# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 15 November 2010 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | Local |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | unmanned; Draganflyer X6; FAA |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | The Daily Sentinel |
| Title | UNMANNED — waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a permit for the technology, which might save lives |
| Dateline | Grand Junction, Colorado |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.newspapers.com/image/529061166/?terms=unmanned |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2010-11-15|daily-sentinel|mesa-county-draganflyer-faa-birgfeld-mine |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** Paul Shockley reported that Mesa County Sheriff quartermaster Ben Miller considered deploying a Draganflyer X6 unmanned 2-pound helicopter into a Whitewater uranium test mine during the Paige Birgfeld search. FAA required a special permit for the subterranean flight; the hole was searched faster with a hand-held camera. August 2009 COA: 400 feet, one-mile radius, Mesa County Landfill, daylight only.

**Kinematic object.** Draganflyer X6.

**Coverage frame.** regulatory / incident

## Source integrity

Staff byline. Not a wire. OCR from Newspapers.com page image.

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