Pete Davis claimed that “Drone guy is out of his mind. Raise your hand if you’ve seen a drone take off from zero to over 1000 mph in about 1/10th of a second? Yeah, me neither. Not a drone, drone guy. “
Freddy Ferrillo added “It’s impossible for a drone to take off that fast. Especially a swarm of drones! The way that took off to the left canceled out a drone for me.”
Tay Barker also doubted it was drone activity. “When I saw them, it was 5 lights together, but they weren’t still. They were in and out of my vision within 2 seconds. So fast!!”
No FAA waiver
Whenever a plane takes flight, the FAA is supposed to be notified. And a UAV flight of this type would have needed a special waiver from the FAA. The FAA requires a waiver to fly at night, especially in a swarm configuration. Officials with the agency say they have no record that a waiver was sought or granted.
Round Rock police also note they received no reports about the strange lights.
So, residents are still questioning what exactly they saw. And Emily White who also videoed the event said, “I’ll be honest, kind of. I don’t know if I believe in all that, but I don’t know. Maybe, I hear a lot of it in America that that kind of thing happens.”
