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Government employee flies small drone over White House Fence | NY Times
The small drone that crashed into a tree on the South Lawn of the White House early Monday morning was operated by a government employee who has told the Secret Service that he did not mean to fly it over the White House fence and near the president’s residence, according to law enforcement officials.
The employee — who does not work for the White House — has told the Secret Service that he was flying the drone for recreational purposes at about 3 a.m. in the area around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when he lost control of it.
So far, the Secret Service said it believed the man’s account.
Read more: NY Times
tags: c-Aerial, White House drone crash
Hallie Siegel
robotics editor-at-large
Hallie Siegel
robotics editor-at-large
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