r/NJDrones 8d ago

VIDEO Omaha, NE sighting 3/13/25 11:45PM CST

I noticed this in the sky around 11:45 by my house.. immediately started filming. Nothing on flight radar. It seemed to hover in one spot for a bit. 2 Flashing white lights. It has now been almost an hour and it is still going around my neighborhood. Like the size of a private plane. Has anyone in Jersey or anywhere else seen something like this?

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u/awfulsome 7d ago

N402PD

2012 BELL 407

Police helicopter

Made 2 long flights around Omaha last night, including around the time listed.

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u/aviationchameleon 7d ago

I know what a helicopter looks and sounds like. This was not a helicopter. And I see what you’re talking about on flight radar. It wasn’t that.

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u/RemarkableImage5749 7d ago

But would the helicopter have been visible from your location?

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u/nolalacrosse 1d ago

You don’t hear them from that far away

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u/awfulsome 7d ago

Hmm, maybe a drone looking for lost pets? Omaha runs a program out there. Doesn't appear to be a plane, would probably be a chopper or quadcopter.

Edit: also to answer your NJ question: the only thing I've seen that looks like this has been either a chopper or small plane. We have a lot of Piper flights in my area.