Unknown Drone Fleet Breached US Military Base Airspace in Virginia for 17 Straight Days: Report
An unknown fleet of unmanned aircraft swarmed Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for 17 consecutive days late last year, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The drones entered restricted airspace and flew over a stretch of land along the Virginia coast, stumping the Pentagon. For several nights in December, U.S. military personnel reported witnessing a fleet of unknown unmanned aircraft breach restricted airspace. The drones would start to arrive about 45 minutes to an hour after sunset each night, flying at speeds of over 100 miles an hour and at altitudes of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 feet. As many as a dozen or more drones followed, flying across Chesapeake Bay and through a space overlooking the base for the Navy’s SEAL Team Six and Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval port.
Reports of the matter reached President Biden and resulted in two weeks of meetings at the White House in December 2023. Those meetings included the Defense Department, the FBI, and the Pentagon’s UFO office, as well as outside experts. Officials could not determine if hobbyists or adversaries, such as China or Russia, were responsible for the drone fleet. The incident was part of a series of drone incursions into restricted airspace, including a previously unreported incident in Nevada where five drones flew over a government site used for nuclear-weapons experiments in October 2023.
