The objective of the present invention is to provide a flight control device capable of efficiently implementing a special autonomous flight operation, and an unmanned aerial vehicle provided therewith. This objective is achieved by means of a flight control device mounted in an unmanned aerial vehicle, and an unmanned aerial vehicle provided therewith, the flight control device characterized by being provided with: a main control unit which controls flight operations of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and an auxiliary control unit which is capable of generating a pseudo signal, which is a signal in the same format as a signal output by a receiver which has received a piloting signal from a pilot, and intputting the pseudo signal into the main control unit.