MSM: Mysterious-helicopters-have-people-abuzz

They actually buzzed my house just before midnight. I ran outside but was too late to see anything - I live in a wooded area. I was surprised to see a story about it in the paper.

They were just above tree-top altitude, which is illegal over a populated area. The article points out:

FAA regulations do not apply to public-use aircraft, such as military or police, nor do they set a minimum altitude requirement for helicopters.

Airport director Kevin Kline said the Federal Aviation Administration was aware of the operation and the flights complied with general flight rules. No other information was available.


So, based on his statement, this was definitely a military operation.

But what were they doing? You can't spot illegal plants at midnight…

No...but with infra-red, I bet they can spot YOU!!!

Using FLIR to look for grow houses.

I have no idea what that means, but there are quite a few hillbilly meth labs in these parts.

looks to be drug related. Uninteresting.

A "non-story" Move along now!

surveillance drones

my friend and I had a is Milan experience while we were out at night once. the craft had flown over us and turned its spotlight on. we had thought it was a helicopter but it didn't sound like there were any blades on it (you can usually hear helicopter blades cutting the wind)

It's how the DEA finds pot grows from the air.

FLIR is Forward Looking Infra Red & detects heat blooms against background conditions... weed grows ultra-fast & puts-off a distinct heat signature that can be detected easily with FLIR gear.

We've had significant problems with police/military helicopters in the past. Flying at treetop levels looking in the windows (no I'm not kidding), harassing civilians on the ground, spraying an aerosol at 200 feet above ground level. All these things and more.

It's only a matter of time until these immature assholes kill or main members of the public because there is no way they could recover from serious mechanical failures at those heights.

They just like exercising their power?

This is going on in most if not all states. No their concern is not so much the weed.

Probably a training exercise. The one with the red light is leader. The other follow unlit and no noise. They use starlight goggles to fly in the darkness.

Shoot it down and you will find out who owns it.

how the hell is that being a shill? We've got quite a few threads of military ops going on all over the country and this one is is like super obviously looking for pot growers. B-O-R-I-N-G.

I will say that my dear 78 year old mother read the story and said "and they are wasting people's tax dollars going looking for a bunch of small time pot growers?!!" LOL

We are the men in black...

they wuz huntin' fer tarrorists

google helicopter drones

Are these possibly the drones we've been hearing about? I saw one flying at night over the mall. I was surprised at how low it was flying without making that typical loud helicoper noise.

silly bastards probably steeling cows again

I'm in Olympia, Wa. and saw the same 2 helicopter description as the op's article over the south part of Puget sound just over a month ago

Yes...


And they can hear every word you say.



Last Edited by Soma/Comatose on 09/03/2012 03:37 AM

This.

The plants don't give off any heat. It's the grow lights that generate the heat.

They released 3,000 drones in August to map and monitor every inch of the USA. You are likely seeing some UAV derivitave.

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