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"Police came knocking on an Amazon employee's hotel door on Tuesday after he used his drone to capture video of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, and gave him a \"crash course\" in Seattle's history with drones. \nAccording to some reports, the drone crashed into the needle, but the video doesn't show evidence of that, and neither does any part of the building. Police identified the Amazon employee after being notified about the drone by Space Needle security, but neither party seemed too concerned by the incident. \nSee also: 6 Crazy Drones You Won't Believe Exist\n\n.@space_needle still standing after reported drone strike: http://t.co/nGYBpvlXnH\n\u2014 Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) July 24, 2014\n\n\n@SeattlePD We are...but still waiting for our @amazon package to arrive :)\n\u2014 Space Needle (@space_needle) July 24, 2014\n\nThe man told police he was employed by Amazon and was visiting the company's headquarters from out of town, according to the Seattle Police Department's blog. After speaking with police, he agreed not to fly around the white quad-propeller he purchased at a \"hobby shop\" (that means it's not an Amazon drone, folks.) The city police's own drone program was terminated last year.\nThe legal status of drones in the U.S. is murky right now, but according to the Federal Aviation Administration, only hobbyists are granted some freedoms with flying drones \u2014 as long as they don't fly the drones above 400 feet or near populated areas. The Space Needle's observation deck stands at 520 feet, which exceeds that limit. \nSee also: Will This Fly?: A Primer on Drone Laws\nThough the unidentified Amazon employee may not fly his drone in Seattle again, he already has some great video of the Space Needle. That video has been removed from YouTube, but BuzzFeed has posted some of the clips on Vine.\n\n\nYou can see the owner snag the drone as it heads back to his hotel:\n\nEditor's Note: A previous version of this story stated that the police visited the Amazon employee on Thursday, not Tuesday. It has been updated to reflect the correct information. Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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