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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/surviveinc on 2024-09-28 17:15:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL That there were pilotless drones as early as the 1950’s and one inadvertently caused multiple incidents of civilian property damage, near civilian misses, and a 1,000 acre forest fire while the US Air Force struggled to shoot it out of the sky.