A visual monitoring system for monitoring an autonomous flight operational area from a remote location is provided. The visual monitoring system can be configured to capture image data related to a verification target with one or more cameras, transmit the image data to a remote location, and display the image data related to the verification target for review by operational personnel at the remote location. The image data can be related to at least a first verification target having a first nominal condition. The operational personnel can review the image data and compare it to the data to the first nominal condition. If an off-nominal condition of the first verification target is detected by the operational personnel, the visual monitoring system can pause operations at the autonomous flight operational area until the off-nominal condition of the first verification target is resolved.