glow-in-the-dark watch factory on Alden Ave. in Orange.  It became a Federal Superfund site and took about ten years to remediate.  It is amazing that the DEP was able to accurately map radium dump sites via a radiation detector in the helicopter.  

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The Cambridge Dictionary is intended for learners of English. The light it sheds for more advanced speakers is limited.

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