Constellations and Aircraft

6:23pm and 8:20pm March 17, 2023 - lots of flights around the North Tabor neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, none of which are being shown on the radarbox flight tracking application.

Comparing flights overhead to radarbox flight tracking information, studying clouds and contrails

The big dipper is one of the brightest, most recognizable constellations is the sky... or is it?

Observing skies, aircraft - Portland, Oregon

Trying to map out the stars in the sky to evaluate whether what I am seeing are stars and planets, or, if I've suspected for the past four years - that the stars in the skies of Portland, Oregon are actually being obscured and spoofed. The first 19 minutes of the video is stargazing. At that point a plane begins to circle overhead and I spend some time looking at the flight path on radarbox.com - noticing that that the online radar track is offset. At first about a mile to the west of the actual flight path, and then, after the plane flies off and flies back - I notice the recorded flight path is offset about a mile to the east of the actual flight.

looking out from my apartment building in North Tabor neighborhood of Portland Oregon

also discussing Skyline antenna towers - UHF broadcast antennas - SE Portland

two drones still visible - North Tabor neighborhood, Portland, Oregon

Two star-like drones lit at dusk - bats - Mt Tabor Park

I had begun to notice that some "stars" were actually drones a few weeks before making this video on September 10, 2017 at Mt Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon

I decided to take a video of the helicopter flying overhead. Later, at home, I noticed something else in the sky. This is the first star-like drone that I noticed. Nine days later, on July 11, 2017, I first noticed a pair of unusual, light, fast, acrobatic aircraft flying all around skies over my apartment. These aircraft were highly visible throughout 2017 and can often be seen even now, though their activity is usually less obvious.