[Scan-DC] Interesting aircraft over Seven Corners

[Charley Armstrong]

UAV's are not authorized for use in most US civil airspace at the  
moment.  There is no way for the UAV "pilot" to "see and avoid" other  
air traffic.

C.

On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Charles Lawson wrote:

> At 22:30 on Friday, 2009-07-31, I spotted an unusual aircraft  
> loitering
> above Seven Corners.  It was very slow-moving with a double set of  
> bright
> (LED, probably) navigation lights (red/port, green/starboard--as  
> typical
> for aircraft except for the doubled setup).  I could discern no  
> planform
> even with 11x80 binoculars, but I could hear a faint engine sound that
> didn't quite conform to the typical aircraft noise I am used to  
> hearing
> around these parts.  The aircraft did briefly flash a close-set pair  
> of
> white (landing?) lights on the nose, but I couldn't spot any other
> details.  After a couple of minutes, it disappeared behind trees  
> heading
> vaguely south.
>
> Did anyone else see it?  Are UAVs being operated in this area  
> currently,
> to anyone's knowledge?  Did I miss notification of a NORAD exercise?
>
> Interesting.  No other air traffic was observed at the same time.
>
> --
> Charles Lawson <clawson at capaccess.org>
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