Tyler Rogoway
@Aviation_Intel
Mailbox/DMs etc full of people asking why we are not reporting on the drone stuff considering we broke all this over many years.
We are!
But we have not been doing a play by play as the story has totally gone off the rails with reality and major news stories have developed elsewhere (Syria for instance).
The main stream media has no clue what they are talking about on this issue, none, and most outlets largely don't seem to care. Local officials are very poor sources in terms of quality info on this issue. This is not a dig on them at all, it's just there is not an in-house knowledge base there that understands it, just facets of it, not anywhere near a whole picture. This is a very complex issue with many technological facets. You don't just call in a 'drone guy' and get briefed. We have ran into this issue many times.
The U.S. gov messaging on this has been so absurdly poor and frankly dangerous, there is a story there we are working on, but that isn't all that surprising. This has been the way it has been for years, but at least the denials have finally evaporated.
Nearly every video I have seen has pointed to mass hysteria not a drone invasion of massive scale, with airliners, private jets, and helicopters being portrayed as mysterious objects. These videos are peddled for engagement by a growing number of online accounts. This is very unfortunate, because there does seem to be something going on here, but zero critical thought, even on a most basic level of the 'evidence' only fuels rumors and fear. It also clogs the channels for relevant evidence to break through. This is true on a public consumption and governmental/investigative level. It also puts aircraft in danger.
We often break this stuff but let others with far more resources run with the ball once it's out there. For years people didn't believe this was happening at all. So now we are here, exactly where I said we would end up.
We hopefully will be doing a roundup to get up to speed a bit but we are working on several unique angles to this story that aren't being covered. So stay tuned for that. I have a piece coming on something that needs to be said. But beware of the prevailing narrative and especially what you see portrayed on social media, this is now a hype train and everyone is jumping on, and many are doing so for the wrong reasons. I applaud those that are doing the opposite. And remember the government at all levels is not a reliable source for information on this topic. Scary, I know. It is what it is.
Thanks for reading as always!
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