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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Tue May 5, 2015, 10:24 PM May 2015

Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting

Source: Washington Post

As Benjamin Shayne settled into his back yard to listen to the Orioles game on the radio Saturday night, he noticed a small plane looping low and tight over West Baltimore — almost exactly above where rioting had erupted several days earlier, in the aftermath of the death of a black man, Freddie Gray, in police custody.

The plane appeared to be a small Cessna, but little else was clear. The sun had already set, making traditional visual surveillance difficult. So, perplexed, Shayne tweeted: “Anyone know who has been flying the light plane in circles above the city for the last few nights?”

That was 9:14 p.m. Seven minutes later came a startling reply. One of Shayne’s nearly 600 followers tweeted back a screen shot of the Cessna 182T’s exact flight path and also the registered owner of the plane: NG Research, based in Bristow, Va.

“The Internet,” Shayne, 39, told his wife, “is an amazing thing.”


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/surveillance-planes-spotted-in-the-sky-for-days-after-west-baltimore-rioting/2015/05/05/c57c53b6-f352-11e4-84a6-6d7c67c50db0_story.html

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Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting (Original Post) Jesus Malverde May 2015 OP
Our world and our governments turn creepier by the day. Comrade Grumpy May 2015 #1
There's a reason why they are militarizing the police and spying on us... whereisjustice May 2015 #2
...^ that 840high May 2015 #4
+10000000000. JDPriestly May 2015 #11
What's scary is that people are making this into some kind of governmental plot! George II May 2015 #3
Well, the FBI Kelvin Mace May 2015 #5
Why would the "FBI" be interested in surveillance over CIA Headquarters in Langley? George II May 2015 #8
Well, the FBI Kelvin Mace May 2015 #10
The spying wouldn't be illegal so that wouldn't be a reason. nt okaawhatever May 2015 #9
what's even more scary is that given the cost of flight time, origination from Manasas VA whereisjustice May 2015 #6
Kicking AuntPatsy May 2015 #7
Interesting. James48 May 2015 #12
Wild ass guess - the FBI? Elmer S. E. Dump May 2015 #13
How is this any different than Baltimore cops flying their helos nonstop? Blue_Tires May 2015 #14

whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
2. There's a reason why they are militarizing the police and spying on us...
Tue May 5, 2015, 10:41 PM
May 2015

Every civil right we relinquish emboldens the corporatists to take two more.

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. What's scary is that people are making this into some kind of governmental plot!
Tue May 5, 2015, 10:43 PM
May 2015

Anyone have any information about the so-called "NG Research" in Bristow VA?

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
5. Well, the FBI
Tue May 5, 2015, 10:57 PM
May 2015

refuses to answer questions about it, and the Baltimore Police refer all questions to the FBI. That is the usual MO for the government when caught illegally spying.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
10. Well, the FBI
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:07 AM
May 2015

is a counter-intelligence agency and their job is to catch foreign spies, so maybe they suspect the CIA of nefarious intent.

whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
6. what's even more scary is that given the cost of flight time, origination from Manasas VA
Tue May 5, 2015, 11:01 PM
May 2015

in heart of beltway bandit DoD contractors and lack of tail numbers, that anyone would think those two aircraft flying circles above a riot area for days on end wasn't a government operation.

James48

(4,437 posts)
12. Interesting.
Wed May 6, 2015, 09:22 AM
May 2015

The airplane in question, N539MY, is a Cessna 182 now equipped with a Paravion Technologies, Inc. Infrared camera system, and a german made silencing muffler system.

It is physically parked inside a hanger at 10678 Aviation Lane, Manassas Virginia.

Anybody care to google that street address to see who owns the hanger there?

Hint: THREE LETTERS.


To see a sample of the Paravion Technologies capability to spot/record street level views, see this demo video:



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