To: <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>, <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] NC -Drones watching citizens from above
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:55:55 -0400
Here in TN "they" have had aerial detection of marijuana for all the years I
have lived here. Last month one of the helicopters flew around my corner of
the county for over an hour! Nothing more annoying than one flying low!
Wonder if the new ones are silent?
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
----- Original Message -----
From: bob ford
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 2:05 PM
Subject: [Homestead] NC -Drones watching citizens from above
" In a scene that could have been inspired by the movie "Minority Report,"
one North Carolina county is using a UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) equipped
with low-light and infrared cameras to keep watch on its citizens. The
aircraft has been dispatched to monitor gatherings of motorcycle riders at
the Gaston County fairgrounds from just a few hundred feet in the air--close
enough to identify faces--and many more uses, such as the aerial detection of
marijuana fields, are planned. "