"Mystery Aircraft" over Quincy, MA. FAA being secretive

[Flightnerd]

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/05/09/mystery-aircraft-frightens-quincy-residents/ This is pretty weird sounding. The FAA won't say at all what's going on. Anybody fly up in that area and seen or heard anything on the freq?

Just browsing the web and found it.

 

[DPApilot]

Just a guess but I'm going with FBI. A quick search trolls this. Sequential numbers and all company's have 3 letter names all registered to the same place.

http://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft/registrations/bristow-va-virginia.asp

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

They keep voting for "bigger government" up there, so this is what they get...

Flame away fools!

 

[rd757]

I'd go with Gulley's guess. Probably operate under the "Jenna" callsign.

 

[Itchy]

Some dude flying a large model.

 

[mshunter]

"Big Brother?" Or some dude just having a good old time at night spooking everyone and they want to catch him, so they are keeping quiet?

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

"Big Brother?" Or some dude just having a good old time at night spooking everyone and they want to catch him, so they are keeping quiet?

FAA said flights were authorized... ???

 

[mshunter]

FAA said flights were authorized... ???

Yeah, but just about every flight by the FAA is "authorized." The only ones I can think of that aren't are ones where an F-16 shows up to the party.

 

[hammerhat]

Yeah, but just about every flight by the FAA is "authorized." The only ones I can think of that aren't are ones where an F-16 shows up to the party.

Most of Quincy is within surface area of Boston class B.

 

[mshunter]

Most of Quincy is within surface area of Boston class B.

Then it should be pretty easy to tune in to Liveatc.net and have a listen.

 

[Murdoughnut]

There's some chick who sunbathes topless over there - leave it to the conspiracy nuts to make it into something more

 

[EIR]

The FBI does almost on a daily basis around the Metro-Detroit area.

 

[rd757]

The FBI does almost on a daily basis around the Metro-Detroit area.

That's where I got the "Jenna" callsign from... that and a "Flint" one that is associated with the DEA. I hear Jenna on 118.95 a few times a week when I'm out flying around YIP and PTK.

 

[CFI A&P]

That's where I got the "Jenna" callsign from... that and a "Flint" one that is associated with the DEA. I hear Jenna on 118.95 a few times a week when I'm out flying around YIP and PTK.

Isn't Jenna also the 737 airline from Vegas to Area 51 ?

 

[DPApilot]

Isn't Jenna also the 737 airline from Vegas to Area 51 ?

That's Janet.

 

[Maurus]

Then it should be pretty easy to tune in to Liveatc.net and have a listen.

Don't go talking like that. It has to be a mystery. Otherwise the news can't get views!

 

[DubyaDawg]

Here's a pic of the "mystery plane"... another news site posted. Says reg was N906TM. I must say it's quite a nice paint job!

 

[rd757]

The CIA's history of having airplanes registered to dead-end LLC's is not exactly a secret, it wouldn't surprise me if they were behind the aircraft's operations. I would venture to guess it's nothing anyone should be worried about. I hate tin foil hats.

 

[SteveC]

CIA? In-country?

 

[CFI A&P]

Here's a pic of the "mystery plane"... another news site posted. Says reg was N906TM. I must say it's quite a nice paint job!

My local sheriff's department has a C206 with a FLIR pod just like that on it, so does the local news helicopter. Nothing new there.