Here's the thing guys. Most reports according to the FAA are coming from pilots of small aircraft. Including some from ultralights. Usually there is no confirmation from other reporters and not a shred of physical evidence (footage from the ubiquitous GoPro camera that now seems to be attached to every small aircraft windscreen and ultralight flyers helmets). One commercial airliner reported seeing a drone in their airspace at over 23,000 feet ASL. Simply if there was a drone at 23,000 it was a fixed wing military aircraft.
Remember in the 60s (ha ha most of you guys weren't born yet. In fact some of your parents weren't born yet) there were UFO reports from every plane and kite until the FAA started pulling licenses for crackpot reporting.
Truth is that there are literally millions of "biological" birds flying all over airspace and you almost never hear about one of them causing a wreck.
While I condemn flying in a outrageously dangerous manner, we can't self regulate and condemn each other to the point that we will be flying in only designated model aircraft parks.
I fly a lot over my backyard, which is over 50 acres in a national forest. I have seen too many small aircraft and ultralights and balloons cross my airspace at less than 400 feet (which I use as operational ceiling). I have also seen military helos cross my fields at less than 200 feet. In such cases I yield to them ASAP. That, to me, is the behavior we should aspire to, not staying out of the skies because there is the remotest possibility that the toy we are flying might hurt somebody or something.
Remember at the beginning of the automobile age there were laws requiring that when operating a motorized vehicle in town, the driver had to drive his vehicle behind a person ringing a bell and carrying a lantern to warn the citizens of the vehicle's approach.
