The drone story keeps heating up, with some people scoffing at the whole affair by suggesting that the whole thing is a moral panic and that the lights are just airplanes on flight paths in very crowded airspace–a plausible explanation. After all, if we are primed to see something, we often see it, especially if there is an optical illusion involved.
Our brains can work that way. Data coming in that can be interpreted in multiple ways tends to get analyzed in light of preconceptions; confirmation bias, in other words.
That’s the explanation given on X from an ex-military pilot who currently flies 737s. He has many reasons to argue this, but the most compelling is the lack of NOTAMs (Notice to Airmen) warning pilots to look out for unauthorized drones in the region.
A car sized drone, as they are being described, would be able to avoid radar if it…
