{"id":8628,"date":"2019-12-04T21:38:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T21:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=8628"},"modified":"2020-06-15T12:28:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T12:28:14","slug":"federal-aviation-administration-faa-unmanned-aircraft-system-uas-sighting-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/federal-aviation-administration-faa-unmanned-aircraft-system-uas-sighting-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Sighting Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Reports of unmanned aircraft (<abbr>UAS<\/abbr>) sightings from pilots, citizens and law enforcement have increased dramatically over the past two years. The FAA now receives more than 100 such reports each month. The agency wants to send out a clear message that operating drones around airplanes, helicopters and airports is dangerous and illegal. Unauthorized operators may be subject to stiff fines and criminal charges, including possible jail time.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA continues to work closely with its industry partners through the &#8220;Know Before You Fly&#8221; campaign to educate unmanned aircraft users about where they can operate within the rules. The agency also is working closely with the law enforcement community to identify and investigate unauthorized unmanned aircraft operations. The FAA has levied civil penalties for a number of unauthorized flights in various parts of the country, and has many open enforcement cases.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA encourages the public to report unauthorized drone operations to local law enforcement and to help discourage this dangerous, illegal activity.<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/faa\/FAA-UAS-Database-Nov2014-June-2019.pdf\">Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Sighting Database, November 2014 &#8211; June 2019<\/a> [1,301 Pages, 8.2MB]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/zip.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/faa\/FAA-UAS-Nov2014-Jun2019.zip\">.zip File of Excel Spreadsheets and .PDF compilation<\/a> [9MB]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/faa\/FAA-UAS-UFO-Q42019-Q12020.pdf\">Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Sighting Database, September 2019 &#8211; December 2019<\/a> [147 Pages, 1MB]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/zip.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/faa\/FAA-UAS-UFO-Q42019-Q12020.zip\">.zip File of Excel Spreadsheets and .PDF compilation<\/a> [9MB]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments2.theblackvault.com%2Fdocuments%2Ffaa%2FFAA-UAS-Database-Nov2014-June-2019.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/faa\/FAA-UAS-Database-Nov2014-June-2019.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><p class=\"embed_download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/faa\/FAA-UAS-Database-Nov2014-June-2019.pdf\" download>Download [7.98 MB] <\/a><\/p><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background Reports of unmanned aircraft (UAS) sightings from pilots, citizens and law enforcement have increased dramatically over the past two years. The FAA now receives more than 100 such reports each month. The agency wants to send out a clear message that operating drones around airplanes, helicopters and airports is dangerous and illegal. 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