Longshot338
Filing Flight Plan
Hi all, I’m new to the forum, and I come here looking for help. I live in a rural area, no military bases nearby. My house is about 1-2 miles outside of the outer ring of class B airspace.
For over 3 years now, my family has observed extensive UAV activity, mostly from 10pm to 1 am. Most clear nights, we observe dozens of UAV’s vectoring in from the east and west of our house, joining for a north heading within a couple of miles north of our home. Where they join for a north heading would be right along the outer ring of class B.
None of them have ever shown up on flightaware or any flight tracking services I can find.
These craft have somewhat of a lunging, slow descent as they approach. I suspect it is a drone delivery corporation conducting testing, but that’s just a guess based on process of elimination using all available resources I can find.
Would a home built ads-b receiver pick up identifying information being sent out from them, and allow me to identify them and/or track their destination?
We’ve also observed a lot of smaller UAV activity at night, at tree top level and below. I’m not sure if these are related to the larger craft we see or not. These smaller ones have red or white flashing lights identical to those found on cellular towers, and have high end thermal optics. They will sometimes work together, moving around to maintain line of sight of human presence. My kids and I have been followed at night by these on numerous occasions, while riding our atv on our farm. It’s kind of creepy honestly, and we simply want to find out who it is, and I what they are doing.
And no—I’m not mentally unstable, not doing drugs, and not a part of any illegal activity. I know to many this may sound crazy, but I assure you everything I say is factual. We feel that there are some major privacy violations, which have affected the sanctity of our home. We want to identify the responsible party, and hold them accountable for their harrassment, or initiate contact with them at the very least. The level/cost of the technology we have observed, and the volume/frequency of activity rule out any hobbyist or individual. I’ve filed multiple complaints with the FAA over the past 3 years. They always instruct me to contact the local Sheriffs department, stating that the FAA doesn’t have the resources to conduct these initial investigations. Sorry for the long post, but in order to get help, I felt the need to give substantial background info. I also have several of these low level drones captured on my passive infrared wildlife cameras. The bright lights obscure any ability to determine the structure or outline of these craft. Several of them were 10-15 feet behind the deer which triggered the camera to take a picture. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
For over 3 years now, my family has observed extensive UAV activity, mostly from 10pm to 1 am. Most clear nights, we observe dozens of UAV’s vectoring in from the east and west of our house, joining for a north heading within a couple of miles north of our home. Where they join for a north heading would be right along the outer ring of class B.
None of them have ever shown up on flightaware or any flight tracking services I can find.
These craft have somewhat of a lunging, slow descent as they approach. I suspect it is a drone delivery corporation conducting testing, but that’s just a guess based on process of elimination using all available resources I can find.
Would a home built ads-b receiver pick up identifying information being sent out from them, and allow me to identify them and/or track their destination?
We’ve also observed a lot of smaller UAV activity at night, at tree top level and below. I’m not sure if these are related to the larger craft we see or not. These smaller ones have red or white flashing lights identical to those found on cellular towers, and have high end thermal optics. They will sometimes work together, moving around to maintain line of sight of human presence. My kids and I have been followed at night by these on numerous occasions, while riding our atv on our farm. It’s kind of creepy honestly, and we simply want to find out who it is, and I what they are doing.
And no—I’m not mentally unstable, not doing drugs, and not a part of any illegal activity. I know to many this may sound crazy, but I assure you everything I say is factual. We feel that there are some major privacy violations, which have affected the sanctity of our home. We want to identify the responsible party, and hold them accountable for their harrassment, or initiate contact with them at the very least. The level/cost of the technology we have observed, and the volume/frequency of activity rule out any hobbyist or individual. I’ve filed multiple complaints with the FAA over the past 3 years. They always instruct me to contact the local Sheriffs department, stating that the FAA doesn’t have the resources to conduct these initial investigations. Sorry for the long post, but in order to get help, I felt the need to give substantial background info. I also have several of these low level drones captured on my passive infrared wildlife cameras. The bright lights obscure any ability to determine the structure or outline of these craft. Several of them were 10-15 feet behind the deer which triggered the camera to take a picture. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
. I’m flattered but not interested y’all. Lol