Jet flying over HPP for last half hour at 4:00 am

[TomK]

Whether or not the camera or sensing equipment is sensitive enough to return potentially useful data is probably only dependent on how much money one wants to spend. 

I don't think we're talking about expensive technology, perhaps a few thousand dollars which would get used over and over again. You only need a thermal IR camera to detect heat, you don't need it to make out details. Someone floating in the ocean will shine much more brightly than the water.