Dean
Adept Dabbler
For several weeks in Dec 2019-Jan. 2020, unidentified machines, flying at night in large groups and formations, were reported by numerous citizens and law enforcement officers in NE Colorado and adjacent regions of NE and KS. With at least two U.S. senators and news media demanding answers, top-level FAA officials launched an intensive investigation to find out who was flying the machines.
As a volunteer researcher affiliated with the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, I've spent four months, employing FOIA, to look behind the scenes at that FAA investigation. On July 15, 2020, TheWarZone reported on the results of my investigations, in a 4,000-word article by Brett Tingley.
Those with interest in such matters will wish to read the entire article, which distills literally thousands of pages of emails and other documents. The bottom line what the FAA told Tingley on July 8: "We have not received any information that enabled us to determine what exactly it was that people were reporting seeing and, if they were drones, who was flying them." In other words, the federal authorities still don't know who was operating those machines.
However, the FAA did achieve "high confidence" that no component of the U.S. military was responsible for the mysterious aerial activity. I agree with that FAA conclusion, which is consistent with what I found in documents that I have obtained from the U.S. Air Force and other military components via FOIA.
I will upload here a few samples of documents that I obtained via FOIA. Hundreds of pages of additional documents (mostly emails, with some memoranda, meeting notes, etc.) are in PDF files embedded in TheWarZone article.
Newly Released FAA Documents Give Unprecedented Look Into Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery
As a volunteer researcher affiliated with the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, I've spent four months, employing FOIA, to look behind the scenes at that FAA investigation. On July 15, 2020, TheWarZone reported on the results of my investigations, in a 4,000-word article by Brett Tingley.
Those with interest in such matters will wish to read the entire article, which distills literally thousands of pages of emails and other documents. The bottom line what the FAA told Tingley on July 8: "We have not received any information that enabled us to determine what exactly it was that people were reporting seeing and, if they were drones, who was flying them." In other words, the federal authorities still don't know who was operating those machines.
However, the FAA did achieve "high confidence" that no component of the U.S. military was responsible for the mysterious aerial activity. I agree with that FAA conclusion, which is consistent with what I found in documents that I have obtained from the U.S. Air Force and other military components via FOIA.
I will upload here a few samples of documents that I obtained via FOIA. Hundreds of pages of additional documents (mostly emails, with some memoranda, meeting notes, etc.) are in PDF files embedded in TheWarZone article.
Newly Released FAA Documents Give Unprecedented Look Into Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery
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