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a ufo over tucson arizona by charles

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lear on february 9 2021 at about 10 30

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p.m a helicopter pilot with u.s customs

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and border protection flying over tucson

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arizona reported to air traffic control

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that he had just had a near collision

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with a drone a tucson police department

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helicopter was sent into the area and

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the two helicopters followed the object

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and attempted to determine the location

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of whoever might be operating it while

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it was described as a drone and a

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quadcopter it was mostly tracked using

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night vision and the only visual

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description was of a blinking green

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light if it was indeed a drone it

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attained an altitude well above the 400

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foot limit set by the faa performed

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extraordinary evasive maneuvers and had

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a power source that lasted far longer

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than a normal drone battery the story

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was first reported on may 20th 2021 by

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dan marys of kold news who described the

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drone as having attained an altitude of

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14 000 feet staying aloft for over an

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hour and being heavily modified

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may 21st 2021 associated press article

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reports that the fbi had begun an

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investigation and was treating the

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incident as a case of a legal drone

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operation it was thought that the drone

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had launched from an area about five

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miles south of tucson brett tingley who

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writes for the website the war zone

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began looking into the case and wrote

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extensively about it publishing new

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details as they came to light in his may

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21st 2021 posting tingly notes that it's

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not clear where the term highly modified

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came from and informs the reader that we

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are pursuing more information tingly

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adds that if the location of the launch

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site is accurate whatever took off would

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have done so near davis-montham air

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force base and tucson international

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airport and operated in a highly

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controlled airspace tingly includes more

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details in his june 1 2021 posting an

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anonymous source is cited as speculating

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that the drone seemed to be equipped

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with an infrared camera due to its

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ability to maneuver in low light and it

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was unlikely that it was battery powered

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due to its altitude distance flown and

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duration of flight the source also

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stated that the drone was first spotted

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near some fuel tanks located near runway

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12 at davis-montham air force base which

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is definitely a restricted airspace

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included in the post is a radar track of

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the tucson police department helicopter

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that helped pursue the object in

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tingley's june 22 2021 posting the

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subheading announces that the war zone

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had acquired a copy of the police report

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covering the incident written by the

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helicopter pilot the pilot stated that

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the object was very sophisticated

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specialized and able to perform like no

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other uas unmanned aerial system he also

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stated that it achieved speeds of over

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100 miles per hour as it was pursued to

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up to 14 000 feet it seemed to him that

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whoever was controlling the object had

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visual contact with both helicopters

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summing up he wrote it was quite clear

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though that this was not like any other

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uas that we have experienced a recent

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post on august 19th 2021 written with

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mark zuccotti announces that an audio

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recording had been obtained of the

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interactions between the customs border

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protection and tucson police department

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crew and local air traffic controllers

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during the incident on the recording a

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tucson tower employee asks if what they

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were chasing was a drone and a tucson

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police department crew member replies

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yeah was definitely a drone i just

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couldn't tell you i couldn't give you

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its dimensions as it was moving too

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sketchy for us to i assure you it was

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not a quadcopter and it was the most

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advanced drone we've dealt with over the

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last decade here its abilities were

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pretty incredible um i just i can't tell

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you exactly its size the crew member

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speculates that whatever they were

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chasing was satellite driven as there's

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no line of sight there's no cell phone

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coverage that could have dealt with that

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to sum up the pilots were chasing

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something beyond any publicly known

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technology and they were unable to

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positively identify it the question that

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could be asked in this case is this if a

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flying object can't be identified

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doesn't it qualify as an unidentified