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[ColoradoParanormal]

Saw this on the news last night. Not much goes on in Colorado as far as this type of ordeal. I'm thinking the pilot almost hit a Law Enforcement drone IMO but, what do you all think?

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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a mystery in the sky. A mysterious object flying over Denver nearly caused a mid-air collision Monday evening, 9Wants to Know has learned.  

Whole story here:
http://www.9news.com...-air-collision-

[zoser]

Very suspicious; surely the pilot reporting the near miss would have been more specific if it was an unmanned craft?

[ColoradoParanormal]

lol kinda funny, I was expecting a valid sighting, with FAA, Pilot/Co-pilot and ground control confirmation would receive a whole hell of a lot more attention than just you and me. I'll never understand this community! Topics with the most ridiculous and asinine claims receive pages upon pages of people screaming truth and crazy debate, yet a solid and credible sighting (even though it more than likely was a Law Enforcement Drone), received nothing but one reply from my friend Zoser here! lol goodness...  

[badeskov]

ColoradoParanormal, on 17 May 2012 - 02:27 AM, said:

lol kinda funny, I was expecting a valid sighting, with FAA, Pilot/Co-pilot and ground control confirmation would receive a whole hell of a lot more attention than just you and me. I'll never understand this community! Topics with the most ridiculous and asinine claims receive pages upon pages of people screaming truth and crazy debate, yet a solid and credible sighting (even though it more than likely was a Law Enforcement Drone), received nothing but one reply from my friend Zoser here! lol goodness...  

Hi CP,

The lack of responses is probably because there was not even a hint of ET in that article. From the article:

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The pilot is heard telling air traffic control: "A remote controlled aircraft, or what? Something just went by the other way ... About 20 to 30 seconds ago. It was like a large remote-controlled aircraft.

and

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Feith listened to the air traffic recordings and believes the object could be one of three things:

- A military or law enforcement drone.
- A remote controlled aircraft.
- A large bird.

Outside of aviation forums or the like, I don't really see this command much attention. I mean, why should it? We can naturally sit here and discuss whether it was a bird, a drone or an RC plane. But where is the fun in that

Just my two cents.

Cheers,

Badeskov

Edited by badeskov, 17 May 2012 - 03:18 AM.

[badeskov]

zoser, on 16 May 2012 - 03:33 PM, said:

Very suspicious; surely the pilot reporting the near miss would have been more specific if it was an unmanned craft?

Maybe he was in his incident report and to FAA, if they have spoken to him.

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FAA spokesman Mike Fergus says investigators will talk to the pilot and look at other clues.

Frankly, I see nothing suspicious in this whatsoever. The pilot was pretty clear even from this short article. The former NTSB investigator as well. Why is this suspicious?

Cheers,
Badeskov

[Englishgent]

I think the pilot was wrong....it was an alien spacecraft,....a UFO....or...........a hybrid flying pig with a luminous curly tail (used for fishing) whilst hovering over the water using it's feet as propellers

Hi CP, Just trying to get more responses for you lol

[ColoradoParanormal]

Englishgent, on 17 May 2012 - 04:53 AM, said:

I think the pilot was wrong....it was an alien spacecraft,....a UFO....or...........a hybrid flying pig with a luminous curly tail (used for fishing) whilst hovering over the water using it's feet as propellers

Hi CP, Just trying to get more responses for you lol

lol! thanks. I don't care about the topic or responses, just surprised what receives the replies and what doesn't lol

[Sweetpumper]

ColoradoParanormal, on 17 May 2012 - 02:27 AM, said:

lol kinda funny, I was expecting a valid sighting, with FAA, Pilot/Co-pilot and ground control confirmation would receive a whole hell of a lot more attention than just you and me.

Well, there's not a lot of opportunity with this story to tell someone they're stupid or need to see a doctor.

[Abramelin]

ColoradoParanormal, on 17 May 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

lol! thanks. I don't care about the topic or responses, just surprised what receives the replies and what doesn't lol

How should we respond to an article that merely says "someone saw something fly by and it nearly hit the plane he flew in" ?

[Slave2Fate]

Just to add a bit to the discussion, some RC craft can be fairly large.



I'm not saying that's definitely what happened, but I wouldn't rule it out without further information.

[ColoradoParanormal]

Slave2Fate, on 17 May 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

Just to add a bit to the discussion, some RC craft can be fairly large.



I'm not saying that's definitely what happened, but I wouldn't rule it out without further information.

That thing is absolutely awesome! Have you seen the Airbus A380 RC Jet? It's bigger than that! Thanks for the post.

[psyche101]

ColoradoParanormal, on 17 May 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

lol! thanks. I don't care about the topic or responses, just surprised what receives the replies and what doesn't lol

Gidday CP

Don't go too hard on me, I live in Australia, it takes a while to type that far!!

It seems they already have a good start on the investigation, from the article:

Feith listened to the air traffic recordings and believes the object could be one of three things:

- A military or law enforcement drone.
- A remote controlled aircraft.
- A large bird.

All options are quite plausible, but I am not sure that a single one can be determined until the FAA get a little deeper involved.


Another link says:

The pilot is heard telling air traffic control: “A remote controlled aircraft, or what? Something just went by the other way … About 20 to 30 seconds ago. It was like a large remote-controlled aircraft.

LINK

And of course the Open Minds website is sensationalising the story, typical


The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a mysterious UFO that nearly collided with an aircraft over Denver, Colorado on the evening of Monday, May 14.
According to KUSA 9News, the NBC affiliate in Denver, a pilot flying a Cessna Citation 525 CJ1 corporate jet approximately 8,000 feet above the Denver neighborhood of Cherry Creek radioed the control tower to report that something looking like “a large remote-controlled aircraft” flew past his plane in the opposite direction. 9News reports that, “as far as investigators know, the mystery object did not show up on radar.”
Investigators are extremely concerned about this UFO because it poses a severe risk to planes in the sky.
Greg Feith, avation analyst for 9News suggests the UFO could have been a military drone, a remote-controlled airplane, or a large bird. But those are just guesses. For now, the object remains unidentified.


LOL, how cheesy are these guys!!  

I suspect we will find out more as the FAA gets in a little deeper

Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: The Federal Aviation Administration emailed USA TODAY with the following statement regarding the object: " The FAA is investigating the incident and will try to positively identify the object the Citation pilot reported, where it came from and who was operating it."

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A matter of time perhaps for this answer.

Cheers.

[DONTEATUS]

Way too early for Santa,Cant be Big-Foot,Remote controlled anything at 8,000 feet has to be military ! So UFO is just that unidentified ! For sure Man made ! Other wise the Cessna  would of been beamed up into the intradimensional Cargo Bays ,ANd the FAA woulf of over heard the command "Open the Cargo BAy Doors Hal "

[Amerix]

Just one of the many drones now flying our skies keeping us "safe from terrorists"..

[DONTEATUS]

Not just very similar but the same infacto ! Remember Big-Brother has Eye`s in the Skys too !