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gyroscope

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5. Global Hawk drone?
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 01:11 AM
Aug 2014

black or dark gray in color...no windows...no visible markings...looked like military?

sounds like the witnesses could have been describing one of these:








The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance aircraft. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development. In role and operational design, the Global Hawk is similar to the Lockheed U-2. The RQ-4 provides a broad overview and systematic surveillance using high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2) of terrain a day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk

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