Speculation is running rampant regarding a sharp intake in drone sightings across the East Coast and in Massachusetts.
A source in Washington told Boston 25 there is frustration among some Massachusetts lawmakers regarding a lack of information about recent drone sightings from New Jersey to Boston.
The same frustration was expressed to Boston 25 News by members of the public.
“I just think there’s too many flying around for it to be, like recreational,” Lynn resident Ryan Sweeney told Boston 25 News. “I think the government knows what’s going on and they don’t want to tell us.”
Two men were arraigned on trespassing charges in Dorchester District Court on Monday. They are accused of flying a drone dangerously close to Logan Airport this weekend from one of the islands in Boston Harbor.
‘Hazardous drone operation’: Two arrested for flying dangerously close to Logan Airport, police say
Cooperated with everything, there’s no reports of anything having been broken, and if this had happened two months ago it would be guys, you shouldn’t be filming here and it wouldn’t be a big issue,” the defense remarked in court Monday.