As tips roll in, most reported incidents involve piloted planes and hobby drones, not foreign spying or secret programs, officials say.

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Hmmm. Odd to include that word "most" in your dispositive explanation. Whatever could it mean?

Riddle me this....

Lotsa hobby drones now a days. FAA regs changed last year to allow night flights... Drones have to be registered. Night flights must have lights on.

Reports are the drones go dark when approached. So right there is a violation, attempted evasion, concealment. Reason enough to bring down drones exhibiting this behavior, track down the owner/operators and prosecute.

Instead, we get "most"... No hostile intent detected, that is until the night when a few extra drones join the party distributing anthrax up and down the coast. An unidentified drone, particularly of the too big to be a hobbyist size, should be treated like a cruise missile. Our apparent lack of ability (or is it will?) to detect, let alone repel them, is alarming...

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