By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-12 17:43:45 | Updated at 2024-12-23 08:23:34
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Unidentified Drone Swarm over US Military Base Sparks Alarm
Newsweek ^ | October 14, 2024 | Ellie Cook
Posted on 12/12/2024 9:18:59 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
Mysterious drones have been spotted flying around one of the U.S.'s most sensitive military areas, leaving defense officials and local authorities stumped as to who is behind the unknown uncrewed aerial vehicles zipping across the sky around a major U.S. air base.U.S. military personnel reported drones appearing in restricted airspace over Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, shortly after sunset during a period of more than two weeks, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Officials haven't determined if the drones belong to enthusiasts or are operated by countries such as Russia or China, according to the report. U.S. officials are not convinced that hobbyists were behind the controls, with the drones flying in a pattern and using a frequency band not associated with easily bought, commercial drones, The Journal reported.
The Pentagon referred queries to the U.S. Air Force and Langley, which Newsweek contacted via email for comment.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: drones; tidewater; virginia
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And now New Jersey
To: Governor Dinwiddie
And then the rest of the country at some point.
2 posted on 12/12/2024 9:20:09 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
3 posted on 12/12/2024 9:20:25 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: No name given
And old joe is collecting his 10%,...or something.
4 posted on 12/12/2024 9:21:00 AM PST by Lockbar (Even when you think you finally have enough ammo,f yo.......u still really don't have enough. )
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Quick, get World War III going!!
I don’t know what to think about all of this
The military acting like we don’t know much and we can’t stop it.
5 posted on 12/12/2024 9:21:11 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Ann Archy
6 posted on 12/12/2024 9:21:39 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Double posts spark alarm at FR.
7 posted on 12/12/2024 9:21:54 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Facts can be ignored, but their consequences cannot be escaped” -- Thomas Sowell)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
I figure a black part of the US government has advanced drones.
I figure most of the government has no idea about these advanced drones.
I figure the government is fairly honest when it says, “We have no knowledge”.
What I don’t understand is why the black program continues to fly the drones while getting all this attention. They must have a compelling reason to do this right out in the open, but I can’t imagine what that reason might be.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Give the base commander twenty four hours to shoot some down and capture them.
If they fail they are fired.
Work through the chain of command until it is done.
No excuses.
No explanations.
Just do it.
9 posted on 12/12/2024 9:24:29 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Weird, I posted it, and it said "error" "error has been logged", and then kicked me back into the editor. It didn't say it had posted it. Odd ducks, these computators.
10 posted on 12/12/2024 9:25:21 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
My guess is that the Chinese are now regularly probing US airspace with drones, and our military has no idea how to stop it.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
What kind of leadership allows not only an invasion of borders, but now our airspace?
12 posted on 12/12/2024 9:27:11 AM PST by Toespi
To: Governor Dinwiddie
13 posted on 12/12/2024 9:27:57 AM PST by Hoboto (I blame Hippies.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Shoot them down.
Easy peasy.
No excuses.
Keep firing people until it is done.
14 posted on 12/12/2024 9:29:00 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
To: Governor Dinwiddie
I’m glad our highly-paid military experts have determined that the drones fly in a pattern and use a frequency band not associated with easily bought, commercial drones.
I’m not glad that we have advertized to the whole world that they can send drones here to spy and that nothing will stop them. The foreign power who sent them knows the drones can be used to get information and/or to attack and destroy anything they want.
They already know the electrical grid is vulnerable. It wouldn’t take much for the foreign power to destroy the grid just before the inauguration.
How about shooting some down, and then tracking the others as they go back to wherever they came from?
16 posted on 12/12/2024 9:29:55 AM PST by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
To: ClearCase_guy
It’s been reported that when approached by aircraft or drones the mystery drones turn off all their lights......which tells me that whoever is responsible WANTS them to be seen.
Why would a drone need what amounts to headlights?
17 posted on 12/12/2024 9:30:00 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
If the US DOD cannot solve this “mystery”, they are incompetent.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
19 posted on 12/12/2024 9:31:52 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Yall's need a few truck loads of these bad boys.
20 posted on 12/12/2024 9:32:53 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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