I would completely disagree with this assertion. Something more sophisticated here than just a dressed up flying quad.
Multiple reports, including from the NJ governor that these drones "go dark" when people get close enough to film them. They literally darken when a camera is pointed at them within a specific proximity.
The other problem with this assertion is the loiter time. There are multiple reports of these drones loitering for multiple hours at a time despite being the size of a car. I'm not aware of any large consumer drones with that kind of loiter time. Most of the large drones (designed for carrying payloads) have max flight times of much less than an hour.
I don't know the "why" here though I have some speculations. But in terms of the "what", it's highly unlikely that these are not standard large consumer drones.
If things are happening at night and there are drone flight patterns, nothing prevents a drone from going dark, dropping out of its pattern quickly for a refill, while a dark replacement rises up to continue the pattern with lights on.
I would completely disagree with this assertion. Something more sophisticated here than just a dressed up flying quad.
Multiple reports, including from the NJ governor that these drones "go dark" when people get close enough to film them. They literally darken when a camera is pointed at them within a specific proximity.
The other problem with this assertion is the loiter time. There are multiple reports of these drones loitering for multiple hours at a time despite being the size of a car. I'm not aware of any large consumer drones with that kind of loiter time. Most of the large drones (designed for carrying payloads) have max flight times of much less than an hour.
I don't know the "why" here though I have some speculations. But in terms of the "what", it's highly unlikely that these are not standard large consumer drones.
If things are happening at night and there are drone flight patterns, nothing prevents a drone from going dark, dropping out of its pattern quickly for a refill, while a dark replacement rises up to continue the pattern with lights on.