I think that is key to understand. These drones are up waaaay high up.
Also, I was once at an event where the Space Shuttle flew over us on its "last flight" because it was being retired. I saw a large dragonfly flying through the crowd in a grid pattern. I said at the time, to my friend who was with me, ".... that ain't no dragonfly."
I think we'd be surprised at some of the tools these folks have.
Ummm ... Have you ever sat in a field beside a lake when a dragonfly hatch is happening? There are soon a large number of dragon flys flying around after their wings dry. You will notice a peculiar thing; they love to fly grid patterns, at least some varieties do. Up the field and back many times taking 90's or simply using the same "column" of field and taking 180's. A strange thing to see for sure. I spent weeks watching them while I was growing up back in the 80's.
Now, are there also dragon fly drones with cameras? Yup. Just saying, grid pattern is natural in many species and not a distinguishing feature.
But it was quite spooky, how grid-perfect this dragonfly was flying. The short hairs on my neck told me Inner Caveman saw something out of place. But yes, it could have just been a dragonfly.
I think that is key to understand. These drones are up waaaay high up.
Also, I was once at an event where the Space Shuttle flew over us on its "last flight" because it was being retired. I saw a large dragonfly flying through the crowd in a grid pattern. I said at the time, to my friend who was with me, ".... that ain't no dragonfly."
I think we'd be surprised at some of the tools these folks have.
Ummm ... Have you ever sat in a field beside a lake when a dragonfly hatch is happening? There are soon a large number of dragon flys flying around after their wings dry. You will notice a peculiar thing; they love to fly grid patterns, at least some varieties do. Up the field and back many times taking 90's or simply using the same "column" of field and taking 180's. A strange thing to see for sure. I spent weeks watching them while I was growing up back in the 80's.
Now, are there also dragon fly drones with cameras? Yup. Just saying, grid pattern is natural in many species and not a distinguishing feature.
I of course allow for that possibility. Agreed.
But it was quite spooky, how grid-perfect this dragonfly was flying. The short hairs on my neck told me Inner Caveman saw something out of place. But yes, it could have just been a dragonfly.