(16 Dec 2024)
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Clinton Township, New Jersey – 13 December 2024
1. New Jersey resident’s hand showing video he took of one of the drones
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College Park, Maryland – 16 December 2024
2 SOUNDBITE (English) John Slaughter, Director, UAS Research and Operations Center:
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“generally speaking. And the bigger a propeller that’s spinning is, then the louder, lower frequency that travels farther. So think of a helicopter that you’ve seen flying by and how loud that is and how far away you can hear that sometimes
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Mendham, New Jersey – 12 December 2024
3. Close of New Jersey resident showing photo he took of drone on his phone
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College Park, Maryland – 16 December 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (English) John Slaughter, Director, UAS Research and Operations Center:
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“Drones are smaller still. So typically they’re the pitch of the noise that they’re creating is is is often quite high, although it varies. And but the other characteristic of this is that the higher the pitch, the less distance you’re going to hear.”
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Mendham, New Jersey – 12 December 2024
5. New Jersey resident’s hand zooming in on phone photo of drone
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College Park, Maryland – 16 December 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Slaughter, Director, UAS Research and Operations Center:
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“Manned aircraft maneuver smoothly. Drones don’t have to you know these particularly that that multi copters that are the most predominant they move they can change direction on a dime so you can reverse their course you can turn them 90 degrees and they basically just change direction. So that kind of motion can give you a clue that you’re looking at a drone, not an aircraft.”
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STORYLINE:
Up in the sky, is that a drone or a plane?
Experts who study unmanned aircraft systems — better known as drones — say it can be tough to tell from miles away. But there are clues.
A light in the sky at night can easily be misinterpreted, according to John Slaughter, director of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research and Operations Center at the University of Maryland.
“You can’t just walk outside and say, oh, that’s not a drone. Or that is one. All you can really factually say is I saw a light in the sky," Slaughter said.
Dozens of mysterious nighttime flights first spotted in New Jersey last month and now being seen across the U.S. have raised concerns among residents and officials. Part of the worry stems from the flying objects initially being spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a U.S. military research and manufacturing facility, and over President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster.
Trump has gone so far as to say he believes the government knows more than it’s saying. “Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!!” he posted on his social media site.
But authorities fear that people who take matters into their own hands could start shooting at planes or helicopters.
Are those flashing lights a plane?
Planes and helicopters all have a flashing, typically red anti-collision light, at least one, often two. They also sport navigation lights — steady, red and green colored lights like the ones on boats. Many will also have flashing white strobe lights at their wingtips. And they have bright landing lights.
A light is just a bright point,” Slaughter said. “And it might be 100 yards (91 meters) away, it could be literally 40 miles (65 kilometers) away and it looks the same.”
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