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Saw a helicopter avoid a drone on the downtown Strip in Vegas today. | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77834380  United States08/08/2019 10:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77628535  Germany08/08/2019 10:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77834380 United States08/08/2019 11:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77302801  Brazil08/08/2019 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I really don't get why they aren't equip aircraft that operate in urban airspaces with RF jammers, no doubt these drones are all operating within an assigned frequency band. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77628535 What would that do? Crash the drone onto pedestrians or traffic? As far as I know drones are set up so if they lose radio contact they just do a gentle descent in place. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77834380 United States08/09/2019 12:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I really don't get why they aren't equip aircraft that operate in urban airspaces with RF jammers, no doubt these drones are all operating within an assigned frequency band. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77628535 What would that do? Crash the drone onto pedestrians or traffic? As far as I know drones are set up so if they lose radio contact they just do a gentle descent in place. Well, that sounds better than crashing a helicopter. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 69773471 United States08/09/2019 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | At least I think it was a drone but I couldnt see the four rotors or attachments? It looked like a 3 foot round white plastic frisbee that was about 6 inches thick. I assume it had rotors somewhere but I couldnt see or hear them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77834380 When I first saw it, it was at about 200 ft and stationary. I thought it might be an odd shaped balloon but it was under active control. As I watched it, it started to very slowly climb. When it got to about 500 ft, one of those tourist helicopters appeared on their regular route and were heading straight toward it. The pilot seemed to see it and veered off their route and flew past it. It just kept slowly climbing and eventually got so high that I couldnt see it. Illegal to fly a drone in Vegas city limits. That doesnt sound like or look like a drone. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77834380 United States08/09/2019 02:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | At least I think it was a drone but I couldnt see the four rotors or attachments? It looked like a 3 foot round white plastic frisbee that was about 6 inches thick. I assume it had rotors somewhere but I couldnt see or hear them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77834380 When I first saw it, it was at about 200 ft and stationary. I thought it might be an odd shaped balloon but it was under active control. As I watched it, it started to very slowly climb. When it got to about 500 ft, one of those tourist helicopters appeared on their regular route and were heading straight toward it. The pilot seemed to see it and veered off their route and flew past it. It just kept slowly climbing and eventually got so high that I couldnt see it. Illegal to fly a drone in Vegas city limits. That doesnt sound like or look like a drone. So what was it? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77902983  Australia08/09/2019 02:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41173011 United States08/09/2019 02:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 75758325 United States08/09/2019 02:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76549118 United States08/09/2019 03:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77834380 United States08/09/2019 04:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like a djr phantom or a clone . The most common type of drone . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77902983 That might be it. Can they climb all the way out of sight? Maybe 800 feet? I dont see any specs on the size. Are they big for a drone? This thing was not frisbee sized, it was like a round trash can lid. If it is it, someone was flying it illegally. Now that I check out the laws, it is illegal to fly them in the city. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 69692029 United States08/09/2019 06:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like a djr phantom or a clone . The most common type of drone . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77902983 That might be it. Can they climb all the way out of sight? Maybe 800 feet? I dont see any specs on the size. Are they big for a drone? This thing was not frisbee sized, it was like a round trash can lid. If it is it, someone was flying it illegally. Now that I check out the laws, it is illegal to fly them in the city. They are not that big. I dont think they can fly that high either. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77834380 United States08/09/2019 08:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like a djr phantom or a clone . The most common type of drone . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77902983 That might be it. Can they climb all the way out of sight? Maybe 800 feet? I dont see any specs on the size. Are they big for a drone? This thing was not frisbee sized, it was like a round trash can lid. If it is it, someone was flying it illegally. Now that I check out the laws, it is illegal to fly them in the city. They are not that big. I dont think they can fly that high either. So maybe it was a tiny alien craft with thumb sized aliens. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77908000 United States08/26/2019 08:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like a djr phantom or a clone . The most common type of drone . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77902983 That might be it. Can they climb all the way out of sight? Maybe 800 feet? I dont see any specs on the size. Are they big for a drone? This thing was not frisbee sized, it was like a round trash can lid. If it is it, someone was flying it illegally. Now that I check out the laws, it is illegal to fly them in the city. They are not that big. I dont think they can fly that high either. So maybe it was a tiny alien craft with thumb sized aliens.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79239842 United States08/11/2020 02:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sounds like a djr phantom or a clone . The most common type of drone . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77902983 That might be it. Can they climb all the way out of sight? Maybe 800 feet? I dont see any specs on the size. Are they big for a drone? This thing was not frisbee sized, it was like a round trash can lid. If it is it, someone was flying it illegally. Now that I check out the laws, it is illegal to fly them in the city. They are not that big. I dont think they can fly that high either. I am the original OP for this thread and have spent a year trying to find a drone similar to what I saw and cannot find one. The Phantom drones mentioned can fly that high and higher but they have regular rotors that I would have clearly seen and heard. They are also too small. What I saw was bigger than a Phanton and "floated" like a balloon but flew under intelligent control. It was also completely silent and had no landing gear visible like a drone does. The "main body/ring" was white with black instruments located underneath. Unless this was a completely unknown or unpublicized type of drone, it was a UFO. |
BRIEF  User ID: 39607259 United States08/11/2020 02:25 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79239842 United States08/11/2020 02:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hardly, a helicopter full of tourists avoiding a flying object over downtown Vegas is not a small issue. Second, what the hell was that thing????? I have looked at every picture of drone that I can find online and cannot find anything like it. This was too big for the drones that I see online and much to solid looking. Floating and flying silently in broad daylight. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79254682 United States08/11/2020 03:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | At least I think it was a drone but I couldnt see the four rotors or attachments? It looked like a 3 foot round white plastic frisbee that was about 6 inches thick. I assume it had rotors somewhere but I couldnt see or hear them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77834380 When I first saw it, it was at about 200 ft and stationary. I thought it might be an odd shaped balloon but it was under active control. As I watched it, it started to very slowly climb. When it got to about 500 ft, one of those tourist helicopters appeared on their regular route and were heading straight toward it. The pilot seemed to see it and veered off their route and flew past it. It just kept slowly climbing and eventually got so high that I couldnt see it. Does anyone know what this was? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78617574 United States08/11/2020 03:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79239842 United States08/11/2020 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | At least I think it was a drone but I couldnt see the four rotors or attachments? It looked like a 3 foot round white plastic frisbee that was about 6 inches thick. I assume it had rotors somewhere but I couldnt see or hear them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77834380 When I first saw it, it was at about 200 ft and stationary. I thought it might be an odd shaped balloon but it was under active control. As I watched it, it started to very slowly climb. When it got to about 500 ft, one of those tourist helicopters appeared on their regular route and were heading straight toward it. The pilot seemed to see it and veered off their route and flew past it. It just kept slowly climbing and eventually got so high that I couldnt see it. Does anyone know what this was? I wish someone knew. I expected to find an answer and a video of it pretty quickly but I was not a drone expert at that time. A year later and I still have not found anything like it online? |
| BRIEF User ID: 39607259 United States08/11/2020 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hardly, a helicopter full of tourists avoiding a flying object over downtown Vegas is not a small issue. Second, what the hell was that thing????? I have looked at every picture of drone that I can find online and cannot find anything like it. This was too big for the drones that I see online and much to solid looking. Floating and flying silently in broad daylight. Fucked if I know...I wasn't there, I didn't fucking see it... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79239842 United States08/11/2020 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hardly, a helicopter full of tourists avoiding a flying object over downtown Vegas is not a small issue. Second, what the hell was that thing????? I have looked at every picture of drone that I can find online and cannot find anything like it. This was too big for the drones that I see online and much to solid looking. Floating and flying silently in broad daylight. Fucked if I know...I wasn't there, I didn't fucking see it... I assumed it was a drone so didnt even bother taking a picture of it when it was hovering so low. I said 200 ft back then but I would say that it was closer to 100 ft after reexaming the light pole it was sitting over. It was very close to me and silent. I now think it was a UFO or a highly classified military drone. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79255724 United States08/11/2020 09:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hardly, a helicopter full of tourists avoiding a flying object over downtown Vegas is not a small issue. Second, what the hell was that thing????? I have looked at every picture of drone that I can find online and cannot find anything like it. This was too big for the drones that I see online and much to solid looking. Floating and flying silently in broad daylight. Fucked if I know...I wasn't there, I didn't fucking see it... I assumed it was a drone so didnt even bother taking a picture of it when it was hovering so low. I said 200 ft back then but I would say that it was closer to 100 ft after reexaming the light pole it was sitting over. It was very close to me and silent. I now think it was a UFO or a highly classified military drone. Interesting OP. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79239842 United States08/11/2020 11:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79239842 Hardly, a helicopter full of tourists avoiding a flying object over downtown Vegas is not a small issue. Second, what the hell was that thing????? I have looked at every picture of drone that I can find online and cannot find anything like it. This was too big for the drones that I see online and much to solid looking. Floating and flying silently in broad daylight. Fucked if I know...I wasn't there, I didn't fucking see it... I assumed it was a drone so didnt even bother taking a picture of it when it was hovering so low. I said 200 ft back then but I would say that it was closer to 100 ft after reexaming the light pole it was sitting over. It was very close to me and silent. I now think it was a UFO or a highly classified military drone. Interesting OP. Yeah, I wish I had taken a picture now. It was so close and stationary for several minutes but I just assumed it was a common drone that I didnt know about. It wasent. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83781258 United States07/07/2022 09:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hardly, a helicopter full of tourists avoiding a flying object over downtown Vegas is not a small issue. Second, what the hell was that thing????? I have looked at every picture of drone that I can find online and cannot find anything like it. This was too big for the drones that I see online and much to solid looking. Floating and flying silently in broad daylight. Fucked if I know...I wasn't there, I didn't fucking see it... I assumed it was a drone so didnt even bother taking a picture of it when it was hovering so low. I said 200 ft back then but I would say that it was closer to 100 ft after reexaming the light pole it was sitting over. It was very close to me and silent. I now think it was a UFO or a highly classified military drone. Almost 3 years later and I still have not found a drone like that. I keep looking for new types of drones but they look nothing like what I saw. I now think it was a small, very solid, UFO craft. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80377700  Canada07/07/2022 10:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83781258 United States07/07/2022 10:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80377700 drone can fly 120m ifthe chopper was below that limit he is an idiot, drones can not fly 5km or 6km around airports, and close by they will not even take off, you have seen something that is not a drone. . Agreed, I have done a lot of research since then and it wasent a drone. It was probably closer to 4 feet wide than the 3 feet I first listed because as I said later, that pole is not as high as I first thought. I have not found any drones that big with no external propellers and even the ones with internal propellers are fairly loud. This thing was completely silent and extremely stable. So stable that it seemed impossible. It also had a shape that I have not found in any other drone. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83781258 United States07/07/2022 10:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83070454 United States07/08/2022 09:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83781258 United States07/09/2022 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That is the closest I have seen but that is not it. Too loud and the shape is not right either. Post a drawing of it OP. Here it is. [link to ibb.co (secure)] |
