Discrete surveillance camera devices

A discrete surveillance device adapted to be mounted in a fixed location on a ceiling for observing a surveillance location, comprising:

• a housing including an interior, an exterior formed in the shape of a smoke detector, a bottom wall lying in a first plane substantially parallel to the surface of the ceiling to which said surveillance device is mounted, a circumferential side wall extending substantially transverse to said bottom wall, a bottom camera viewing aperture disposed in said bottom wall, and one or more side camera viewing apertures formed in said side wall and;
• at least two stationary miniature video surveillance cameras mounted within said interior of said housing so as to be concealed from an ordinary observer viewing said exterior of said housing and said surveillance cameras being arranged such that they are directed out of said bottom and side camera viewing apertures to allow simultaneous observation of substantially non-overlapping areas of the surveillance location including a bottom viewing area directly below said surveillance device and at least one viewing area adjacent said bottom viewing area.