A new mass hysteria swept the US in December 2024. The first "mystery drone" flap. Here's how it started:
Nov. 26: video of an "orb" in NYC goes viral. It's a balloon or bit of highly-reflective windswept debris. The blue color is a reflection of the news helicopter filming the object.
Left: UFO photo which went viral on Nov. 28, 2024.
Right: The origin of the UFOs - lens reflections of street lights.
A majority of the mystery drones are manned commercial aircraft.
This took me 5 minutes:
Fig.1: December 5, 2024, photo taken from Lebanon Township, NJ, facing west.
Fig. 2: Map showing five airports west of Lebanon Township.
December 13: Reactionary politicians are calling for the mystery drones to be shot down. Pilots report lasers being pointed at their planes, leading to at least one arrest.
December 14: ABC News cameraman films a "mystery orb," baffling millions. It's the planet Venus.
Mid-December: The former governor of Maryland and a congresswoman from Florida share images of the constellation Orion, mistaking the stars for a "drone swarm." This is a Sirius
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Pennsylvania senator Doug Mostriano is convinced that this
Star Wars film prop is a "captured drone." Senator Binks from Naboo is unavailable for comment.
"In many instances...an initial sighting of dubious quality stimulates unusual attention and induces an expectant emotional state in which commonplace phenomena assume apparent significance." - Condon Report, 1968
