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“THE Most Fun Theory About The Drones”

Pic courtesy of Fast Company

For the last four weeks swarms of drones have been spotted over northern New Jersey from dusk to dawn. Some have flown over Donald Trumps resort/golf course and others have flown over military installations and every on-site filming location of The Sopranos. But are they really drones?

As someone who monitors developments in most paranormal realms, the mysterious drone swarms have the paranormal people buzzing, and I think there may be merit in that. I said “may“, not definitely.

Here’s why I think that these “drones” might be more than we think:

1. Don’t shoot the drones? The general public has been told that it’s illegal to shoot down drones. Thank goodness for that. In northern New Jersey, you can only imagine how many bullets would be filling the skies. Ok, so you and I can’t go skeet shooting for drones, but what about the military? Why aren’t they shooting them down? I’m pretty sure the Air Force has the technology and firepower to take down some drones. During the Gulf war in the 1990’s the Air Force literally shot a missile into an enemy leaders front door from 30 miles/48 kilometers away. But they can’t get some kids toys out of the sky?

Also, just yesterday the government said that they believe several of the drones are manned, being flown lawfully.  That may be why they’re not shooting them down, and it implies that they know more about them than they’re letting on.

Pic from New Atlas

2. The Government Conspiracy Theory: Could they be government owned drones? Is the U.S. government trying out some new technology? Or possibly spying on someone? Maybe it’s a new tactic to monitor mob activity. So far the government claims they’re not theirs. Other than that, the government has been suspiciously quiet.

3.  The drones aren’t limited to New Jersey: In recent days the drones have also been seen over southern New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland, indicating that they are probably not controlled by any normal citizens just being mischievous.

Beneath the above map of drone sightings the headline read: The FBI leader says it’s “concerning” how little his agency knows about the drones. That’s concerning to me because (and here comes the most fun theory about the drones: What if these drones are remote craft sent out by UFO’s/alien spacecraft, or are actual alien spacecraft that are doing some reconnaissance about our planet before they decide to visit?

Seriously, how great would it be if our planet is about to have that “take me to your leader” moment in history where we meet aliens peacefully? I’m rooting for that and also hoping we don’t have to call in the Transformers to save us. I’m also tempted to go buy myself a drone and start freaking out my neighbors.

In the comments, what do you think the drones are?

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading! ~Phil

Top Ten Tuesday! The Top Ten Other Uses for Drones

Hopefully I don’t drone on about drones or else someone may send a drone to my house. With the news this week that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has a four year drone degree, it looks like there’s no putting the toothpaste back in the tube. We should have seen this coming. Operating drones remotely is just an extension of the video game culture that many of today’s leaders grew up in. Seriously though, there can’t be so many terrorist leaders that the drones are working full-time around the clock right? So I thought that there’s got to be some other great ways to put this technology to use.

Picture credit: usatoday.com

Picture credit: usatoday.com

10. That picture is why Amazon can have all my money. Someday I’ll order something from Amazon.com and a drone will deliver it. Once I tried to get Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to do an interview for The Phil Factor and was turned down. Doesn’t matter. I still love Amazon. (BTW all my books are there too)

9. Pizza delivery: It made big news last year when Dominos test drove a drone pizza delivery, but sadly the Russians beat us to it. Last month a drone from DoDo Pizza in Russia delivered a pizza in 30 minutes by unmanned drone. Go ahead and click DoDo Pizza, it’s really the website from Russia! Last year in California some geniuses created The Burrito Bomber, a drone that drops burritos with parachutes.

8. Neighborhood watch: There was a bit of an uproar last year when in the press someone floated the idea of drones performing surveillance in the United States. People were shouting about their civil liberties and rights to privacy. Me? I don’t care. If you’re doing nothing wrong, who cares if someone’s watching? Hey, suns out, guns out. The drones can watch me cut my lawn all day long. I’ll even take off my shirt.

7. Yard Work: If I had a drone I could trim hedges and trees without even leaving the porch.

6Take my dogs for a walk: I’m pretty sure my dogs are not thrilled with this idea, but in the winter I am not a fan of taking my dogs out first thing in the morning. I’ll just tie their leashes to a drone and send them all outdoors.

Picture credit: news.discovery.com

Picture credit: news.discovery.com

5. Stalking made easy! No more online hacking, Facebook trolling or hiding in bushes!  In the old days stalking was a lot of work, but no more! If you’ve got a sick, psychopathic obsession  let the drones do all the work.

4. Zombie apocalypse preparedness: Why risk your life going outside to kill zombies by hand? With your own weaponized drone you can kill zombies safely  and hole up inside for years, as long as the Domino’s Pizza drones are still delivering.

3. The Bieber Solution: Need I say more?

2. Delivering Phil Factor merchandise! Seriously, if I had stickers and t-shirts made who would want one?

1. Makin’ it rain with The Strip Club Drone: You know how when you’re at a Gentleman’s Club you sometimes need to join the ladies on stage and just throw money everywhere? Yeah, me neither. With The Strip Club Drone you can avoid all that icky physical contact and show your appreciation for the highly skilled professional entertainers by sending your donations by drone.

Please feel free to share your own suggestions in the comments. As always, if you enjoy #ThePhilFactor feel freee to share by Facebook, Twitter or reblogging. Have a great Tuesday! ~Phil