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So, presumably, there are uber-secret flights that the military and cia, etc operate which are so clandestine that they appear civilian. However, their flight plans are probably quite similar to the known law enforcement/military stuff. Eg: circling over certain places or circling/tracking a moving car. So in theory you could train a network on known civilian vs known law enforcement and then have it identify the as yet unidentified law enforcement flight plans?


I don't think you'd even need anything fancy. Here's the list of things that are true of most of the surveillance aircraft I've found:

  Flies in circles
  Flies over one region for hours
  Flies at around 5000 feet altitude
  Squawks 4414 or 4415
  Uses a callsign that starts with JENA or JENNA
  Registered owner in Bristow VA, Greenville DE, Wilmington DE, or Manassas VA
I have some simple code that highlights planes that are flying in circles so that I can take a closer look at them.


> Squawks 4415 or 4415

Typo?


Yep, thanks!




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