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March 31, 2008 at 08:33:25

Mystery of the Dragon Fly UFO Drones May Be Solved

by Bill Knell     Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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Photos of odd-looking UFOs that eventually became known as the Dragonfly Drones appeared on the internet in 2007. The initial photos were allegedly taken in Capitola, California, and show an object hovering over a power line. After the drones became a hot topic of discussion on major UFO research blogs and websites, new photos appeared that were taken in other places by different witnesses. Now, the mystery of where these drones come from and what they are may be partially solved.

The Dragonfly Drones are not new. If you shift through any number of reports on various UFO websites, you’ll discover that sightings go back as far as the 1980s. A number of eyewitnesses have reported seeing these objects since that time. Photos are few and far between, but that may be due to the smaller size of the things and the need to be close enough to capture a good image.

Most of the Dragonfly Drone sightings occurred in specific areas of the South and Southwest. These areas were near military facilities or technical centers where private companies were working on various U.S. Government contracts. That might make you believe that these objects are just conventional reconnaissance craft being developed for the government, but I believe that the answer is a lot more complicated than that.

When I first saw the 2007 Capitola photos, I wasn’t thinking about photographic trickery or manipulation. The object in the photos reminded me of a strange device that I saw demonstrated in a friend’s garage in the mid-1980s. During that time I had many friends working in the technical community on Long Island. Because of my interest in UFOs, it wasn’t unusual for some of them to invite me to speak about my paranormal research at various lunch, brunch or afternoon workplace gatherings. These were held once a week to boost morale at companies working on government contracts.

I enjoyed talking about my UFO investigations and was always surprised at how many people attended these events. Many of them came because they had their own UFO or paranormal experiences and wanted to share them. Others had inside information that they wanted to share with me later. Such was the case of David, a friend that I knew for many years. He thanked me for speaking at the weekly meet and greet in his workplace and had a few questions. The subject of the Philadelphia Experiment came up at that meeting.

David was particularly interested in the Philadelphia Experiment because he told me that his father had been involved with it. His late father was a gifted engineer. During a phone conversation the next day, he invited me over to his house that weekend. When I arrived, he showed me several pages from his father’s journal. Among other things, it made a number of references to several government projects his dad was involved with during World War II.

David’s father was originally hired to work on a Navy project that involved developing a system of magnetic and sound detection devices to protect our harbors against infiltration by enemy ships and submarines. However, when he arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard where the project was headquartered, things changed. He suddenly found himself working on a secret program to demagnetize ships against German Mines and make them radar invisible. That eventually morphed into a program to make ships optically invisible.

To make a long story short, I believe that the project eventually resulted in the development of technologies involving time travel, anti-gravity and mind control devices. One of the reasons that I believed David’s story about his father’s involvement was a demonstration he gave me. After stepping into his garage, he showed me a small device that he built from information provided in the journal. It looked like a large metal Frisbee with a small instrument package attached to it. It was obviously something that David built.

After installing a 9 volt battery in the instrument package, he placed the object in the middle of his garage floor and asked me to step back. After reaching down and flipping a small switch, the object quickly rose straight up to the garage ceiling with no noise and no visible signs of propulsion. It stayed on the ceiling vibrating for a bit, than fell to the ground.

I was astonished, but David seemed disappointed. He looked at the instrument package and said that one of the leads from the battery came loose. David said that if it hadn’t, the object would have remained against the garage ceiling until he climbed up on a ladder and turned it off or until the battery wore out. I had a million questions, but knew better than to ask. David had already risked much by showing me a few pages from his father’s journal and the demonstration of his homemade anti-gravity device.

Although David’s device was not as large as one of the Dragonfly Drones, it had many similarities. I believe the two must be connected in one way or another. The bizarre thing about the drones and David’s device is that they represent a technology that was far beyond our capability at that time or presently. Based on statements that I heard by various military and technical people over the years, I believe some are able to work with technologies that are at least one hundred years ahead of what most of us have in our homes. Where did those technologies come from?

There can be no doubt that some of the secret, advanced technologies are from alien hardware, while others may have come from limited time travel capabilities. Regardless of all that, what is the purpose of these drones and who is operating them? Based on what I saw in David’s garage on Long Island, I have to believe that humans are involved in one way or another. It’s possible that these are observation devices being used by humans, aliens, humans and aliens or by people that live in the future and want a non-invasive window to the past. For more, visit http://www.UFOguy.com

 

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Bill Knell is a popular Speaker, Author and Consultant with eclectic interests. Best known for his Paranormal Research and Seminars, Bill also excels in the area of personal, business and financial advice and management. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Omni, the L.A. Times, Toronto Star and NY Times; seen on CNN, NBC Nightly News, Fox Television and many Cable Networks; heard on Mancow, Bob and Tom and Howard Stern; consultant to films like Independence Day, Men in Black, the Fifth Element and World of the Worlds.

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a concerned citizen and supporter of a new Coalition 3rd Party; as well as the Open Source Energy Movement!
Steve Windisch (jibbguy)a concerned citizen and supporter of a new Coalition 3rd Party; as well as the Open Source Energy Movement!

The time warp paradox

If that was the case, and these dragonfly drones are from our future, as i understand it, their being observed and photographed would have "changed history", affecting the time-line of those who built and sent them. In that case, they and all they knew would cease to exist; as if they never happened. In which case the sightings "never happened" either... So there never would have been any photos of them, and we would not be having this discussion ;) 

by Steve Windisch (jibbguy) (11 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 173 comments) on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 9:25:21 AM
 


I am Admin for the Alien Casebook, which is predominantly alien and UFO oriented with some paranormal. As well, I am a multiple abductee with my last abduction being October 1988.
Alien CasebookI am Admin for the Alien Casebook, which is predominantly alien and UFO oriented with some paranormal. As well, I am a multiple abductee with my last abduction being October 1988.

DRONES

You have some serious inconsistencies in your article that I feel the need to point out because in doing so, it shows a somewhat different picture than you have portrayed.

First of all you stated. "The initial photos were allegedly taken in Capitola, California, and show an object hovering over a power line. After the drones became a hot topic of discussion on major UFO research blogs and websites, new photos appeared that were taken in other places by different witnesses."

That is very incorrect because the first photos presented were the camera phone photos from the anonymous husband and wife from Lake Tahoe on May 5, 2007 seen here.

http://www.ufocasebook.com/strangecraftlaketahoe.html

Directly after that on May 6, 2007 came the Chad photos seen here.

http://www.ufocasebook.com/strangecraftphotos.html

And by the way, there was another individual named Dawn Raimond from Round Hill (Lake Tahoe) who on June 19, 2007, saw the same drone that the husband and wife from Tahoe and that story is here.

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20070706/REGION/107060071

The Capitola drone did not appear until after the drones mentioned above and that was on May 25, 2007 seen here.

http://www.ufocasebook.com/strangecraft3.html

Very shortly afterwards came the drone sighting story from a woman named Shirley, who you will hear a lot about this Wednesday on national television. Her sighting was on May 25, 2005.  Her story can be heard here.

http://www.earthfiles333.com/earthfiles/mp3files/highbandwidth/episode17high.mp3

Now the reason I point out Shirley amongst the others is because the common denominator for all of these sightings are not military AFBs or any other facet of the government, but rather national forests or heavily foliaged pieces of property. Capitola's was seen in the city proper, which borders the Santa Cruz mountains. It appears to be nothing but off course by a couple of miles.

Directly after that came the Ty and Stephen sightings for what were termed the Big Basin drones however we've come to find out that one was in Saratoga proper (in the hills in an area called Bohlman Road ridge) and not directly in Big Basin. Those stories are here.

http://www.ufocasebook.com/bigbasin.html

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_flyingobjects14.htm

And then going back a bit we have the Yosemite National Park drone sighting from June 10, 2006 with three witnesses.  The mother came forward after hearing about the drones above.  Here is a short explanation from Linda Moulton Howe about that sighting.

Yosemite National Park, June 10, 2006: Mother and her two sons
camping saw dragonfly-shaped "drone" for several minutes and the
boys shone their flashlights on it which caused the "drone" to
stop mid-air without sound or any perceivable motion. When it
moved again, it jerkily went in another direction and repeated
that odd behavior several times in response to the light from
the flashlights shining on it.

Sorry, this address for the above sighting is now subscription only at Earthfiles.

http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1265&category=Environment

Even the Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, October 1995 report from Ned White was in a forest.  Sorry again, address is subscription only at Earthfiles.

http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1275&category=Environment

My point being is that they were all found in heavily forested areas, which does not scream military AFBs.  The only drones that have any affiliation with the military would be the report from an anonymous witness about a drone he saw that looked like the Birmingham, AL drone but that he saw it at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana while attending an airshow in 1987.  He stated that he saw it hanging on a wall.  These drones are all a bit too large to be hanging on a wall.  The other would be the drone seen by Ted Connors (not on, but near) Maxwell AFB on June 25, 2007.   That story can be heard here.

http://www.earthfiles333.com/earthfiles/Episode19mp3.html

 

by Alien Casebook (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 18 comments) on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:20:13 AM
 


I am recently widowed. I am a writer, actress/director. I am addicted to Irish dance and belly dance. In practicing the latter I have been likened to Ethel Mertz dressed in Xmas tree lights.My passion is Human rights especially in the US and China where I inadvertantly became the " Jesus is back and she is a woman" prophetess. That is me. It is a long story and not without a certain dark humour.
siriusssI am recently widowed. I am a writer, actress/director. I am addicted to Irish dance and belly dance. In practicing the latter I have been likened to Ethel Mertz dressed in Xmas tree lights.My passion is Human rights especially in the US and China where I inadvertantly became the " Jesus is back and she is a woman" prophetess. That is me. It is a long story and not without a certain dark humour.

I suspect they are milirtary

My husband and I were involved in plans building a satellite backbone through central Asia.  The military was always interested in the capabilities.

In order to do it there needs to ba an accurate map of datural  nagnetic anomalies. Many of them are in Park areas.

If the drones were tracking magenetics it would make sense it was caught in a electrical  tower. It may have been pulled off course by the tower.

I live in AZ. I wonder how soon christmas tree pass  will be visited. 

 

siriusss 

by siriusss (6 articles, 3 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 84 comments) on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 1:52:19 PM
 


I'm ready for a better world and all humans to be equal. I stand behind Exopolitics and the UFO disclosurer. I support Steven Greer's new energy and a clean enviorment for our future.
LindianaI'm ready for a better world and all humans to be equal. I stand behind Exopolitics and the UFO disclosurer. I support Steven Greer's new energy and a clean enviorment for our future.

Drones

You seem to know alot about the Drones.  I wanted to ask you if you heard about Florada and the police there using an instrument that operates like the drone, but has camers on it?  There was an article on it.  It's used for survelance of things that happen on the streets.  Like shoot outs and things like that.  It doesn't look like the drones, but I'm wondering if it could be connected in some way. 

by Lindiana (2 articles, 2 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 36 comments) on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 9:39:04 AM
 


I am Admin for the Alien Casebook, which is predominantly alien and UFO oriented with some paranormal. As well, I am a multiple abductee with my last abduction being October 1988.
Alien CasebookI am Admin for the Alien Casebook, which is predominantly alien and UFO oriented with some paranormal. As well, I am a multiple abductee with my last abduction being October 1988.

DRONES

I accidentally clicked post and not preview however was not done with the post, nor did I proof read the one I just posted - darn it! lol

You stated, "Most of the Dragonfly Drone sightings occurred in specific areas of the South and Southwest." This is not true. The majority of the drones (9) are from the bay area in California, and Lake Tahoe. None of these areas are associated with military facilities since they are heavily forested areas where no military is found.

You stated, "After installing a 9 volt battery in the instrument package, he placed the object in the middle of his garage floor and asked me to step back. After reaching down and flipping a small switch, the object quickly rose straight up to the garage ceiling with no noise and no visible signs of propulsion." And, "David had already risked much by showing me a few pages from his father’s journal and the demonstration of his homemade anti-gravity device." First of all, why have you not shared what was shared with you and secondly, try and do what David did to a drone not necessarily in a garage but rather larger than the size of a two-car garage.  What David did was so many years ago that if it was even being done on a small scale by military we would be seeing it by now.

Lastly, you said, "Photos are few and far between, but that may be due to the smaller size of the things and the need to be close enough to capture a good image." I guess it depends on what number 'few' represents because from the 14 drone sightings there are 13 Ty (Big Basin) photos and 1 high resolution photo, 3 Stephen (Saratoga) photos, 6 Capitola drone photos, 6 Chad photos and 1 Chad phone camera photo, 2 Lake Tahoe photos, 1 Yosemite drawing, and 2 Birmingham, Alabama photos with a total of 35 photos. And, I believe there are another 5 photos but I don't remember belonging to who or which because my notes show 40 photos total.

Unfortunately, for some reason OpEdNews is not accepting my address urls this post so you'll have to Google such. All photos are nicely displayed in one thread at the Open Minds Forum so Google that and once inside go to the (California Drone Images / CARET Documents) section on the front board. Once inside click on the thread called (For new members - The Drone pictures).

Also, new information has more recently come forward over the past few days. Google Alien Casebook Blogspot for new events that are unfolding right now where the Private Investigators that Open Minds Forum hired have located the actual spot where the Chad drone was photographed and have also confirmed the actual spot where the Stephen drone was photographed in Saratoga.

by Alien Casebook (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 18 comments) on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 12:17:09 PM
 


The author lives in a small village in central Europe and has been active in the local workers movement for nearly 3 decades.

Globalism knows no borders, why should we ?

Tony ForestThe author lives in a small village in central Europe and has been active in the local workers movement for nearly 3 decades.

Globalism knows no borders, why should we ?

can you say hoax?

wonderful CGI work. Very elaborate hoaxing. The big give-away for me is the "language" bit. Makes ya wonder why anyone would go to such extents. Still a hoax. Of course, I have my opinion about why UFO discussions, diaries, etc. have popped up on OEN but I'll keep it to myself for the time being. It's NOT working btw.

by Tony Forest (6 articles, 15 quicklinks, 155 diaries, 1359 comments) on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 3:54:26 AM
 


The author lives in a small village in central Europe and has been active in the local workers movement for nearly 3 decades.

Globalism knows no borders, why should we ?

Tony ForestThe author lives in a small village in central Europe and has been active in the local workers movement for nearly 3 decades.

Globalism knows no borders, why should we ?

read and decide

read this interesting short discussion

not saying dragonfly drones do not exist! Of course they do. The "drones" in question here are not what I would label as dragonfly drones. Honeywell produces drones which are used along the US / Mexico border btw. Saying this to make absoltely clear to you that I am not dismissing drones as hoaxes but the ones in question....with the neato Klingon writing on them....those are hoaxes.

 

by Tony Forest (6 articles, 15 quicklinks, 155 diaries, 1359 comments) on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 4:35:23 AM
 

 

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