USA USING 'DRONE' AIRCRAFT TO SPY ON IRAN

[meisje]

USA USING 'DRONE' AIRCRAFT TO SPY ON IRAN
Sat Feb 12 2005 20:00:05 ET

The Bush administration has been flying surveillance drones over Iran to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programs and detect weaknesses in air defenses, the WASHINGTON POST is planning to splash on Sunday.

Newsroom sources tell DRUDGE: The small, pilotless planes, penetrating Iranian airspace from U.S. military facilities in Iraq, use radar, video, still photography and air filters designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity to gather information that is not accessible to satellites, the officials said.

The aerial espionage is standard in military preparations for an eventual air attack and is also employed as a tool for intimidation.

"The Iranian government, using Swiss channels in the absence of diplomatic relations with Washington, formally protested the illegal incursions, according to Iranian, European and U.S. officials."

Developing...

[Maple]

1. That accounts for

all the ufo sightings in Iran recently

[Minstrel Boy]

5. well, I don't about that...

The drone isn't spherical, for one thing.


"I really have no choice but to believe," says Abi Golbazi of East Haven. "I've never seen anything like this." Golbazi is talking about something he believes he saw in the Iranian sky: a UFO.

"First is was just a shiny light, changing colors ... It seemed perfectly round, circular shaped, spaceship if you will. Window-looking spots all over it... It has an opening in the lower bottom of the circle."

While visiting family the East Haven engineer recorded over 20 minutes of footage of the object, and wondered if this phenomenon would become a regular visitor to the Middle East.
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1831026&nav=3YeXMklK

Not to say what he saw was extraterrestrial, but Mr Golbazi didn't see and videotape a drone aircraft.

[depakid]

2. More likely they're trying to get a fix

on anti-aircraft missile sites by baiting them to "paint" the drones or shoot them down.

[Renew Deal]

3. Here's the Sludge link

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3ir.htm

[maddezmom]

4. please edit to provide the link

TIA :)

[Disturbed]

6. Shooting them down?

Don't they have the right to shoot them down?

What could the U.S. Govt. say about it if they did?

IF any country flew drones over Amerika there would be an outrage. No doubt that they would be shot down immediately.

[Elidor]

7. George rattles his sabre.

This is not surprising with the commando teams now operating in Iran. Hey, George, show us again how you turn a civilised country into a bombed-out, shell-shocked ruin and call it "Democracy."

[Moderator]

8. locking

Please repost with a link.