Posted on 07/19/2014 8:21:57 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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2014-07-19 : St. Petersburg, FL
We had about 35 Patriots show-up at the Overpass "Anti-Immigration" rally at I-275 and 54th Street.
Traffic volume suggests that we reached almost 20,000 drivers with the message, over a three-hour period.
Photographs will be published as soon as they're available.
The most noteworthy event was the appearance of a "Professional Air Survelliance Drone".
The drone was not the typical $ 300 drone that's available at Brookstone. Nor was it a Dragan Flyer series.
The drone was a quad-copter, white in color, with a solid structrual interface between the center section (oval shaped) and the four copter-pods.
The drone was clearly a professional grade unit, looking to cost avout $ 1,500 to $ 3,500.
Our protest group noticed the drone as it hovered southeast of our position, and then moved to photograph the other protest patriots on the other side of the overpass.
I took a walk to investigate and discovered the drone operator in the parking lot of the nearby Comfort Inn, about 500 yards from our location on the overpass.
He was a caucasian gentlemen in his thirties, about 5' 8-inches, with a light beard, wearing a hat to protect him from the sun.
I introduced myself, handled him my business card, and asked who he was, and why he was filming us with his drone.
He refused to identify himself.
I returned about 15 minutes later with three other members of the protest group, and we collectively asked him to identify himself.
Again, he refused.
This session was recorded via photographs, and we obtained pictures of his vehicle and license plate number.
After he had been filmed, he abruptly left, but only after he appeared to be sending text massages from inside his closed vehicle.
Apart from the mystery drone survelliance guest, it was a splendid operation.
Patton@Bastogne
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Nice going----protesters at Obamacare townhalls used the same photography/recording technique---much to the dismay of the stupid lawmakers promoting the debacle.
Many thanks, but where’s the “pilot?”
Bkmk’d!
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