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Offline Sneaky_Nikon

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Drone over the City.
« on: July 11, 2017, 10:41:18 PM »
North Belfast direction, maybe Ardoyne/Ballysillan sort of direction, has nav lights on.
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Re: Drone over the City.
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2017, 10:47:26 PM »
Quote from: Sneaky_Nikon on July 11, 2017, 10:41:18 PM
North Belfast direction, maybe Ardoyne/Ballysillan sort of direction, has nav lights on.

Probably filming a bonfire. Bloody dangerous depending on RW in use at EGAA
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Re: Drone over the City.
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2017, 12:35:23 PM »
It was one big lump of a thing and had considerable endurance, it wasn't bought in Maplin I don't think!
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Re: Drone over the City.
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2017, 12:52:54 PM »
Quote from: Sneaky_Nikon on July 12, 2017, 12:35:23 PM
It was one big lump of a thing and had considerable endurance, it wasn't bought in Maplin I don't think!

Any possibility it might have been one of the Police Drones?
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Re: Drone over the City.
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2017, 05:43:41 PM »
Police or something professional on the news gathering front I think. Jinking about like a fighter at one point
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Re: Drone over the City.
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2017, 09:33:11 PM »
Not to be daft it wasn't the police heli as it was over my house in the east but the noise was thrown away a bit anf it was just lights then the sound??
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Re: Drone over the City.
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2017, 11:55:53 AM »
Seen drone footage on BBC Newsline take it this was it
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