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What about all those drones?

By
Megan Barton, publisher, Cody Enterprise, Dec. 18

Let’s address the supposed drone sightings in town. It’s no secret that numerous individuals in the northeastern part of the country are sharing their daily drone sightings for the world, but is that really what was spotted in Cody last week?

I didn’t see anything, nor was I looking, so maybe I shouldn’t comment on the subject, but something tells me government drones didn’t greet Cody. Amazon, however, must have made a delivery in the area and subsequently created quite the chatter.

It’s not impossible though that these devices could be used in our area for assistance in different fields of work.

Drones are used for a number of reasons from aerial photography to highway monitoring, search and rescue to surveillance and agriculture. It seems there is no shortage in what drones can do.

As of Monday this week, federal agents stated that the alleged drone sightings around the New Jersey area are in fact “misidentified legal air-crafts” and, you guessed it, stars. This comes after a U.S. Air Force base had apparently reported drone sightings.

It seems so many individuals are jumping to conclusions after these sightings have come to light. We’re in it deep with conspiracy theories. However, it could just be that different companies in these areas are using drones for their own business related purposes. Again, aerial photography and agricultural companies heavily use drones.

That being said, I personally do not believe that the government will give us all of the details; I’m not that naïve. But I certainly don’t foresee myself welcoming an alien as my new neighbor.

Reasonably, if any of the drones were conducting nefarious flights, they would probably be flying without lights.

Believe what you’d like, but take a step back and look at the logical explanations first.

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