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S/V Loner

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11. Don't know if it is true but I read...

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 03:45 PM

Dec 15

that in NJ they did send a helicopter up but when it started to get close the drones shut off their lights and, of course, it being dark they lost them.

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Why doesn't a news' helicopter go up and just follow a drone until it lands? [View all] RoeVWade Dec 15 OP

True, maybe use drone to follow the drone. mymomwasright Dec 15 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 15 #7

That is why this is so stupid Mossfern Dec 15 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 15 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 15 #3

True, it has to run out of fuel eventually Polybius Dec 15 #5

What about F-15's? PCIntern Dec 15 #6

Katy Tur's parents would have -- but they were daredevils & coptered over a major riot in Los Angeles Hekate Dec 15 #8

Lawn chair Larry and his balloons cbabe Dec 15 #9

Because it's dangerous Abnredleg Dec 15 #10

Don't know if it is true but I read... S/V Loner Dec 15 #11

For the same reason it's hard for a big dog to catch a rabbit. MineralMan Dec 15 #12

Track one the way you track an armed suspect at night NotASurfer Dec 15 #13