Military drone X-47B
Residents in the Washington, D.C., area were buzzing with speculation after pictures popped up online showing a “UFO” in transport along the Capitol Beltway. The sighting took place around 11:00pm Wednesday when drivers first saw the craft being hauled on a flatbed truck on I-270, and then again down I-495.
An official at Northrop Grumman confirmed to WTTG-TV on Thursday that the craft was actually an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System. They said the drone was being transported from Edwards Air Force Base in California to the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland for testing.
Second video defensetech.org/2011/12/19/video-ufo-or-x-47b-rides-on-a-flatbed
It was not the first time this style of aircraft had been mistaken for a UFO while being transported. Last year, residents of Cowley County, Kansas made a similar mistake.
And this large object spent the day at the rest stop just north of the Pesotum ramp. State police blocked off the entrance and wouldn’t let drivers pull in. Troopers wouldn’t say what was behind the white wrapping. All we know is they were in charge of escorting the load which was being carried by Diamond Heavy Haul, Inc.
http://youtu.be/VqTy4fjeF_M
We like to think of the drone war as something far away, fought in the deserts of Yemen or the mountains of Afghanistan. But we now know it’s closer than we thought. There are 64 drone bases on American soil. That includes 12 locations housing Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, which can be armed.
Public Intelligence, a non-profit that advocates for free access to information, released a map of military UAV activities in the United States on Tuesday. Assembled from military sources — especially this little-known June 2011 Air Force presentation (.pdf) – it is arguably the most comprehensive map so far of the spread of the Pentagon’s unmanned fleet. What exact missions are performed at those locations, however, is not clear. Some bases might be used as remote cockpits to control the robotic aircraft overseas, some for drone pilot training. Others may also serve as imagery analysis depots. Full article
Source and author: defensetech.org * wired.com * newsudontsee * StephenHannardADGUK Drone
All this talk of drones..makes us think that somebody in the military wants to thwart any false flag invasion plans by making people doubt what they see in the skies…or..maybe the “government” has intel that the good guys are going to be showing themselves more in our skies in the near future..and again would prefer people to dismiss real UFOs as nothing more than drones…oh, the endless posibilities..
Warner Von Braun discussed this scenerio about 35 years ago. False Alien invasion is the last step to total chaos on this planet. Just look it up. Not that it matters, we are just a speck of fly crap compared to whats really out in the univeres. People think that Putin and Obama are important. They are no more that the last shake I took about 40 minutes ago, compared to the whole truth
I would first like to say that im glad your earlier story that “the UFO was not a drone and defintely extra terrestrial” was removed. It did give me a good laugh though, but it made me seriously underestimate your writers rationality. The “aircraft” clearly has standard landing gear and …TIRES! Do you really think an alien species that is sophisticated enough to have inter-planetary travel capabilities would have to shop at goodyear for its…tires! That being said, for the sake of brain cells, can we try to remember that the governments specialty is smoke and mirrors. It’s no accident that the government put on this dog and pony show over their own drone. The real question is why did they do it? The few hillbillies in the mountains who believe the nuclear regulatory commission needs to use radiation suits to test an aircraft they know is not nuclear are not worth the trouble fooling. That is why i ask why they would do it. But, evidently it worked. Everyone’s attention was on the “alien saucer.” Meanwhile, the government was most likely knee deep in a real op -probably smuggling more drugs in the country right behind the fools who were fixated on this aircraft waiting for E.T. to pop his head out so they can say “i told you so!” Or it’s very possible that a remote aircraft simply screwed up and landed in the wrong location and all of the air force has egg on its face for letting their latest drone get photographed. Or Who knows, maybe the manufacturer wanted it it displayed so some Saudi will open his checkbook because the us government wouldn’t pay top dollar for it.
I live in Australia, I think the American people need to start to worry and ask questions, this looks like martial law about to take place
Understandably both sceptic and believer answers here. but instead of answering with a belief, id like to ask a few question. Why if this drone/ufo what have you was ‘in good working order’, why then was it Transported at all?i am by no means a expert or even very knowledgeable in these areas but it would be safe to assume that it could have just as easily been flown to where it needed. Also why did it land without clearance? surely a unmanned drone has coms capabilities. and a driver of one of these remote vehicles would have surely cleared his/her entrance into that airspace. Why also was it “landed” or as described, “hovering”, for hours before homeland security was called due to an unusually type/feeling heat was being emitted by the ‘craft’? why also was nsa deployed to restrict access photograpy and shoving guns at people in such a rigid mannor/way while being loaded and transported? Why in the photo of it behind the fence on the runway did it not look like any landing gear was below it, ‘supposidly holding it up’? why then while being transported or “on the ground” ‘landed’ did no panels show on either side of each wheel? this cannot be ignored this question. while “landed” at chicago o’hare no flaps appreared nor any landing gear. and it being a landed craft would need some to be a drone as is the official story. also while in transport these flaps or a void where the flaps would have been taken off would of been visible. they would have either wrapped the fla[s into it too or taken them off and a void area would appear in those areas. this just seems a bit too fishy to ignorw. the statistics alone for the increse in number of sighting of ufos and such around the world has seen an enormous spike here in just these 6-7 months of many times its normal level. just question questions questions. im innundated all day long questioning myself of what is going on this year. thought i would express just a few questions i have concerning this instance….crazy