https://www.wowt.com/content/news/C...non-spotted-in-Saunders-County-566798651.html
The somewhat shaky video shows a plane-shaped object, and it sounds just like a plane, so I'd guess it's probably a plane. But the reporter, Lileana Pearson, says
And a deputy says at one point "It's a V, it's got a V" - which is an interesting illustration of someone subconsciously inferring a shape from an arrangement of lights."The Drones, which we estimate to be between 4 and 6 feet wide, that were so near overhead that we could actually hear their propellors. ... the mysterious drones that flew less than 100 feet above our heads"
The location is given as "Saunders County, west of Omaha", and "near County Road R, outside of Mead, Nebraska, presumably by the barn shown in the video
Somewhere around here:
The story aired after 10PM, Jan 7, 2020, so presumably earlier that evening. Likely between 6 and 8 PM, given how dark it is, and the need for some editing.
Just looking at live traffic right now, we see small a small plane has flown over that area:
6PM CST is 12AM (midnight) the next day, UTC (used for flight tracking time). Let's see what flies over that area (let's use Colon as a point near where they decribed)
6:09 PM, a jet at 14,000 feet,
6:21 PM, two small planes and a Delta small jet.
7:04PM a Beechcraft C-99 at 6,225 feet.
7:14PM a Piper, at 3,300 feet:
7:43 PM, another Beechcraft
Here's the actual plane, N102GP. Notice the arrangement of lights and long nose cone. The front light would not be visible with the gear up.
7:52 a Cessna 208B
7:59PM another Cessna 208B
Here's a video of a Cessna 208B (Caravan) at night
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csc3a_VDsbc
Pretty reasonable match, I'd say.
It even has the illuminated nose cone:
So I think it's very likely that they saw one of the two Cessna Caravans, and since it flew directly along County Road R, it's likely the second one, N745FX, at around 7:59PM 7,800 MSL, so around 6,500 feet above the road. A bit over a mile away (high), so quite visible to the naked eye, and more so to TV cameras.
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