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  • Jeffrey Torella August 27, 2011 at 5:06pm

    ive seen them before,  it was not exactly a uav but a airport in tennessee or somewhere like that , was using eagle designed rcplanes with 4 bird peller ultrasonic emmiter things in the bottom of it to scare smaller birds off the runway . well atleast it looks that similar. to me

     

  • John August 27, 2011 at 3:39am
    So there we have it. No Amature droning in Pakistan, you will get shot down and arrested for having a cool hobby. Lol
  • Brent August 26, 2011 at 3:00pm

    I feel sorry for the next real hawk that comes along looking for a meal.

  • David August 26, 2011 at 12:53pm

    I know I am :) This probably one of the funnier post/responses I have seen on here.

  • Paul Marsh August 26, 2011 at 12:11pm

    @Rory -- Makes sense.  I think you're right.  Camera pod was probably in the belly.  Somebody must be getting a good laugh at all this speculation!

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    Gent Armedo August 26, 2011 at 10:22am

    Lol. Like the photo was taken immediately after he rolled his eyes.

  • Dano August 26, 2011 at 9:26am
    Well I'll be.... I wondered where it went after losing the radio signal! ;)
  • Geoffrey L. Barrows August 26, 2011 at 8:28am

    I think if anyone here *can* recognize it, they are keeping quiet in order to keep their job...

    That said, given the wide variety of artsy drones we've seen here, I'm sure this community could make a pretty good camouflaged hobby drone!

  • Todd Hill August 26, 2011 at 8:26am

    What the guy was holding is a likely a imaging/sensory gimbal.  I think this is a puller setup.  If you look at the images more closely you can almost make out a spinner on the nose.  Bet this was a low cost build by intelligence operators within the area.  There are operatives in theatre that have the capability of putting things like this together on, at, or around the location they are to be operating in.  I have seen a number of RC fixed wing builds with this same style airframe.  Looks like it was covered in Mylar.  Disposable UAV.  No surprise. 

  • Paul Marsh August 26, 2011 at 7:36am

    There seem to be too many little things pointing away from a hoax.  For example, dihedral of outer wing panels; taped tail indicates crude repairs, i.e. it flew before; the fact that it's made to look like a bird from below, and maybe from above (I'm thinking that black is more like camouflage); control linkages; those four canisters on th bottom.  If it's a hoax, the hoaxster knew what they were doing.

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