Last September, Denmark was gripped by a spate of drone sightings near airports. It’s familiar territory for Hackaday, as we reported on a similar drone panic saga at British airports back in the last decade. Back then the British police dragged their feet and hid behind secrecy laws for years to avoid admitting they overreacted, but it seems in Denmark they do things differently (Danish language, Google Translate link.).

The Danish police in Jutland have rolled back their report, and noted that a reported observation alone is not enough to confirm a drone was present. It’s not confirmed why they’ve taken this step, but we’ve been told that there’s been an effort within the drone community to identify possible aircraft flight paths which could have resulted in a false drone sighting at the times in question.

We welcome this correction, and hope that its important message travels widely. Of course it is the right thing to do for a police force to take drone reports seriously, but overreacting as the British police did is of little help. We commend the Danish police for taking this step, and we’re likely to trust any drone reports from them a little bit more in the future. If you’d like to read our plea for a sensible response at the time, it’s here.

Thanks [UAVHive] for the tip.

去年九月，丹麦的机场附近发生了一系列无人机目击事件。对于 Hackaday 来说，这并不陌生，因为我们在上一个十年报道过英国机场类似的无人机恐慌事件。当时英国警方拖延了数年，并利用保密法规来遮掩，避免承认自己反应过度，但似乎丹麦人采取了不同的做法（丹麦语，谷歌翻译链接）。

日德兰半岛的丹麦警方撤回了他们的报告，并指出仅靠一例目击报告不足以确认无人机的存在。目前尚不清楚他们为何采取这一步骤，但我们得知，无人机社区内有人努力识别可能的飞机航线，这些航线可能在相关时间导致虚假的无人机目击。

我们欢迎这一纠正，并希望其重要信息能广泛传播。当然，警方认真对待无人机报告是正确的做法，但像英国警方那样反应过度并无裨益。我们赞扬丹麦警方采取这一步骤，并且未来我们可能会更信任他们的任何无人机报告。如果您想阅读我们当时关于理性应对的呼吁，请点这里。

感谢 [UAVHive] 提供线索。