George Knapp
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So, I mean, as with Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kane, New York Times, it is a heavy lift. And I'm sure they got to have editors who are very strict to get this on and to address the drone mystery without necessarily going as far as it could go is, I think, a positive thing. I see your point of view.
Yeah, I've done a couple of drone stories for KLAS this year. The most recent one was about a place called Plant 42 out near Palmdale. It is where Lockheed Martin and Boeing and a lot of the big aerospace contractors live and work and develop advanced platforms. In fact, this plant is where they are developing our next most advanced drone type platforms. advanced drone technology.
Yeah, I've done a couple of drone stories for KLAS this year. The most recent one was about a place called Plant 42 out near Palmdale. It is where Lockheed Martin and Boeing and a lot of the big aerospace contractors live and work and develop advanced platforms. In fact, this plant is where they are developing our next most advanced drone type platforms. advanced drone technology.
Yeah, I've done a couple of drone stories for KLAS this year. The most recent one was about a place called Plant 42 out near Palmdale. It is where Lockheed Martin and Boeing and a lot of the big aerospace contractors live and work and develop advanced platforms. In fact, this plant is where they are developing our next most advanced drone type platforms. advanced drone technology.
And for a period, a year or so ago, these drones, mystery drones, are flying over Plant 42. Two years prior, Plant 42 had basically boasted, hey, we've got an electronic fence. We've got anti-drone technology. We're not worried about drones. Well, whatever they have, it didn't work because these things came in night after night, multiple different drones, different sizes.
And for a period, a year or so ago, these drones, mystery drones, are flying over Plant 42. Two years prior, Plant 42 had basically boasted, hey, we've got an electronic fence. We've got anti-drone technology. We're not worried about drones. Well, whatever they have, it didn't work because these things came in night after night, multiple different drones, different sizes.
And for a period, a year or so ago, these drones, mystery drones, are flying over Plant 42. Two years prior, Plant 42 had basically boasted, hey, we've got an electronic fence. We've got anti-drone technology. We're not worried about drones. Well, whatever they have, it didn't work because these things came in night after night, multiple different drones, different sizes.
They came from areas that were not trackable. They loitered over these very sensitive areas where very advanced platforms for our national security are being built and developed. And there was nothing that anyone could do. I know that security forces tried to follow them when they left after they... recorded whatever surveillance needs they had. They couldn't catch up to them.
They came from areas that were not trackable. They loitered over these very sensitive areas where very advanced platforms for our national security are being built and developed. And there was nothing that anyone could do. I know that security forces tried to follow them when they left after they... recorded whatever surveillance needs they had. They couldn't catch up to them.
They came from areas that were not trackable. They loitered over these very sensitive areas where very advanced platforms for our national security are being built and developed. And there was nothing that anyone could do. I know that security forces tried to follow them when they left after they... recorded whatever surveillance needs they had. They couldn't catch up to them.
They have no idea where they were launched. The proposal that maybe it's Chinese agents that, you know, are launching drones from some garage down there in these little towns, these little desert towns is preposterous. And it's an... indication that we have a real security problem with these drones, not only there, but in other examples that we're going to talk about.
They have no idea where they were launched. The proposal that maybe it's Chinese agents that, you know, are launching drones from some garage down there in these little towns, these little desert towns is preposterous. And it's an... indication that we have a real security problem with these drones, not only there, but in other examples that we're going to talk about.
They have no idea where they were launched. The proposal that maybe it's Chinese agents that, you know, are launching drones from some garage down there in these little towns, these little desert towns is preposterous. And it's an... indication that we have a real security problem with these drones, not only there, but in other examples that we're going to talk about.
You know, they gave lip service to this incident in the 60 Minutes story. I thought they could have done a lot better job because It was a serious matter, and we still don't know where those things came from, what their objective was. It was suggested to me, maybe it's a security test, that it is us flying things over sensitive places to see how personnel and systems will react.
You know, they gave lip service to this incident in the 60 Minutes story. I thought they could have done a lot better job because It was a serious matter, and we still don't know where those things came from, what their objective was. It was suggested to me, maybe it's a security test, that it is us flying things over sensitive places to see how personnel and systems will react.
You know, they gave lip service to this incident in the 60 Minutes story. I thought they could have done a lot better job because It was a serious matter, and we still don't know where those things came from, what their objective was. It was suggested to me, maybe it's a security test, that it is us flying things over sensitive places to see how personnel and systems will react.
That might explain some of them, but it doesn't explain all of them. And we saw that in the 60 Minutes report. They're talking to these high-level military guys. If anyone would know if this is a security test, it's them, and clearly it is not.
That might explain some of them, but it doesn't explain all of them. And we saw that in the 60 Minutes report. They're talking to these high-level military guys. If anyone would know if this is a security test, it's them, and clearly it is not.
That might explain some of them, but it doesn't explain all of them. And we saw that in the 60 Minutes report. They're talking to these high-level military guys. If anyone would know if this is a security test, it's them, and clearly it is not.
Yeah. I mean, in this piece, they reference stories that we helped break. Yeah. videos that we released to the public. The reason they have them is because we found them and put them out. But they referenced the 2019 drone swarms that were reported by these 10 U.S. Navy warships 100 miles out to sea off the Southern California coast. And it happened for several days in July of 2019.