"I would remove the washers.  Use a cup of boiling water to soften the glue so you don't tear the foam"

"In the article we can witness some tendency for oversimplicity and fearmongering: "Three years ago, a bird strike took down a commercial airliner that managed to land safely in the Hudson River. " Actually, a few dozens of nearly…"

"there's some evidence that it's a weather balloon 'cuz they found one landed nearby."

"I dont think the average American is aware of how capable homebrew UAVs are these days, I definitely didnt know until I ran across this site a few months ago and decided to build my own and when I show people what my plane can do theyre always…"

"I think this proves that UAV's have become a household word now, and possibly will become the focus of the latest media scare campaign.  Soon they'll be making movies about about a group of troubled teens who use UAV's to commit…"

"This is why I dont watch local news. "

"Yeah that was a pretty sensationalist news story.  I would not like to see what the outcome of a Falcon Vs small UAV would be.  I've seen what birds do :)"

"That picture is very misleading, or was it meant to lead to fear? "We don't know what it was,but it could have crashed a jet into our city"! Typical news hype."

"Still 2700 AGL is well into controlled airspace in that area.  It wasn't very specific as to exactly where this happened but there is a lot of controlled airspace in that area.  Class B above, Class C at Centennial and Class E to 700…"

"If it was a flyer, it'll be posted somewhere so that we all can get a bad wrap!"

"Congrats!"

"Yeah, or it could have been a bird."

"8000ft above sea level is in the typical altitude range for migrating birds. Noe idea if the season is right for that, and with the pilot only having seen "something", there will most likely never be any clear answer to what it was."

"It was 2300 ft above ground level & 8000 ft above sea level. "

"8000 ft...that's a little more than careless. It's reckless, and activity like this is a threat to all our legal activities. Whoever is responsible should be prosecuted. This all assumes it was an R/C Aircraft to begin with. Unfortunately…"

"Maybe. Or the pilot thought he saw something.  I am not saying it wasn't but sometimes you think you see things that aren't really there.  I am from KS so it wasn't me!!!!  Plus I can hardly get off the ground to far so…"