A mysterious fleet of drones entered restricted airspace late last year and swarmed U.S. military bases along the Virginia coast for 17 days, confusing the Pentagon, according to a new report.
Over several nights last December, U.S. military officials reported seeing a squadron of unknown unmanned aircraft violate restricted airspace over some land at Langley Air Force Base on the Virginia coast. . wall street journal First reported.
Mark Kelly was joined by several other officers in charge of the country's most advanced jet fighters, including the F-22 Raptor, as the drones reportedly begin arriving about 45 minutes to an hour after sunset each night. Speaking to U.S. Air Force Gen. The roof of the squadron.
Kelly said the first drone he saw was about 20 feet long and flying at more than 160 miles per hour at an altitude of about 3,000 to 4,000 feet. More than a dozen drones followed as it flew across the Chesapeake Bay toward Norfolk, Virginia, passing through space overlooking the base of Navy SEAL Team 6 and the Norfolk Naval Base, the world's largest military port, the newspaper reported. It is said that journal.
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Aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, March 31, 2024. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)
The report said authorities could not determine whether hobbyists or adversaries such as China or Russia were responsible for the drone fleet. Reports of the issue reached President Biden, and a two-week meeting was scheduled to take place at the White House in December 2023, the Journal reported. Those meetings included the Department of Defense, the FBI, the Department of Defense's UFO Office, and outside experts.
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FOX News Digital has reached out to the White House and the Department of Defense for comment. The Department of Defense referred Fox News Digital to Langley Air Force Base for more information, but it did not immediately respond to inquiries. So was the White House.
Two months before the drone squad appeared in Virginia, five mysterious drones reportedly breached restricted airspace over a government nuclear weapons testing site in Nevada.
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Four of the drones were discovered by the Department of Energy's Nevada National Security Site outside Las Vegas, and the fifth was discovered by staff, the magazine said. The facility has reportedly since upgraded its detection system, but authorities have not determined who was behind the break-in.
