Tucson police chase mystery drone across the city at more than 100 mph

[@plo5fish576]

amazon figuring out how to bring that helicopter pilot a package

[@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074]

High value package, Amazon delivery needed a signature.

[@DirtMcGurk]

@@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074 a clipboard pops off the bottom attached to a foot long string

[@pablopanda6922]

Plot twist: Air Force called the police on themselves to test how evasive the new drone is.

[@cody481]

Ok that's funny.

[@BobbyJetty1502]

Close, but almost. I live in Point Loma, San Diego Ca. Google map my neighborhood and you’ll see just how close we are to Naval Base North Island. Wonderful things are always flying or utilizing the ocean around us. 🇺🇸

[@skyartrc8286]

Sounds about right

[@weisserth]

possible, but not likely

[@thomasohanlon1060]

Dam someone forgot to lock the hanger after they were done.

[@Bucbucbang]

If they don’t know what it was doesn’t that make it a UFO, not a drone?

[@Grunchy005]

Unidentified ROV (remote operated vehicle).

[@Vanderkitten]

@@Grunchy005 what if it was… sentient? 👽

[@markburton5292]

@@Vanderkitten number 5 is alive

[@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475]

Spot on. These things have been seen for decades, green lights included. Before there were cellphones or laptop computers.

[@drink15]

@@markburton5292 Great movie Short Circuit. Now that's on my mind, i might watch it this weekend. Assuming you are quoting that movie.

[@cattigereyes1]

Chasing something they could not see even in infrared? Sounds like a goose chase to me!

[@brenthiggins8995]

especially if it had a hot propane engine

[@rexrocker1268]

Lol but geese can’t fly 100 mph, and I don’t think they fly at 14,000 feet either lol. Probably some sick military drone that we don’t know about yet. If the story is even true that is.

[@soundmindtv2911]

Manbearpig. It’s real! I’m totally cereal! 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@KentonJoseph]

@@rexrocker1268 "If the story is even true that is." That makes it a Goose Chase.

[@mkatzlord26354]

It obviously was aliens. 😂

[@clayton9136]

This is literally incredible. Whoever made this drone is an absolute badass.

[@StreetMachine18]

offer that person a darpa contract!!!!

[@tradingarsenal8578]

Thanks for your comment! Wait until you see what I have in store for next run!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I see what you did there. Nice, lol. 💪😎🤟

[@quistador7]

@@StreetMachine18 my $100 wing can fly for an hour, ,can go 100 mph+, and has infinite range if using cell towers and GPS. It's not rocket science, any idiot with youtube and the skills to solder and draw a flight path can do this. I'm being dead serious it's stupid easy

[@avgvstvs96]

It's actually not so difficult, look into long range FPV, 7-10" prop quads will hold speed and climb mountains with ease. I imagine it would have to have been at least an 8" to hold 100mph, at that point it can be made surprisingly efficient and carry big batteries

[@AjninHaru]

They couldn’t see it? Even with FLIR?. How in the hell were they chasing it.

[@jafleming0409]

They said it had a green light on it's ventral side. You can see a light at a distance and not see the source.

[@MerkleAkrunphleuphle]

cause they're imbeciles

[@KentonJoseph]

@@MerkleAkrunphleuphle No, just not trained to observe and report.

[@productivehustle6163]

Good question mr puttin....man if you aint got the answers seems you got tje questions lol

[@BangChief_AllIsOne]

Damn flying Snipes. Hard enough to Snipe Hunt on the ground. Salute

[@markc1263]

"They could never see it but they chased it all over the City"

[@Barabbas7798]

Lol Maybe a drug test is in order

[@jamminwrenches860]

I have not seen a helicopter with radar so how were they "tracking" something they couldnt see?

[@philflores4939]

jajaajajjaajaj TRue !!!

[@historyhunter5215]

Don't forget it went over the mountain...

[@sonnydayz2118]

🤣

[@cplcabs]

Wait, they said they couldn’t see it, even without night vision, yet they were chasing it….so they could see it.

[@easygoing2479]

That's what I was wondering too... at 0:53 they did say that it had a "green light" on its belly, but could see nothing else. I guess it was just the green light they saw, and chased after what it was attached to.

[@Stick3x]

Exactly.

[@ErrorAcquired]

Misinformation, they are trying to pin this on drone operations. Law enforcement hates all civilian drones and will paint them in the worst light

[@stevepowsinger733]

Right, the reporter’s questions were not deep enough. His logic flawed.

[@RoughAndWretchedRAW]

@@ErrorAcquired Not just Police but Government. In Canada you can't fly a drone over any public lands, Near anyone or within a kilometer of ANY man made construction of any kind. Which means you can be charged for flying within a kilometer of a single fence post in the middle of no where if someone complains or even if they just say a complaint was made through a tip line. Government also allow people to post their land as no drones so you can't fly over it. You can very literally own a quarter section of land and they can charge you for going to the geographical center of that property taking off Hovering and landing if any neighbor complains as a kilometer is a bit over the 1/2 mile. The only way to be entirely safe from Government laws on where you can legally fly laws you must own 4 sections of land in a square together where you can fly below 300ft in line of sight circles. And even with all of that and required licenses and registration. If a plane or Helicopter break the law and fly into your allowed air space hitting you. Well, that's your fault also. 100% liability is on you. We used to be a free country. No more! And the US is right on our heels into authoritarian rule.

[@grondhero]

"Can you see this thing?" "Not me, can you?" "No, I can't see it either." "Well, it's not on infrared; keep chasing it."

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

More like. Cop#1 "hey you want to test this helicopter to its limits" Cop#2 "I mean yeah, but boss would be on us about it and wasting the super expensive fuel for no reason..." Cop#3"ive got an idea, but we all gotta agree on it okay? Let's say a drone almost crashed into us, and we chased it trying to stop them but it was insanely fast and maneuverable... but we gotta say it was stealth because our cameras won't have evidence" Cop#1 "man you're a genius, let's do it buckle up"

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

Oh man that comment was genius, I gotta copy and paste it some other places so other people see it lol

[@ridetillidie8090]

But, but...it was probably a propane-powered drone! :D

[@kennyhumphrey3753]

@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 My first thought was the CIA or NSA paid the cops some moonlighting money and had them sign a NDA with criminal penalties so they could create propaganda to make the Chinese and Russians think the US military has some new super drone technology. But when I saw your post I then realized the whole thing was much simpler than I thought. Either way, there was no drone.

[@LL.Johnson]

... So they chased a green light until it went over a 14,000 ft mountain? I don't think it was a propeller-driven drone.

[@quistador7]

it was most definitely a propeller driven wing. ( like the shape of the B-2 ) My single motor wing can fly over an hour and can cruise at 80MPH. If you program a flight path using GPS the only limit is battery life.

[@quistador7]

@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 It's called loiter you can indeed program it. Don't talk about things you don't know I've been flying UAV's for years

[@David-bc4rh]

@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 Ion propulsion only achieves high speeds in the vacuum of space and it takes weeks to accelerate.

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@ShaunDoesMusic they objects that the military called foo fighters in ww2.. They have been proven to be very large, they don't make any sound and turn on a dime

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@ShaunDoesMusic how do they do it? I can tell you they are not using some unknown phenomena.. Its all electrostatic

[@totalrobot]

What you saw was the planet venus, mixed with a temperature inversion, divided by swamp gas, with a weather balloon addendum.

[@swayjaayy5495]

Lmao....exactly

[@meestameestaaaaaa]

Ok. So a drone battery probably can't last that long. Especially at that speed.

[@compilerofvideos]

You forgot to factor in the wind speed

[@rogerrabbit80]

@@meestameestaaaaaa Depends. A lot of people use the term "drone" to mean a quad-copter, like the one the reporter showed, and only that. There can also be fixed-wing drones, which can be faster and have greater endurance that the copter type drones. If that is what they were chasing, then the greater range and high-altitude performance become a lot more reasonable. Most helicopter operations are at altitudes of 10,000 feet or less, so helicopters don't usually carry oxygen equipment. This drone is reported as flying over a 14,000 foot high mountain, which is the height at which the FAA requires pilots to use supplemental oxygen. Oxygen is also required if flying above 12,500 feet for 30 minutes or more.

[@RMBII91]

Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception. Yet you somehow brazenly declare seeing is believing? Mister Crikenson, your scientific illiteracy makes me shudder, and I wouldn't flaunt your ignorance by telling anyone that you saw anything last night other than the planet Venus, because if you do, you're a dead man.

[@robertkeddie]

My tip for the FBI? If you're investigating something because it could damage a helicopter, maybe best not to send up a helicopter to chase it. 😒

[@totalrobot]

These are the same men who opened the Capitol gates on Jan.6th. Don't expect any critical thought from them

[@HumbelPie]

@@totalrobot wtc too?

[@dananorth895]

Good point. Obviously wasn't a hostile. May only be a matter of time before we see that, as in tail or main rotor sabatoge. Or god forbid jet engine.

[@raysouls3231]

lmaooo so good

[@raysouls3231]

@@dananorth895 this is the fearmongering they want you to worry about, GOD FORBID " put situation that hasnt happened yet but you think up of in your mind" AH yes lets find reasons to oppress people we havent thought of yet.

[@TerminusHostilia]

If that's the actual flight pattern...I'd say some sort of test turned into a troll fest.

[@AnthonyGoodley]

And that helicopter supposedly flew that corkscrew flight path at over 100 MPH. Right. Sure it did all them nonstop circles at 100 MPH. Sounds legit to me.

[@dare21magine]

the flight pattern is exactly how i would avoid letting a police heli lock their gimbal camera system on me. You deff dont want nice HD pictures of your new shiny drone you spent 3 years on in secret being released to the public before you can lock all the patents down.

[@babybirdhome]

@@AnthonyGoodley Nobody said they maintained 100 MPH the whole time. You’re assuming and inferring things that are not based on the available data. That’s on you.

[@SteveKasian]

@@babybirdhome Yeah, but you bought into an article that's definitely at least 90% fake. The only part that's arguably real is the "alleged" fact that an LE chopper chased it. Everything else is complete BS. And I mean COMPLETE. This "advanced tech" has been around for over a decade; Pretty much for as long as GoPro cameras have been around. There is absolutely nothing about this alleged drone that falls under the category of "not commercially available," "hard," or "very expensive." It would even be a stretch to say that this tech is "not readily available to everyone." In fact, anyone with internet access, a debit or credit card, and about $1500 can buy not only the drone, but the entire setup (all batteries, cameras, transmitters, receivers, antennae, and even an auto-tracking antenna system that tracks the drone for you and automatically points the antenna at it!) That includes >100MPH capability and the ability to control the drone up to 100 miles away from the base station. This entire article is a lie.

[@AnthonyGoodley]

@@babybirdhome Yes you're right. My mistake.

[@neomonk5668]

Sounds like a field test against civilian police air capabilities.

[@Wayzor_]

It sounds like you need to put your Tin Foil hat on tighter.

[@fadlya.rahman4113]

@@Wayzor_ You right. No government agency will do this kind of thing. The highly sophisticated drone belong to Dr. Evil organization.

[@GoingFar77]

@@Wayzor_ Imagine living through the last 18 months of complete governmental lies and manipulation, where the tinfoil hat wears were finally vindicated after all these years of being called lunatics, and then attempting to use that term in a derogatory manner. That's you.

[@Drocoh]

@@fadlya.rahman4113 you'd be surprised what smugglers, criminals, and cartels can get their hands on.

[@TheArmchairrocker]

Ft Huachuca is just down the road.

[@augere9620]

So someone in the military was having a blast on the governments expense 😂

[@dr_jaymz]

I reckon they were chasing a bug on the window. That's why no matter how they manoeuvre it stayed with them.

[@LAT-qk3vj]

😂

[@Grzz51]

Here in the South we call them "lightnin bugs"............

[@johncaffarel2629]

Best explanation I’ve heard yet!

[@radicalrick9587]

Like they said it was doing circles around them, I figure that's the part where the helicopter was spinning around making it look like the drone(bug) was doing circles around them.

[@BangChief_AllIsOne]

Sounds about right. Salute

[@thomvogan3397]

Don't you love these news reports that don't ask obvious questions such as, if they couldn't see it how could they chase it

[@ineverplay1]

lol exactly. Also didn't show up on radar. So it was there but couldn't see it with their eyes or on radar. I guess they were chasing the noise that they couldn't hear over the helicopter engine. Sad report.

[@mattmarzula]

@@ineverplay1 these comments are as ridiculous as the report. It's obvious that they were able to see the UAS. How else could they describe the green direction light. If you read just a little bit of the text you could see that the pilots had a visual in the UAS and we're able to follow it. The UAS kept flying around them to avoid their visual contact. They were unable to observe it using their night vision. Doesn't mean they couldn't see it. Doesn't mean that it wasn't tracked by radar.

[@nonamenolast4648]

They couldn't see the chassis just green light

[@fidjet]

😂😂💜💚🇺🇸🌎🌍🌏👽🥊💪🧠

[@dare21magine]

@@mattmarzula if it was tracked on radar, they would have shown its flight path, just like the helicopter. with composite materials and proper fabrication, i too can make things disappear from civilian radar

[@johnl.8616]

Govt doesn't like it when its done to them do they.

[@theobserver9131]

What are you talking about? Specifically.

[@johnl.8616]

@@theobserver9131 You need me to spell it out for you? Govt doesn't mind when they are the ones in controll and spying on you but when they are spied upon and they aren't in controll then they don't like it.

[@Neojhun]

@@theobserver9131 Dude the only thing close to this is Military Drones. Obviously the Military does not like when others have such powerful capabilities.

[@theobserver9131]

@@johnl.8616 You're just repeating your vague comment. I was asking for SPECIFIC DETAILS. I didn't think you knew what you were talking about. Carry on with your ignorance and paranoia.

[@theobserver9131]

@@johnl.8616 Don't even try to guess what I know. You have no idea.

[@burtpanzer]

The police chase was probably more of a threat to public safety than the pesky RC craft ever could be...

[@TheWatchmanNews]

Usually always is.

[@kishascape]

Alien probe

[@MistralisArracant]

Assuming it ever existed, which it didn't. We in the UK have just found out that our government has a Behavioural insight department more commonly known as the nudge team so it's guaranteed the USA has something similar in spades and this sort of untruth will be used to justify remote ID.

[@ronmcmartin4513]

Military or Cartel? The only 2 entities with that much disposable cash.

[@azapps]

It's not that expensive or difficult to build. long range radios for control and video are available for a few hundred bucks. Flying at 20k feet is possible if you have the power and props. At low altitude it can be extremely fast, can fly at hundreds of miles per hour. Check out the racing drones on YT.

[@lordbeebus9842]

It is. They have them all over the border if that’s a hint. They typically are around areas that have certain types laboratories.

[@rjmac3001]

General dynamics, do with that what you will

[@josephandrews2353]

That’s what I was thinking, Cartel. They use those to run things across the border. I don’t know how far Tucson is from the border but it sounds like it could travel that far-the drone.

[@jasoncopsey8638]

when they say that only the d.o.d. can afford these types of drones, a fully built drone that can do these speeds and last that long would have a non electrical engine system. and would cost around 75k. movie sets use them and so does border control. you think movie sets would use a drone to film that needed charging every 10 minutes? get real people. expensive yes, but not out of reach for some

[@BitwiseMobile]

To paraphrase Obi Wan - That's no drone, it's a spaceship.

[@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475]

All they saw was a green light literally flying circles around their helicopter. Sounds like everything else is guessing through bias.

[@roverworks4886]

The FBI is looking for tips. Translation: The FBI wants us to do their job for them.

[@renereyes3311]

Hey cut the fbi some slack, They're busy investigating those elusive white supremist groups, and rounding up Trump supporters who were invited into the halls congress by the Capital police. They have a country to protect.

[@totalrobot]

@Above Reality Sim brainwashed denier

[@censoredspeech2325]

@Above Reality Sim 👈Sheep

[@renereyes3311]

@Above Reality Sim baa baa baa

[@TheFrenchPug]

They never caught the jetpack guy in L.A. but it seemed to atop.

[@SG-js2qn]

If you can figure out the purpose, you can probably figure out the source. It's an expensive drone, which probably rules out anything casual.

[@purplehz97]

Haha it's like distracting kittens with a laser pointer. This is how we can keep cops busy.

[@Shinzon23]

I applaud whoever put together this custom drone and I really wish I could order a similar drone from them.

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

Whoever did that has a military background

[@team69racing11]

Over an hour & 100 mph!! That ain't no regular drone 😆

[@captainlight8050]

Thats the mexican drone

[@TheYoungAze]

@@captainlight8050 cartel drone

[@MrInstag8tor]

They can be easily modified to carry multiple batteries and programmed to fly higher and faster. I'm surprised there isn't more if this happening.

[@JoeGrow-pj3nr]

Real100Talk it’s probably a hybrid drone walkera QL1200

[@dieselscience]

@Real100Talk It's not battery powered.

[@ddrnerd4280]

Drunk officer takes joyride in helicopter, blames it on extravagant drone chase You say you couldn't see it? Yes But you were following it? Also yes

[@whosthis1230]

Green light..

[@ddrnerd4280]

A firefly loose in the cockpit

[@adonian]

@@ddrnerd4280 😂🤣best comment ever 👍

[@midgetwitha50cal13]

Lmao

[@hugh_jasso]

🤣🤣🤣

[@beargillium2369]

Chasing a drone with a helicopter is the stupidest waste of resources I've ever heard of.

[@LarsLarsen77]

In a world where drones exist, chasing anything with a helicopter is the stupidest waste of resources I've ever heard of.

[@beargillium2369]

@@LarsLarsen77 like chasing a helicopter on a horse 🐎

[@frotobaggins7169]

seems that the drone wasn't the problem, the police chasing it were.

[@GrandHuevotes]

We can’t even stop a plastic drone that’s going 100 mph… we’re screwed if an alien invasion comes.

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

That wasn't plastic... it traveled for an hour at over 100mph doing circles, then climbed to 14,000 feet and had no heat signature.. They had to have an engine built in, and heat shielding technology... Thats insane, that thing if it was human technology cost alot and had metal

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 cops shouldn't even own helicopters, I'm sure now they are trying to get F18s

[@3nertia]

@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 Most plastics are invisible to infrared and something that can move at 100mph at elevations of 10,000+ feet probably has no issues cooling what little heat electric motors would actually generate ...

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@3nertia something like that would cost tons of money and the motors and batteries would definitely be dumping heat... Plastic drones 1 hour is pushing it, then to go up on top of a mountain with your many thousands of dollars and to the other side.... they would end up losing thousands of dollars. And there is zero chance the drone originated behind that mountain if it is a cheap plastic drone, it would have taken 30 min to an hour to get to the boarder patrol to begin with

[@3nertia]

@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 So, what you're telling me is that you don't understand tech :)

[@chrissmith9151]

It was probably some 10 year old playing with a custom drone he built in his parents garage. He was just scouting back yards for girls sunning themselves in bikinis.

[@truegret7778]

@Chris Smith - I love your comment!

[@suzyqualcast6269]

P a p p y s

[@bryancunningham55]

LOL!!! Thats about RIGHT!!

[@SlipperyBannana]

Lol what is this a reference to? Drone misinformation is so rampant I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a serious comment haha

[@chas7surf]

10 yo? really? 10 yo boys are that interested in girls and build drones? your comment would most likely apply to an adolescent or above, but not a 10yo.

[@ALTN8NRG]

DJI says: "These are not the droids you're looking for"

[@mumblesbadly7708]

*drones

[@stevethecountrycook1227]

There are some clever people on the interweb!

[@terrycline2294]

Was. The drone charged or will it be if caught? Or just recharged since its a drone

[@tyfawver7596]

Thats funny!

[@4leafChief]

More likely get its batteries confiscated for about a 12 month probationary period.

[@aussie1546]

Solar power

[@kullenberg]

I heard they have a new cell for it

[@terrycline2294]

@@kullenberg with more mildly amps and voltage. Good one

[@lukegilliam3139]

It was probably a fixed wing if it had that much endurance.

[@bypassmobilehelp9571]

exactly, they shoulda shown footage of a predator drone not the quadcopter. This story isn't really interesting when you remember we have a military with classified advanced technology

[@ericbulbosa6199]

I saw the thing it looked like a 45 foot long white propane tank. It didnt have wings or any propellers.

[@m15cell]

If they didn’t see it the correct terminology is they were chasing a UFO: Unidentified Flying Object.

[@timhofstetter5654]

That would be the correct term even if they saw it but could not identify it.

[@johnnyutah6565]

Corn Pop was flying it. And you can't catch Corn Pop, Corn Pop is a bad dude

[@lordot8665]

He really is a bad dude tho

[@Tony-rl2fr]

... with a bad-*ss high tech drone and mad piloting skills. Legend has it Joey knocked him upside the head with a chain which caused him to become the drone pilot savant that he is today 😆

[@Battlefresh]

Come on man! You're talking about, you know, the thing!

[@JetFire9]

Hairy legs

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

trump pardoned six agents working on behalf of russia. They were already found guilty. who do you work for, Boris?

[@tiporari]

This is not that difficult to do. LiFe batteries, long range radios and a powerful brushless motor. Stop picturing a quad copter. A fixed wing craft with a clipped wing glider style airframe. Easy. Low thermals, low visible signature, almost zero radar return. 100mph isn't difficult. Flight time over an hour, no problem. 14000 feet, again, no problem. Returning to a mountain? High altitude = extended range and line of sight.

[@JViello]

Dude, stop talking like you know what you're talking about. LiFe also known as Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries are nothing special and less energy dense than Lithium Ion and actually lower voltage per cell. (3.7v vs 4.2) LiPo's - Lithium Polymer, are the most energy dense, especially in high voltage guise Lithium HiVi (4.35v per cell) like you have in your cell phones. They would use LiFe if it was some magic battery. To use the energy this aircraft did for as long as it did isn't a "Meh" thing. Just stop.

[@totalrobot]

@@JViello such vitriol from a skinny armed pansy

[@icheattoohard7513]

@@JViello LiFe batteries were just an example he stated and they’d work with the layout he gave so he it was all correct and it seems he did know what he was saying

[@ChiliSkwertz]

I can smell the virginity in this thread.

[@publicenemynumerouno]

The US Army flight tested drones in Honduras and into Nicaragua almost forty years ago. High altitude, long range flights. The only problem they ran into was barometric pressure changes effected the stabilization system. Other than that they worked rather well. Yeah, 40 year old technology. I knew one of the people who flew them.

[@Bamaedc]

Helicopter trying to catch drone: Drone: your not that guy pal!you're not that guy!

[@depthcharge6215]

Or, they could by making it up to try to add more drone legislation.

[@Menelik.videos]

That was my thought as well.

[@paulchristopherlittle]

if you know drones and think about what it would take to fly that fast for that long and that far and that high you know its probably a space ship not a drone lol.

[@hansonprofile]

Or DOD

[@johnbarber7952]

@@hansonprofile 🎯

[@MentaIPatient]

Call it whatever you want , It's still man made and flown... Like ^ said, DOD sounds right..

[@DrakeFeore]

Or not electric.

[@ErrorAcquired]

I dont support tax dollars to chase drones during this pandemic and increased crime

[@TheFrenchPug]

I commented below that they still haven't caught the jetpack guy here in L.A. yet and turn on the 11 o'clock news. They say they spotted him today again but no go on catching him again. What a coincidence!

[@jyaj007]

Their using a helicopter to chase a drone... That's one expensive chase

[@drink15]

Yeah. Like what would they do if they caught up to it?

[@victorcoleman949]

A wild goose chase all funded by your tax dollars.

[@lapdheadquarters762]

.

[@gb4807]

Not a DJI FPV for sure that thing would lasted 9 minutes

[@madebycarrera7585]

🤣🤣🤣

[@digitalchaos1980]

Right?? 😂

[@dragonhank4217]

The beginning of "Skynet" becoming self aware...

[@roncolem4558]

And everyone thought Mulder and Scully were crazy! Lol! I bet the Smoking Man knows.

[@rongeremy6970]

Hey get the lone gunmen on to it,,!!!

[@roncolem4558]

@@rongeremy6970 Probably Alex Krycek doing his typical BS again. Lol!

[@naorable]

Could have been a fixed wing drone. Funny how even the experts don't mention that.

[@Gianfranco_69]

Thats what i though,a delta wing can do that speed easy

[@Gianfranco_69]

@justan idiot i was using a crappy store bought spec deltawing , a pitched up one will do 80 easy for example

[@D_Hill]

@justan idiot it can do it at 14,000 ft ?

[@cwbeas]

exactly, was thinking model jet with POV setup

[@Gianfranco_69]

@justan idiot there was a DJi that did over 10k ft... autonomous modes dont need a link either,theres video of fixedwings doing 100km routes on auto ,the authorities tell you its 400ft Max but thats for aviation safety...🤫

[@M4jeff]

Clearly this was a case of extraterrestrial teens out joy-ridding in dads space ship. Bop-Bleep had a case of beer and the keys to dads flying saucer. The rest is a matter of public record.

[@keirfarnum6811]

No. It was Booglorp; he’s much more of a troublemaker than Boo-Bleep.

[@miwhcyvybaksjd]

These news people are of no help at all. Take a potentially interesting story and then say nothing but blather about it.

[@SteveKasian]

...and do nothing but lie about it.

[@brucegelman5582]

Were you expecting martian visitations?????

[@bossmack187]

Even the drone "expert" had nothing useful to say.

[@kingofkings2934]

That was a deco to take the helicopter on a wild goose chase while they move a shipment across the border.

[@thequickbrownfox7289]

Cartels upping their game.

[@chas7surf]

that was my very first thought

[@dr.projectx5142]

Express delivery gone to the wrong sector retreat, pilot goes quickly officer and feds in confusion LOL.

[@acinfla9615]

They have the resources and the need. Never underestimate the criminal class.

[@ThailandAmazing]

I’m surprised the cartels don’t make a quick human lift with this dsigned

[@GRosa250]

Yes exactly and yet another reason why wasting vast resources to build a wall on the border was a waste. I’m all for some type of physical barrier where needed but technology and manpower are equally important.

[@martinz.4852]

The FBI is looking for the pilot.......to give him a job!

[@theenzoferrari458]

More like a hug and 1000$ :]

[@theenzoferrari458]

@@tatumergo3931 that is special agents Mulder and Scully you. :]

[@kennethkaser8356]

Probably so, but I'm sure the FBI isn't paying what the Cartel is.

[@raymondgaxiola1654]

No victim, no crime. I bet they want to forcefully take what's his, and give him some fines to pay now.

[@rc3291]

Military ain't giving it to em

[@raymondgaxiola1654]

I know, right? Even though it's theirs.

[@mattcero1]

Uhhhmmm, law enforcement needs to observe and report only. The F.A.A. is the only party who can enforce airspace "stuff". If you're flying a drone somewhere legally in public and the cops come by and try to take your drone, tell them about this then tell the to pack sand.

[@mariomarez2223]

Some Chinese military guy that brought his drone with him through Mexico testing it out with his thousands of soldier friends standing by laughing.

[@imsupposedtobeasleeprightn9107]

Wait, more important than why they couldn't see it, why were they harrassing a drone to begin with?

[@DevotedDisciple-x]

Because the government doesn't like when you have cooler toys than they have. Home of the free...

[@pozloadescobar]

They explained why. The drone allegedly had a near-miss with a CBP helicopter

[@technicallyinformativestem3032]

How do you know it wasn't a peeping drone 👀

[@coleschaefer6016]

If it was flying over 1,000 feet in the air, it was violating the FAA laws for operating a UAS. Additionally, they said it came close to colliding with a helicopter, which is also against FAA regulations (which is fairly obvious). And if that wasn't enough, operating a drone in a way that interferes with a heliport is against the law (although, I do not know if he was actually interfering with the heliport and not just a helicopter in flight). Whoever was flying the drone could possibly ruin the hobby for other drone pilots, because this case could be used as an example of why the US needs greater drone restrictions.

[@irbengimz5489]

@@coleschaefer6016 yeah but have you ever seen a drone fly for an hour at speeds of “100mph”? As far as I know that tech doesn’t quite exist.

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

So military grade drone, not too many of those for sale on the open market

[@DevilDogDen1775]

I know EXACTLY what type of drone that was.... The kind that the cops couldn't catch !!!!... 😆

[@suzyqualcast6269]

That they want, for themselves, like, for free. Remember what happened to Teslas post sctipt details.......

[@AmericanTeacher-USA]

Too funny.....!

[@Menelik.videos]

This is such fake news. There is no way the police would have been able to see it in time to chase it. 100 miles per hour? Please!!!

[@JMcKey21]

So to summarize: helicopter pilots couldn't and never saw what they were chasing (and they could somehow estimate its relative speed versus theirs).. I'm really shocked they never found it. Sometimes the most logical answer is the correct one. Maybe a bird flew by, spent hours searching for something, and then have to justify the taxpayer money they wasted trying to find something that may have never existed in the first place. I haven't read the report so maybe this is just a really bad description by this news station of what happened.

[@justinpeepee8454]

So DM AFB didnt react themselves, just TPD? A drone on/above federal property and no reaction, kinda smells blue on blue to me.

[@miweb3235]

Or mexican mafia upping their game and testing this out. Couldnt be seen. Not liking that too much.

[@jasonlacroix6083]

The APD wants a big budget allocation increase and they just got it.

[@Timinator62]

So they couldn't even see it with IR Vision?...how can that be a Drone then? My Drones Motors, Batteries and the Flight Control Board all heat up so much you can barely touch them, they certainly would show up on IR.

[@ianarmstrong1636]

Good point

[@harryazzole7814]

With all the other capabilities of the drone it could safely be assumed it has an IR coating that's capable of hiding or masking its signature.

[@docwatson1134]

Thermal shielding with aerogel could hide the heat signature. But hiding a propane generator? That muffler will be HOT. Fuel cell burning hydrogen maybe, obviously the owner of this aircraft has near unlimited budget. Cartel sounds likely, who else could take advantage of the real time intelligence this device provides? Whoever it was, boss is mad that the pilot let himself get spotted by a screw up like that.

[@punker4Real]

Nuclear powered drone it's not too hard to isolate heat signatures using Aero gel using liquid nitrogen cooling.... wiht precise cooling control you can make it invisible at ambient temperature making it invisible to IR or use glass skin glass is invisible to IR

[@ianarmstrong1636]

A drone with rubber bands to power the propellers would not show up on IR...on second thoughts probably not a good idea

[@HR91360]

Whats to say this isnt just a "Made up story to further restrict the use of drones" Makes more sense.

[@jamescobrien]

They said that they couldn't even see it, not even with infrared goggles. Show the hell can they chase something they can't evensee?

[@jamesscott9081]

Very interesting. I commute from Casa Grande to Chandler and one morning about 3 months ago I noticed a drone flying parallel to the freeway, about 100 yards away from me. It kept pace with me @ 75mph and i observed it for at least 6 miles until it veered diagonally toward the mountains and out of sight. This one had just one small red light.

[@metallicaandchimaira]

My drone tops out at 118mph lol. Spent a pretty penny building this thing tho. Even faster than that if im flying with the current of the wind.

[@VIRGILSHELTONII]

It had a green light, but we could not see it... How does that work?

[@eagleviewhd]

Here is a tip:clean the bugs off the windscreen of the helicopter!

[@zerodarkthirty8862]

hollographic ? project blue beam ?

[@kaliss7192]

What's really peculiar is it's signal range. The controller had to be nearby.

[@benanders4412]

Not really, you can use the cellphone towers if you make it digital. You can fly where you want as long you have a cellphone connection. And you can program it to fly the way you want on autopilot if connection is broken. Cheaper than satellite connection. Not that hard to make for somebody with some tech skills. A average tech nerd can pull it off. You can order all the parts on the internet. Just need someone with some programming skills to make the software. But it should not be that difficult.

[@ericbulbosa6199]

They could also use Air Band, Hf or shortwave. If I had to guess, that drone has a letter beacon on it in case it runs out of battery or has an accident ect.

[@wzpu3283]

Prolly a snoozleguster was used to bolsterate the signal proposition into a waveguided trunnel.

[@ALTN8NRG]

lol...Area 52 located in Arizona. The pilot of that craft must have serious situational awareness to avoid and circle the police helicopter.

[@chas7surf]

..... like situational awareness attained with a PTZ cam on a gimbal !

[@bradbutcher3984]

Area 51 isn't in Arizona, it's in Nevada.

[@ZebraActual]

@@bradbutcher3984 he said Area 52.. not 51.. pay attention lol

[@ALTN8NRG]

@@bradbutcher3984 I was referring to a new facility: Area 52. Lol

[@charlieodom9107]

Intelligent flight modes can circle objects in motion without any pilot input! My drones can do it as long as long as they can go a little faster than the POI! I use it to film my kids on the tube or knee boarding at the lake all the time.

[@the_traveller6994]

Extremely low heat signature rules out a combustion engine hybrid.

[@wayneblack948]

The distance between Davis Mountain air force base and Mt lemon is 39.3 miles. The elevation of Mt Lemon is 8000 ft so it went almost twice as high as the mountain

[@lamarw7757]

Straight line is less than 20 miles. Mt. Lemmon is 9'171 feet high

[@RT10Viperman]

LOL...Who ever was the pilot of the "drone" was way more skilled then anybody they had chasing it. It was just playing with you and beat you without any problems.

[@memyselfandi8544]

These are angels. We’re in the Bible , book of Revelation, final kingdom. Antichrist is almost here.

[@barowt]

They need to find him so they can give him a job

[@michaelg8642]

@@memyselfandi8544 get psychiatric help

[@MrGimli2]

@The Shadow lol

[@Jpilgrim30]

I can picture the guy yelling for his mom to bring him his meatloaf while he was making a fool out of those police. 😂

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

Alien 👽 drone

[@JollyBotox]

Better call Muldy & Scully

[@davidhouston9522]

I am a security guard that goes around and checks on buildings and properties One night I looked in the back of the building and I seen a drone flying in a cage it was about as big as a car it was in Scottsdale Arizona

[@brainretardant]

How big was its cage?

[@davidhouston9522]

The cage was at least 10 yards

[@wvXvxvXvw]

I guess big brother wants to be the only ones who spy on us. This guy was intruding on their monopoly and they don't like it.

[@Von45Rose]

I pretty confident The mystery object won’t hit anything it doesn’t want to. Covert military guys just F’n around😂😂😂

[@rdizzo1313]

“Drone” Is the new nomenclature for (Swamp Gas)... Nice try Gary....😂🤣😛

[@yetidynamics]

this guy is wrong, it isn't going to necessarily be "darpa" expensive. a hobbyist can do this.

[@WeAreLight05]

100 mph... Right

[@yetidynamics]

@@WeAreLight05 100 mph is ez mode...

[@ReasonsWhy1]

@@yetidynamics Yeah especially like those race drones

[@mazfpv1790]

@@ReasonsWhy1 hitting 100 mph for less than a second in a racing/ freestyle drone isn't exactly hard yes, but to sustain 100 mph at up to 14,000feet, for an hour, for over that many miles, is completely diffrent

[@ReasonsWhy1]

@@mazfpv1790 Yeah i know. it would drain the battery like nothing. Not saying it's one of them lol. just saying drones can go fast.

[@glennzlotowski8020]

It could be a self aware military drone, no pilot needed .

[@earthcoupled]

Yeah from Planet GOBBLEMYKNOB

[@reaperofinsanity3370]

That's not a thing really

[@fatassassin2493]

My guess is a long range fpv wing, still considered a drone, the news never stated if it was a quadcopter

[@keirmcmichael229]

That was exactly my guess.100mph is child's play for a seasoned RC pilot. I routinely do half hour flights at around 60-75% throttle using relatively low capacity batteries. Double the battery size and you could play tag with a helicopter and them on que no problem. Not mention all the equipment needed it can be built or bought for under 100$

[@fatassassin2493]

@@keirmcmichael229 yeah it really goes to show how much news stations dramatize stuff or just show their lack of research

[@ellisford5038]

I would have been funny if the pattern flown by the helicopter spelled "you will never catch me".

[@tonetec]

I witnessed it this evening at about 7 pm or so. I reported it to the Tucson police department, the national ufo reporting center and the University of Arizona observation department. It's a continuous blueish green light that blinks steady on and off and this is not a civilian drone. It did blink red once before taking off. It hovered stationary for 20 minutes over south east Tucson. It was at altitude of about 500 to 1,500 feet off the ground. It hung below the cloud ceiling. It looks like a star when you first see it. After 20 minutes it took off heading north at about 100 mph+. It then took a sharp 45 degree turn and made a course change heading east, again at over 100 mph. My first impression was that this thing was not civilian and that it was some kind of secret surveillance drone. Felt eerie to me.

[@connieturner572]

Someone knows something sure is a lot of things going on ⏰

[@ezridr1234]

Ok I give up, it was me........ Had 5 modified batteries mounted on my DJI while capturing some 4k video until some giant drone showed up behind me, the tail wind was pushing me over 90mph all over town in circles, I barely made it back to the home point. Didn't know it was cops, my bad.

[@TheYoungAze]

lmao

[@V0YAG3R]

🤡

[@elineblind348]

Wasn't any drone I could imagine.. maybe a laser light from the ground or something but not a drone. They saw a drone because they were told it was a drone.

[@MrTaylorfenoglio]

There are several consumer drones that are more than capable. DJI makes one that can climb to 20k feet and a max speed of 90mph. That's a basic consumer one. Some pro drones can do more.

[@realiouslytv1711]

I've seen a guy by the single-prop wing add some modifications to it with the 4G network unlimited range and it ran for hours. Not a quadcopter basically a solar panel glider

[@Infinion]

@@realiouslytv1711 what about maneuverability?

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

@@MrTaylorfenoglio But nothing DJI makes can fly at 90mph for over an hour. I suspect this was the CIA testing a drone of its own and seeing if American police can catch it. If police in the USA are helpless to catch it, the police in North Korea will likely be helpless too.

[@MrTaylorfenoglio]

@@FinalLugiaGuardian no not by itself but it's very common for hobby drive pilots to make something like that easily. I was just pointing out that it's more than possible for a random person to get there hands on something with these capabilities. Someone could easily make one.

[@essdee2397]

Just like people walking along the street taking photos, these cops will handle the pilot as per standard operational procedures…. intimidate, harass, attack and arrest.

[@JudyMcgee361]

that Drone probably was Not Human made - its not the 1st time & this time U dont even have any Photo or videos of it !!

[@xlilnetx]

It was definitely the jet pack guy they spotted yesterday. Jet pack man strikes again!

[@cutroc350]

Sarge said "Jet pack man was on the way"....Happens often.

[@a1919akelbo]

Its a custom exploration drone, 100% Fpv possibly LTE, running a drone for an hour definitely isn't unheard of. Vic sells DJIs he's no expert. Running circles around helicopters and rocketing altitude screams custom racing drone experience.

[@weirdsciencetv4999]

Exactly. If they wanted to they could correlate the drone flight path from intermittent radar contacts with celltower records and get an IMSI.

[@vegasrider7287]

Well ,,, kind of. Not many of the ones that can scream around would fly for over an hour. Maybe a fast wing?

[@miketols5420]

Doing things a commercial drone couldn't do. Couldn't get a visual but for a green light. Hit 14,000ft. So a UAP then.

[@benanders4412]

Plot twist! Just a kid playing with his laser pointer. Did the same with my dog. He was also going in circles trying to catch it.

[@-Saigo-]

Wow, that's incredible tech.

[@MH-bb4fl]

Mount Lemmon is a little over 9,100 feet, so it must have gone over by a lot. So much dodgy info to this story.

[@sandrajohnson2489]

I'm hoping it was an alien space craft just messin' with the helicopter.

[@buckroger6456]

Alien space drone lol

[@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475]

Wouldn't be the first time.

[@thirtythree160]

It was a minature tictac

[@dustyluster1855]

I live in the country outside of tucson and seen that 3 times in the last year comes in flying out of nowhere Hoover's above then flys over the mnts... it is government...

[@graceamerican3558]

Or drug drone.

[@nerblebun]

@Dusty Lester: Hoover Dam is nowhere near Tucson Arizona; however, drones do have the capability to hover.

[@peter7624]

I'm sure Trump will get the blame for this too.

[@Fatchadomi]

If so, then he’ll just drone on about it!

[@axb3096]

why lol?

[@jessem6766]

This story has holes everywhere, not only with the alleged incident but with its reporting, It even has a hint of cover up. Agent Mulder from the X-Files would be all over this.

[@MrFishluver]

Cue in X Files intro...

[@cjvilleneuve1566]

is it a tactic to push more restriction on drones, and rc in generals,, mostly rc parts>>>??

[@WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot]

That is not a civilian operated drone.

[@messageinthebottle1673]

Correct cause most civilians drones has less than 30-50 minutes battery life.

[@V0YAG3R]

Or customized, or one of those new "FPV" types, or racing ones, with the limitations removed, which of course would still be illegal in most countries due to the danger of having them collide with and harass helis and aircraft.

[@droolalot5795]

Military drone with artificial intelligence and radar avoidance

[@olegderkach]

Exactly what I'm thinking

[@ajwysopal]

Oh they like to risk possible mid air crashes above populated cities and airports /military bases? Seriously?....

[@droolalot5795]

@@olegderkach the military can't tell the police. You know how much the R&D for the performance that they described is? Definitely DOD

[@droolalot5795]

@@ajwysopal outran a police helicopter, stealth capable, more than an hour of power capacity at max operating speed and height. Yeah... Military. They were testing.... Someone saw it and called the police and they didn't want classified drones caught in the public ether.

[@ineverplay1]

So they were chasing something that was there but couldn't see it with their eyes or on radar. I guess they were chasing the noise that they couldn't hear over the helicopter engine. AMAZING!

[@geroyer]

I'm pretty sure they could recognize it was a drone since it had a green light, but it was invisible in infrared, that means it was most likely coated with military grade material, the fact that commercial drone specs don't reach such altitudes and have a basic electrical battery, well you can fill in the blanks. It's a matter who was it's pilot at this point. As the video concluded, whoever it was had very deep pockets, i'm sure they have their suspicions, i'd bet it might be cartels or maybe a foreign spy.

[@derekd1510]

They said it couldn't be detected with visual or IR cameras, that means it wasn't generating heat and was very small. I'm sure they only way they could track it was through RADAR.

[@CerebralAilment]

We had a drone in my state follow a lady for 3 hours and finally she called the cops and the cops confirmed it was a drone but were unable to track it down. I wonder what kinda batteries these things are running.

[@TheArmchairrocker]

Might want to check with Ft. Huachuca - wouldn't surprise me if they were somehow involved.

[@docwil2541]

Sorry, the PAO just stepped out for a smoke break. You can leave a voicemail.