Federal Aviation Administration
Drone Sightings Near Airports (FAA UAS sightings reports)
Dataset · written 2014 · released 2015
Why this matters
Quarterly spreadsheets of pilot and controller reports of drones near airports since 2014, as free text. The records include the 'mystery drone' waves later debated in Congress. A raw, unglamorous dataset useful for checking claims about drone and UAP sightings.
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https://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/public_records/uas_sightings_report
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Federal Aviation Administration. "Drone Sightings Near Airports (FAA UAS sightings reports)." 2014. Released 2015. https://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/public_records/uas_sightings_report (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0098).
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