Unmasked: Area 51's Biggest, Stealthiest Spy Drone Yet

Foreign Policy ^ | 6 Dec | Zach Rosenberg

[JohnnyP]

It could have been a drone or other radio controlled aircraft. Unless you know the size of the object, you cannot guess its distance or speed.

[Delta Dawn]

’ that looks like something that flew over recently while at deer camp.’

Was that the second week of deer camp?

[Sirius Lee]

It's so stealthy that even the Iranians have to put in a mild effort to obtain them....

[Malsua]

It could have been a drone or other radio controlled aircraft. Unless you know the size of the object, you cannot guess its distance or speed.

In a heavy downpour, several miles from the nearest home, in the dark, over a heavily wooded area...I doubt it was a radio controlled drone. The lights on it lit up the sky and the clouds around it.

I've seen big quad/hex copters at night and it looked nothing like this. This craft was big, with aircraft landing lights on it, not some blinking LEDs.

[Tainan]

Sounds like a UAV (drone)...maybe some Amazon customer getting a delivery..../;)

[hondact200]

yeah, it was the second week of deer camp. no luck with finding that elusive thirty point buck either.

[oxcart]

[PapaBear3625]

X-47B compared to F-18.

youtube: X-47B Carrier takeoff and landing.

[PapaBear3625]

Yep, looks like they took an X-47 design and modified it with long wings (like the U-2) for extremely high altitude flight.

[Yosemitest]

I retired out of Eglin AFB and Duke Field, in 2000, and as a Control Tower Watch Supervisor, I had to work and protect the air traffic from these UAVs and Combat UAVs.
The X-47B is after my time, but I worked around many others.

[Yosemitest]

Search through this Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) page.