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Swedish Police Chief Sounds Alarm Over 'Unprecedented' Crime
The U.S. military on Saturday shot down the CCP spy balloon that had spent days floating across the continental United States.
The surveillance balloon was shot down from 58,000 feet by F-22s over the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, after the FAA shut down numerous airports and closed the airspace around the area.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a statement patting Biden on the back for...
US 5G rollout delayed after Airlines protest
AT&T heeds airline complaint that 5G would make air traffic unsafe, Verizon decision pending.
Major US cell carrier AT&T has agreed to postpone the planned rollout of 5G service near several American airports, citing the concerns of airlines that doing so would endanger air traffic safety.
AT&T said Tuesday it would delay the rollout of new cell towers near “some” airports, though...
FAA reveals which planes can potentially withstand 5G interference
The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared less than a half of the nation’s commercial fleet.
Some 45 percent of the US commercial fleet have been cleared for low-visibility landing at just over half of the airports most affected by 5G interference, the FAA said.
The aviation safety agency determined on Sunday which radio altimeter models can potentially be used for low-visibility landings...
US Federal Aviation Administration Warns 5G May Crash Airplanes
Massive rollout of mid-band 5G systems might pose an aircraft safety risk by interfering with navigation equipment and causing flight diversions, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned in a series of directives.
The FAA particularly raised concerns about 5G potentially interfering with radio altimeters – sensitive aircraft electronics used by pilots to safely land in poor visibility...
Fears 5G may cause 'major disruptions' for AIRCRAFT delay rollout
Cellular providers Verizon and AT&T have been forced to delay their full 5G rollout as the Federal Aviation Administration warns that expanding into a certain bandwidth will seriously interfere with bands used for aircraft safety.
The planned December 5th rollout across C-band frequencies, which offer “good-to-great speed” across the mid-range of the radio frequency spectrum, will be delayed...
Boeing employee says 737 MAX 'Designed by clowns & supervised by monkeys'
Boeing has released another trove of internal company messages suggesting it lied to regulators, and showing fierce criticism from an unnamed employee who said the crash-prone 737 MAX aircraft was “designed by clowns.”
In its release of the redacted communications on Thursday following an internal probe, Boeing acknowledged some of the messages were “completely unacceptable” and contained...
Big penalties, jail time for not registering drones - FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration say unregistered drone users could now face fines as high as $250,000 for flying their UAVs or the possibility of up to three years in jail.
On Monday, the FAA announced that a total of 368,472 drones had been registered with agency, surpassing the number of airplanes on record with the federal government.
The FAA announced the registration rules last December with...
Ban All Incoming and Outgoing Flights to Ebola-Stricken Countries - Petition
The strategy, if there ever was one, has obviously failed now that an infection has been identified on U.S. soil.
As Americans across the country struggle to understand what is being done to stem the possibility of an Ebola outbreak in the United States, many have come to the conclusion that the first and most effective method of prevention is to keep it out of America to begin with.
That strategy,...
FAA approves unmanned aircraft usage in movie and TV production
Six movie making and television companies have finally been given a go-ahead to use drones for filming after the FAA endorsed their requests for exemptions from a ban on commercial drone operations in the US, paving way for further easing.
With the government’s announcement, six companies, Aerial MOB LLC, Astraeus Aerial, HeliVideo Productions LLC, Pictorvision Inc., Vortex Aerial and Snaproll Media...
FAA proposes widespread civilian drone use in US airspace by 2015
US authorities have presented a plan for the mass use of drones in American airspace. Though there have been few objections to the move so far, a global government surveillance drone program is likely to raise privacy concerns later on.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has presented a detailed plan for drones to roam across American skies within the next two years.
The plan sets September...
FAA puts no-fly zone over Arkansas oil spill with Exxon employee in charge
The FAA announced a temporary no-fly zone would be enacted indefinitely over the Arkansas oil spill. With word that an Exxon employee was controlling the airspace, though, speculation pointed to the idea the oil company was trying to keep the media away.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday that until further notice, no aircraft will be allowed to operate over the Mayflower oil spill...
FAA takes major step in expanding drone use in America
US President Barack Obama has approved legislation that is expected to immediately accelerate the use of domestic surveillance drones within the United States.
On Thursday, Pres. Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, a bill that the Federal Aviation Administration’s AnneMarie Ternay describes as containing requirements for integrating unmanned aircraft systems and vehicles such...
Mainstream Media Reports UFO Sightings over Denver
The local Fox affiliate in Denver has confirmed widespread sightings of a UFO in the skies over Denver, even getting a shot with their own cameras.
The videos of this sighting have been verified for authenticity and all experts asked so far agree that this clearly qualifies as a UFO.
Unnamed witnesses have come forward with video and still pictures of the aircraft, and have explained to reporters...
Psychotic Air Crews Warned Are Putting US Travelers in “Grave Danger”
A disturbing report prepared by the Federal Air Transport Agency currently circulating in the Kremlin is warning that Americans traveling on their countries airlines may be in “grave danger” due to an increasing number of “psychotic” air crews allowed by the US government to both pilot and manage passenger affairs while taking some of the world’s worst known psychotropic (mind altering)...
New bill to allow 30,000 drones to fill American skies by 2020
The US Congress has passed a bill which approves government’s deployment of up to 30,000 spy drones in the country’s airspace by 2020, raising serious concerns about the ensuing privacy infringement.
The bill, which facilitates the government use of unmanned spy planes in US airspace, requires the Federal Aviation Administration to rush a plan to get as many drones in the air as possible within...