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WTF? (Original Post) randr Dec 2019 OP
That's not all corn underpants Dec 2019 #1
then why haydukelives Jan 2020 #8
Life in the fast lane underpants Jan 2020 #9
My first thought was lapfog_1 Dec 2019 #2
If this was in Texas - one of them (at least) would have been shot down harumph Dec 2019 #3
INDUSTRY ELECTRONICS Chilean Protesters Used Lasers to Bring down Police Drone, and It Worked safeinOhio Dec 2019 #4
Fascinating, I wonder if they are looking for something? dewsgirl Dec 2019 #5
They could be dangerous to small aircraft eleny Dec 2019 #6
Weird Garion_55 Dec 2019 #7

lapfog_1

(30,170 posts)
2. My first thought was
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 10:56 AM
Dec 2019

a rather wealthy stalker person checking up on someone that lives in the area...

explains the grid search and the time of day.

but that is a crazy amount of money to spend on the effort. A private investigator would cost less.

harumph

(2,327 posts)
3. If this was in Texas - one of them (at least) would have been shot down
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 10:58 AM
Dec 2019

anonymously - and we'd know the source. I'm not a fan of private companies getting
waivers to fly heavy drones over private property. Really, someone in CO needs to
grow a pair. Fed crime - blah-blah-blah fuckity blah.

safeinOhio

(34,105 posts)
4. INDUSTRY ELECTRONICS Chilean Protesters Used Lasers to Bring down Police Drone, and It Worked
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 11:27 AM
Dec 2019

I saw the protestors in Hong Kong doing this too. Toy lasers can bring down drones and disable Face Recognition cameras.

https://interestingengineering.com/chilean-protesters-used-lasers-to-bring-down-police-drone-and-it-worked

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)
5. Fascinating, I wonder if they are looking for something?
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 11:55 AM
Dec 2019

Or as the article said, perhaps mapping the area.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
6. They could be dangerous to small aircraft
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 03:32 PM
Dec 2019

Years ago I met a rancher once who flew his own small plane from his home in Yuma County to visit his daughter who lived in the tulies south of Rifle. I can't imagine that the airspace would be safe for pilots like him if they have to share it with these drones.

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