Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Droning On

What if? It's the basis of many stories. We ask. We ponder. We wonder. 

On Tuesdays I throw one out there. What if? It may be speculative. It may stem from something I see. It may be something I pull from the news. 

Make of it what you will. If a for instance is not specified, interpret that instance as you wish. And if the idea turns into a story, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements 😉

Apparently, the eastern part of the country has been invaded by drones. At least, that's the story I've heard. Mysterious drones...

My science fiction brain can go wild here. Aliens? Time travelers? Someone creating a portal (or looking for one)? But those are rather obvious "what if?" questions. 

What if the government entities actually know what's the behind the drone sightings, but they will not admit it publicly because it's embarrassing to them? 

5 comments:

  1. If that was the case, I would not be surprised!

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  2. That wouldn't even surprise me. But it's probably something like a wealthy person buying a bunch of them and flying them to freak people out. lol

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  3. It seems kind of odd to me that they don't know, or weren't doing/aren't doing more to find out right away. So, I will guess they can tell they aren't dangerous, or a threat in some way, or they'd have taken steps by now. Just idiots thinking it's funny probably. Like the ones who shine laser pens at airplanes.

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  4. I live on Long Island. My house is just a few miles from a regional airport and under a flight path for … not sure if it’s JFK or LaGuardia. We see a lot of planes overhead. And in the last few weeks we’ve (meaning my neighbors) also seen a lot of drones overhead. And yes, you can tell the difference.

    Our governor has signed legislation about the drones. Our Senators have demanded a classified briefing about the drones. I know the government knows more than they are telling us.

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  5. I wouldn’t be at all surprised. My science fiction brain is telling me that the majority of sightings since the initial ones are either pranks played by idiots or aircraft normally up there but not noticed. As for the original ones these drones that were the size of cars may well be something that our government knows about and just won’t admit to.

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