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Why do the theories not fit? And where's the link to the FBI statement? I believe they said "include rotary and fixed-wing" not exclusively, but this is based on reports received. They haven't actually captured one.

included sightings of both fixed-wing and rotary drones, Robert Wheeler, the assistant director of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group, said during a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on security threats posed by drones.

source: https://www.nj.com/news/2024/12/more-than-3k-mystery-drone-s...



No point quoting articles, just watch him say it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTotPeiMjlc&t=6767s

Up to you how you want to interpret his exact words.


Yeah there's a point quoting, people here don't always watch videos, but thanks for the link.

Article gets the quote slightly wrong, but semantically it's right: some are described as being slightly larger than um um than a commercial uh available drone um fixed Wing as well as rotary

Technically you could say the rotary/fixed-wing is only invoked to describe the class of drones compared to which these reports are larger, not that the reports "include" ("some are described") fixed wing and rotary.

I'm OK with either the weaker (less UFO) or stronger (more UFO) interpretations. How about you?


Back in my day, we called “commercial fixed-wing drones” RC model planes.


Heh, those things look super fun. It would be funny if some of these turn out to be that, tho I doubt it.

What's weird is the authorities are saying: "we don't know what they are, but we know for sure they're not a threat." This doesn't make sense. No one is allowing them to be there, it's safer to assume they're a threat until you know for sure what they are.




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