Thursday, June 27, 2013

Local 6 finds drone hovering over Central Florida - video


Local 6 has obtained nearly two hours of footage from a small, unmanned drone that was hovering over Central Florida -- watching and recording people. It literally fell out of the sky, crashing into a tree, where a Local 6 employee found it and turned it over. On the high-definition GoPro camera that was attached to the drone, you can see each flight starts innocently enough. But you can see the potential for bad behavior. In one shot, the drone races toward an apartment window, getting within feet of the glass. In another shot, the drone hovers over a female sunbather at a pool. She's completely unaware that it's there, and she never looks up. But the scariest shot of all shows the drone wobbling high over I-4 as cars zoom by down below. The drivers have no idea that the drone was out of control at that point, and only seconds away from crashing. There are also shots of the pilot. By carefully analyzing the footage, we discovered exactly where he lives -- an apartment in Altamonte Springs, right next to I-4. His name is Guimy Alexis -- a student who built the drone, and many other...more



Go here to see the video report.

 

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