UPS sends drone to wrong person ?

[alkemyst]

apparently T2GT, likes that way.

 

[moonbogg]

Holy shit how awesome!

 

[BladeVenom]

I think I would have had to put it together and try it out first.

 

[midwestfisherman]

clearly the answer is to put it together, play with it until it crashes, cram it back in the box, return to noaa, when they say 'why is it all fucked up?' say ¯\(°_o)/¯

+1 lol!!!

 

[disappoint]

clearly the answer is to put it together, play with it until it crashes, cram it back in the box, return to NOAA, when they say 'why is it all fucked up?' say ¯\(°_o)/¯

Take a pic of your dog with a sad look on its face and a sign hanging from his neck saying "I ate a drone and barfed broken drone parts. :-("

 

[IronWing]

This isn't the first time the government sent a drone to an unarmed civilian!

:awe: :awe: :awe: :awe: :awe: :awe: :awe: :sneaky: :sneaky:

What we learn is that it would be a lot cheaper to just UPS the bomb to the target, er, a target.

 

[CrimsonWolf]

clearly the answer is to put it together, play with it until it crashes, cram it back in the box, return to NOAA, when they say 'why is it all fucked up?' say ¯\(°_o)/¯

:biggrin:

 

[CrimsonWolf]

And even the Federal Government knows better than to send something important through USPS. Too bad they picked UPS instead.

 

[Anubis]

because the format of reddit is still shit and unreadable

any updates? did he call?

 

[The_Dude8]

because the format of reddit is still shit and unreadable

any updates? did he call?

here's the update from the reddit's op
"EDIT: For all of those saying things along the lines of "It's a federal offense to open someone else's mail," I should mention that the label on the exterior was addressed to me. Nothing on the outside of the crate said it was government property. I had ordered a weightlifting bench (which I received) and this came with it. Both boxes had UPS labels with my name and address. Though an odd box, I genuinely thought it was parts for the bench I ordered, since I wasn't expecting a freaking drone.
I have to go back to college in a bit, so I wont be calling that NOAA hotline number right away, as I don't think I have the time to go through all the procedures to come. I plan on calling as soon as I can though.

EDIT 2: The UPS guy on the phone had said that this had been in storage, and was something that had been lost in transit, or in some other way went undelivered. He kept saying that it was mine, and something that was intended to be delivered to me, but didn't make it originally. Due to this, I feel like there isn't an active search for this thing, at least not yet. I'm not stressing too much, and I am going to call.

EDIT 3: Due to the apparent severity of this, I called the number in between classes. I got their voicemail. I'm getting a swarm of messages from people who claim they are in the industry, work at UPS, work for the NOAA, etc, but I don't think I can trust any of these random contacts. I'll be waiting on a response tomorrow, unless someone has irrefutable proof that they somehow have a connection that can get me to someone who matters on this issue. I'm still alive and well, and if you haven't read already, it's not military. Regardless, it's not mine, and I'll be sending it to its owner unless I'm told to keep it. I'll come back for an AMA once the issue is resolved, if you guys want. Here's hoping I survive until tomorrow.

EDIT 4: If you haven't seen yet, there apparently was a news article written about this. I've sent an email to the author to get contact information from the NOAA spokesperson referenced in his article. According to him, this is one of 8 parts of a NOAA weather drone.

EDIT 5: So I decided to contact the author of the article I linked above. He was able to give me the phone number of someone in the NOAA who would be available at this hour. After describing what happened, he seemed pretty content about it. They were happy I reached out to them, and now know where their missing shipment went. He sent an email to me and someone higher up in the NOAA. I'll have to call back tomorrow in order to contact this higher-up, and organize how to get this thing back where it belongs.


motherboard.vice.com/read/the-feds-accidentally-mailed-their-350k-drone-to-some-college-kid