Security Helicopters Testing Radiation Levels Above DC Area

I can say having personally witnessed one in action closeup over northeast Tacoma, that the one I saw flew in the 150ft range, very low, very slow.

They flew all over Washington State for a week or two (puget sound area at least) sometime after fukushima. The press was quite public about it. Haven't seen or heard about any since.

It had a massive 'pod' on the side I saw. The helicopter was of a larger type that I am unfamiliar with... not a small bell ranger civilian type, but also not military looking either.

Why isn't Japan putting tons of sand and concrete into the reactor like the Russians did.

Now the whole world is going to suffer for their blunders.

It's not radiological material that are being searched for.. It's weapons and supply caches. Buried, stashed in walls, cars etc. Yes, we can!

Hmmmm.....I dont know if anyone remembers this, but there was a helicopter scan of any nuke radiation hot spots in NYC in 2006, funny enough the Israeli Consulate/embassy had a very high spike of radiation....

Quote from the article.

One alleged radiation hot spot on Manhattan's east side has the
potential for becoming a political hot spot: A strong radiation spike
from the area of the Israeli Embassy. Officials would not comment on why
they thought that particular area allegedly showed such a stunning peak
in radiation.


[link to nogw.com]

There was also a thread on GLP about it... Thread: ISRAELI EMBASSY IN NYC A RADIATION HOT SPOT

Last Edited by Lancashire HotPot. on 01/07/2013 05:50 AM

GLOWING IN BRIDGEPORT!!

and where is the measurement results ?

Must be looking for some preplaced munitions, Samsons option was always when in doubt bring the fucking house down.

Not sure if this article has been posted:

[link to washington.cbslocal.com]

snipped;

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has been flying the radiation missions since Dec. 27, 2012 and they will continue until next Friday, Jan. 11. The flights have been conducted during daylight only, and the pilots fly about 80 miles per hour at 150 feet above the approximately 70-square mile radiation assessment area

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I have not seen anything out of the usual...whatever that is around here. HaHaHa!

So testing will not be complete until 01/11/2013.

[link to nnsa.energy.gov]

Flying out of Andrews - Home of Air Force 1 for those local. Who knows what they are up to.

I don't remember which post, I put a link up short summary: no measurements will be released due to national security. It may be on page 2 of this thread. (also not sure if the article is related to the low flying helicopters but not a stretch to say..same policy may follow since there is documentation of an existing policy and related policy in play.)

Is it just me having woken up in a funk this morning, or is anyone else at wits end with the narratives we're fed about critical issues, the deceit, the lies, the treachery, and the veils of secrecy? Fukishima: NIGHTMARE. Government narrative: it's all good. The useful idiots steering this ship we affectionately refer to as Mother Earth are insane lunatics, honestly. And as citizens, we can't gulp it all down fast enough.

[link to edition.cnn.com]





CNNN partial transcript. Full discussion in link, related thread discussion...2/3 way to the bottom, scroll down. Post part of narrative. One test reported 5 years ago. Helicopters fly at times 50 feet above ground.


BLITZER: It's odd to thing about cities with their own radiation, but here in Washington, D.C. he government is trying to find out what's normal so they can figure out what's not normal in the event of a real terror attack. Brian Todd has been looking into this story for us. What are they trying to do, Brian


BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, the government is doing this with a specially equipped low-flying helicopter that detects gamma radiation. It's that detection that helps them with all this. It is startling people because of how low it flies. But that's better than being startled by a terrorist with a dirty bomb later


TODD (voice-over): It's a head turner flying so low over the city that your first instinct is something's wrong. But it's part of a plan to safeguard Washington from a nuclear or dirty bomb attack


JOSEPH KROL, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: If sometime in the future you have a reason to be looking for something radio logical, it's very necessary to have the original background.


TODD: Specially equipped helicopters flown by the National Security Administration, partnering with the Department of Homeland Security, are looking for naturally occurring radiation.

(on camera): The helicopter flies in a back and forth pattern like a lawn mower sometimes as low as 50 feet off the ground. The idea is to create a map of the normal radiation levels of the city

Then when there's a specific threat a nuclear or dirty bomb attack, the government can look at the map, see what's normal, and then see what may be an anomaly. (voice-over): The choppers would be sent up again to check out the possible anomaly


KROL: If we got some indication that something was different from the background, then we start narrowing it down with our investigation on foot and in the vehicle.

TODD: As for what's normal radiation, Homeland Security expert, Randy Larsen says there's a lot of that in a city.

COL. RANDALL LARSEN (RETIRED), WMD CENTER: The asphalt in this road right here puts out game that radiation. Large buildings like this put out a certain amount of radiation. Even here we are, McPherson Square, Washington, D.C., the monument, solid granite there. That puts out radiation. That's what we want to see what it looks like on a daily basis

TODD: It's gamma-admitting radiation, Larsen says Cobalt 60 and Cesium 137 that's used at industrial and construction sites, in hospitals for medical treatment and testing. And can also be used in a dirty bomb.

This helicopter is equipped with crystal-based gamma radiation sensing technology, two pilots, a scientist and a technician on board. In case of an active threat, they may get an urgent call to scan a certain part of a city

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TODD: That's right. This government agency, the NNSA has done these flyover tests in New York to San Francisco Bay area and in Baltimore. This is actually at least the second time they've done it over Washington, D.C. They did it earlier, five years ago. So they're just updating it right now

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