I seriously doubt it. I think a gas or glow model even if it kept running as it gained altitude would be so down on power that it would either not be able to climb to that altitude or would have such a shallow climb that it would run out of fuel before reaching that height. Electrics for the most part don't have the duraration to get up there either. Granted this is based on hobby type setups. IMO most of these " close calls " are bogus. An airliner flying at 300 mph passing by a near stationary object the size of an average model airplane or quadcopter the object will be in veiw but just a couple milliseconds. The current rage is to blame the drones for everything so that's what happens.