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Possible Drone Spotted in Chicago Suburbs in Preparation for NATO Summit — See the Video

With dignitaries and world leaders getting ready to descend upon Chicagoland for the NATO Summit, the security measures being implemented for their protection and to control protesters are extensive.

We’ve already seen Blackhawk helicopters with armed men weaving between high rises in what was called a routine training exercise — although some questioned if it was in preparation for the summit — and now there has been a possible drone sighting the week before the event, which begins May 20.

The local CBS affiliate noticed a video posted on YouTube Sunday showing what is described by the narrator as “an odd little plane” in the suburb Elgin, which is 40 miles from Chicago. Watch the video:

The sky is overcast and whatever is flying is difficult to see, but here are a couple screenshots.

Real or Fake: YouTube Video Shows a Drone in a Chicago Suburb Before the NATO Summit

See the possible drone in the top left corner. (Image: YouTube Screenshot)

Real or Fake: YouTube Video Shows a Drone in a Chicago Suburb Before the NATO Summit

Here is is a bit closer and clearer in the center of this image. (Image: YouTube Screenshot)

Real or Fake: YouTube Video Shows a Drone in a Chicago Suburb Before the NATO Summit

The YouTube poster zoomed the video in and inserted this drone as a comparison. (Image: YouTube Screenshot)

Some comments on the YouTube video speculate it is a fake, while others take it at face value. Here are a few of the reasons some think it’s a farce:

  • ericlw: Fake. First the lighting on the drone is wrong. Second, the drone does not move at all just goes in a straight line.
  • L4c3rt4: The camera movement appears to be a bit unrealistic. Im not a video analyst expert, but i have seen enough fake UFO videos with almost the same kind of camera movement – obvious sign of editing.
  • pickelurweapon: Fake. It’s obvious in the trajectory from left to right across the screen.
  • Digitaleye31: It’s fake. It‘s moving too fast and it’s shining on a cloudy day…not to mention it’s my job to fly them.

What are your thoughts?

Comments (129)

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  • ChiefGeorge
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:28am

    Its a turbo prop driven aircraft the predator is. Which means it is powered by a gas turbine, which can have a little roar to it.

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    • Marci
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:11pm

      Looks like Rev. Wright may be visited after the revelation of his cardboard box.

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    • Treaty
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:03pm

      I read somewhere that those 100mw laser pointers can “blind” a drone. Be a shame if a bunch of people started pointing them at these drones.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:07pm

      Some Patriot should shoot it down and become a hero. Wait until they are armed.

      These spy craft will be operating in droves over TEA party rallies. Radio remote control toy aircraft will become popular now as anti-drone tools.

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    • budzy1911
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 4:06pm

      teamarcheson – if the video is correct – it is armed – the black lines under the wings are missles like in the stock photo.

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    • SaintzOfAk
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 6:17pm

      Oh Heeeeeeeeell NO!, We The People need to put an IMMEDIATE! stop to this over US airspace. These are instruments of War and subjugation. How long are we gonna take this $h!t folks…SERIOUSLY!?. Call your representatives NOW! and tell them this will not stand. I would most definitely take pot shots at these things if ever in the position. Anytime i see our liberties being destroyed, and we the people monitored like cattle, i get REALLY PISSED OFF!…hope everyone of you are ready to sacrifice it all.

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    • PoliticiansRCrooks
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 8:41pm

      throw rocks at it, bring it down!

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    • SUNTZU
      Posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:24am

      Drone is real
      Chicago is fake

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    • Cat
      Posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:44am

      Been dabbling in micro-remote control engineering for 20 years, and it’s rather interesting to discover, most people are encouraged to look up, when the real culprits are right under their noses, and attached to every thing they purchase.

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    • Tip-
      Posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:44am

      in response to ChiefGeorge. your statement is incorrect. the predator A (shown in the video) has a reciprocating engine. internal combustion, like a car.

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on May 18, 2012 at 2:08am

      oh crap they are going to see me mowing my lawn.

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:51pm

      Martial law practice!!
      They are doing their best to subvert the military, the left and
      Ignorant democrats are letting it happen!

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  • hwkeye
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:17am

    The Predator is a prop driven aircraft and what I am hearing in the video is the sound of a jet engine. Now there was either a passenger jet flying in close proximity to the alleged drone or the person perpetrating the fake video got the audio portion wrong.

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    • Plan B
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:44pm

      I do not believe it is fake. I live south east of Chicago. From 9 am yesterday morning the skies were filled with military flights. I brought my daughter outside to see the chem-trails or contrails. The sky was completely covered in a criss cross pattern of evenly spaced trails. I have no doubt that this drone picture is true. It was just strange outside yesterday, and we could see no commercial flights.

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    • DFMhellboy
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 1:04pm

      It’s fake. Do an image search for “Surveillance Drone”. The exact pic used in the video can be found on the first page.

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    • one.dakine.howlie
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 1:05pm

      It’s completely fake. The first few seconds of the video is real but when it turns to look in the sky the zoom on the camera is unnatural, the flight of the aircraft is very unnatural, and the lighting on the aircraft is unnatural. Look, the tilt of the aircraft and the corresponding flight pattern should raise red flags for anyone who watches this. The aircraft is in a banking position but it continues to fly straight. It’s also moving way to fast in comparison to how far away it is from the camera. That thing would need to be jet powered to move that fast.

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    • carpee
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 1:49pm

      Plan B, I definitely noticed all the extra aircraft yesterday….but this video is a fake.

      No doubt, there will be real ones soon.

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    • Tip-
      Posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:22am

      100% fake. just a snapshot is enough to show this to anyone who really knows what they are looking at. calm down people. even if it was a real video, its just a plane, nothing more nothing less. Also, for the record everyone, its not a drone. its a predator “UAV, UAS”, there is a difference.

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  • Slipstick
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:10am

    Nothing to see, here, folks! Move along. Move along…

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    • Tip-
      Posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:59am

      The level of ignorance of some people astounds me. No.1, the video is without question fake. i can tell this from the picture alone, i didnt need to watch a single second of the video. I dont blame the average person for not knowing this though. the ignorant part i was referring to is the idea that our rights are being trampled any more than the are already simply by having a predator in the sky (its not a drone by the way. the video is of a predator, common mistake) These planes are not some “super dooper spy machine”. They are in no way any more menacing than a helicopter except they can stay airborne longer. Some people on this page need to calm down and realize that if nothing else, we should welcome the predator as a replacement to the helicopter. its cheaper and would waste less tax dollars than a helicopter does. Its no more a “machine of war” than a jeep or a hummer. We use the tools we have to effectively fight a war. When stateside, the are no different than any other vehicle. i am clueless as to where this stigma and fear of UAV’s, UAS’s and drones come from. They are a wonderful platform capable of saving millions upon millions of tax payer dollars.

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  • oldsoldier10
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:09am

    LOL highpower scope and .30-06.

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  • TimO_Florida
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:08am

    Could be CGI or it could be a cheap, easy to get radio-control plane:

    http://www.nitroplanes.com/uavpredator.html

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  • Tickdog
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:56am

    arm those things and send them to the border!

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  • 99oxymoron
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:38am

    Fake.
    Its a windy day and the plane doesn’t even twitch in the sky.
    Also the perspective of the plane doesn’t change.
    However I think there will be plenty of real videos just like this coming out soon.
    Hold on tight, something is coming!

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  • HaroldHeard
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:36am

    Keep your power dry; stay on your guard, oh and do not move to Texas.

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  • trueamerican40
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:36am

    All is fair in love, war, and BIG global guberment—where and how can I buy a drone? I want one as well. Hell, if you show the traitors the money–they will sell out. Where can I get one?

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  • EP46
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:29am

    Lets think…drones in sky…..new law making it illegal to enter or remain in “any area” the Secret Service declares a “restricted area”….and obama has the authority to kill American citizens without arrest or trail.

    OK..I got it….sorta like Hugo, Castro, Ahmadinejad, and Assad.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:25am

    It’s not similar at all!!! It’s EXACTLY the same thing! People better wake up! This crap has to stop!

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:20am

    Video looks fake, but fake or not…..Sky Net will be coming to a neighborhood near you before you know it…especially if nomobama gets 4 more years.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:20am

    Mercury Radio Arts (that’s Glenn Beck to you and me, Rusty) propagating a Wild Conspiracy Theory?? Never.

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    • Fubared
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 1:46pm

      A smarmy broker with cheeks spread wide? Always it seems. Cheers.

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  • carpee
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:15am

    I’m in Elgin right now…

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    • Adam777
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:26am

      I saw it in Carol Stream IL, south of Elgin. It was sunny around noon time.

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  • romadave
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:06am

    Although it would not surprise me that the security preparations might include the Predator drone for eyes in the sky, there are 2 reasons this video is fake.

    1) Plane moving WAY too fast. I’ve seen these little fellas fly near Las Vegas, and they are butt slow. They have a little prop and are designed for gas-savings and they move very slowly. The rate the one in the video moves is unbelievable.

    2) The one in the video is armed with hellfire missles. That is highly unlikely. If it was used for eyes in the sky, it would not be armed. There is no way the AF would allow a drone on a training flight over a civilian population like Chicago to carry live missles. Armed versions might be seen over training ranges for target practice, but those are located in remote areas. No chance the AF would risk a crash with a live missle making things worse.

    The MAN may be overstepping with the drones, but common people, they aren’t completely stupid. Some AF folks might even care about the nation and its citizens. If you believe the AF is actually going to use a drone to fire hellfire missles on a target in a US city, please take off the foil hat and take your meds.

    tea

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 6:00pm

      @romadave

      You keep saying Air Force. Doesn’t DHS have these? I know the Border Patrol does. How many other agencies have these besides the AF?

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  • THX-1138
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:05am

    Ultra-Mega Fake.

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  • Joisey
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:03am

    That’s a BIG predator drone. You won’t be taking that down with a rifle.

    We need a survey/poll of the American people: How many of us now view the government with Fear & Loathing?

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:03am

    So how many figure these critters will be carrying live ammo against american citizens in Chicago? There was a news report of a hellfire missile having fallen from an Apache helo in TX yesterday, and these drones carry the same thing for their assassination strikes carried out on Obamas orders. So who is to say they will not shortly be turned against the American people…

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    • lisa2994
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:08pm

      I had one fly over my car when I was behind a military vehicle in TX. Was very, very weird!! It hovered for a bit and I looked up and mouthed the words what the heck?? Then it left and I was left with a very odd did that just happen feeling??

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  • eternal_vigilance
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:03am

    Digitaleye31: It’s fake. It‘s moving too fast and it’s shining on a cloudy day…not to mention it’s my job to fly them.

    Tell us more DigitalEye31.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:01am

    Not sure on this one. It could be a fake as those blog posting above say. I’ll keep and open mind on this one and wait for some forensic studies of the video itself. Under the right microscope they can easily make a determination.

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  • Optimist4now
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:01am

    Relax, that’s just Michelle — she forgot to take her GasX

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  • SgtB
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:59am

    Shoot the damn thing down. If you can see it, it has been able to spy on you for the last 10 miles.

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  • Listen_then_think
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:59am

    Fake because it would not be carrying a hellfire missle.
    Fake because the guy filming just “happnened” to start filming the empty sky when this flew into view?
    Fake because if you wer randomly filming empty sky and you saw this, you would follow it until it was gone not just zoom in for 1 second then look away.

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  • DeavonReye
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:57am

    Welcome to the new Big Brother.

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  • Philo Beddoe
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:56am

    I agree with Krauthhammer

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