They used 15 of the 100 aircraft in the surveillance fleet, compared to 52 aircraft during the last seven day period the North Star Post audited.

This represents either much more limited aerial surveillance activity, or a tightening of the availability of flight tracking data, or a combination of both. The Post primarily uses FlightRadar24, a public aviation tracking website that it is not difficult for aircraft owners and operators to pull tracking data from, typically with a request to

It was called an “Emergency Shut Down” protest and despite being publicly called for only a few hours beforehand, at around 6:30pm hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of St. Paul after a brief rally at Hamline Park off of Snelling Avenue. The action was organized jointly by Black Lives Matter Minneapolis and the Black Liberation Project.

Several intersections were shut down and green-line light rail trains halted in order to bring awareness to commuters and others about the on-going racial injustice across the United States and right here in the Twin Cities.

Demonstrators were

– Frequently airborne surveillance aircraft in Florida registered to non-existent company, the phone number of which rings the desk of an analyst at the Southeast Florida Fusion Center.

– Miami-Dade Police Department is not allowing information requests pursuant to surveillance operations, aerial or otherwise, and at this time has not confirmed or denied that the aircraft in question is operated by law enforcement.

– Cessna aircraft N786TF has been airborne most recently [upon last check] on July 30th over Pompano Beach, North of Fort Lauderdale.

– [Update: August 6th, 1030am]
Broward Sheriffs Public Information Office denied our inquiries “Any information

August 25th – August 31st

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August 18th – August 24th

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August 11th – August 17th

This photo set includes the circular, persistent surveillance flights, and other transitory flight data.

August 4th – August 10th

These photo sets include only the circular, persistent surveillance flights, other flight data was left out.

Eastern US

Central US

Southern US

Western US

July 28th – August 3rd

These photo sets include only the circular, persistent surveillance flights, other flight data was left out.

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This is Part I of the North Star Post series on the local military industrial complex.

BAE Systems Inc. an international defense contractor is building what can only be described as future-weapons for the United States military. Components for these advanced weapons platforms are being designed, developed, and manufactured right here in Minneapolis. Just what is being created here? The BAE website calls them an, “entirely new gun that will change the Navy forever.”

The “gun” is more like a cannon, and the cannon is more like something you’d see in a science fiction flick. The proper name

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Below is a listing of 100 aircraft registered to shell companies that do not exist. The Federal Bureau of Investigation registered the aircraft in this way to hide the operation from US citizens. At the time of posting, a number of these aircraft are most likely airborne over American cities, equipped with advanced, very high resolution imaging and video technology, StingRay the secretive bulk cellular phone tracking technology, and almost certainly infrared / nightvision or other hardware. A denied FOIA is being appealed and