guest: talking to craig whitlock -- host: talking to craig whitlock, who wrote a three-part series, "when drones fall from the sky," looking at the safety record of rounds. liz is up next, democratic cal ler. caller: i got cut off before i get a i -- say i have been seeing these since 2012 and i have complained. usually around the woodlawn area. they come up on you on the highways, over the top of your homes. i've complained to the department of homeland security. i have requested with the faa, the fbi, customs and border patrol, -- i have not had a response from any. i wanted to ask mr. whitlock, what is his position on people complaining about these chemtrails in the sky? if people have concerns about what is going on, they should be concerned. it can be frustrating to find out where the complaint should be directed, that is certainly not a new problem. host: what is going on with the faa and the decision-making process? guest: the faa is caught in a squeeze . congress said they needed to safely integrate drones by september 2015. at the same time, they are under statutory obligatio

host: we are talking with craig whitlock.are talking about the safety records of american drones. we just showed you the map of the united states. let me explain this. the faa is creating rules for drone use in the united states. diamonds are accidents involving faa approved drones since 2009. the black circles are close calls involving rogue drones from only 12 to the present. this is part three of his series. we have an independent caller in maryland. caller: good morning. i am complaining about these aircraft in the airspace in baltimore. aircraft overese , i amand shopping centers a freelance reporter. i have put several articles about-face -- on facebook about it. you can see them coming toward you on highways. it is unsettling. host: are we seeing many more in u.s. skies? onet: i haven't heard's of -- heard of one's around baltimore so much. you hear about small drones that maybe you are just between five and 20 pounds that people can buy online for several hundred dollars. without much training you can fly those. aircr

host: we are talking with craig whitlock. we are talking about the safety records of american drones. we just showed you the map of the united states. let me explain this. the faa is creating rules for drone use in the united states. diamonds are accidents involving faa approved drones since 2009. the black circles are close calls involving rogue drones from only 12 to the present. this is part three of his series. we have an independent caller in maryland. caller: good morning. i am complaining about these aircraft in the airspace in baltimore. aircraft overese , i amand shopping centers a freelance reporter. i have put several articles about-face -- on facebook about it. you can see them coming toward you on highways. it is unsettling. host: are we seeing many more in u.s. skies? onet: i haven't heard's of -- heard of one's around baltimore so much. you hear about small drones that maybe you are just between five and 20 pounds that people can buy online for several hundred dollars. without much training you can fly those. a

we are talking with craig whitlock. it we have a caller from lexington, nebraska. caller: sorry. host: go ahead with your question. how are these powered? guest: that is a good question. .ome have batteries the larger ones that we see the military fly use jet fuel or diesel fuel. , there these things fly isn't a big technological advance in the aircraft. it is how they are operated with these remote control links. they figure out where they are flying and they navigate by gps just like you would if you had a car with gps navigator. they fly of the same thing. that is the technological advancement. it is not the aircraft so much. it is the remote control operations and navigation. host: what is that technology like? guest: it has come a long way. just like your car can figure out where it is based on gps, it is the same way with drones. tois telling the drone how move in certain directions and slow down or speed up. it can make adjustments. it is just staring at by remote control. it depends on how big the aircraft is. these are things that must be done right. i have to be tested.

did you read the "post" series about craig whitlock talking about this. 15 cases where drones were flying close to planes and when i read that, i thought -- i hope they don't take too long coming up with a rule. >> let's be clear. commercial use of drones is not authorized unless the faa says so. >> a rule widely ignored? >> well. and you know where we find violators we're going to go after them. and the reason why is because the faa has a lot of experience. they set the world standard for managing airspace. and as we look at this bold new world of unmanned aircraft, safely integrating that technology into the airspace is something that can't be done overnight and has to be trial tested and stress tested in a lot of ways so that's why we're doing the test sites, trying to learn from examples around the country in targeted cases. but we will not allow folks to just treat this like a wild west and do whatever they want. because we think there will be some safety implications to that, obviously. >> paul? >> two unrelated questions. one, a lot of secretary and government officials wrooivt aro

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