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Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« on: October 13, 2024, 07:06:39 am »

Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
Story by Gordon Lubold, Lara Seligman, Aruna Viswanatha • 10h

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly wasn’t sure what to make of reports that a suspicious fleet of unidentified aircraft had been flying over Langley Air Force Base on Virginia’s shoreline.

Kelly, a decorated senior commander at the base, got on a squadron rooftop to see for himself. He joined a handful of other officers responsible for a clutch of the nation’s most advanced jet fighters, including F-22 Raptors.
 
For several nights, military personnel had reported a mysterious breach of restricted airspace over a stretch of land that has one of the largest concentrations of national-security facilities in the U.S. The show usually starts 45 minutes to an hour after sunset, another senior leader told Kelly.

The first drone arrived shortly. Kelly, a career fighter pilot, estimated it was roughly 20 feet long and flying at more than 100 miles an hour, at an altitude of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Other drones followed, one by one, sounding in the distance like a parade of lawn mowers.

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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2024, 07:09:03 am »
I'm certain they weren't created by any of those 12 million + illegals that were invited in by the administration. :whistle:
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2024, 07:49:57 am »
Did Kelly ever think about shooting one or more of them down and finding out from the debris?
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2024, 01:05:06 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on October 13, 2024, 07:49:57 am
Did Kelly ever think about shooting one or more of them down and finding out from the debris?

This is my first question, too.
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2024, 02:24:19 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 13, 2024, 01:05:06 pm
This is my first question, too.

Hmmm...from the article, this is kinda stupid...

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Federal law prohibits the military from shooting down drones near military bases in the U.S. unless they pose an imminent threat. Aerial snooping doesn’t qualify, though some lawmakers hope to give the military greater leeway.

Seems like Kelly could declare those drone swarms to be imminent threats and then fire away?
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2024, 02:29:15 pm »
Guess we need an anti-drone drone.   :patriot:
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2024, 03:29:36 pm »
Quote from: AL on October 13, 2024, 02:29:15 pm
Guess we need an anti-drone drone.   :patriot:

They exist.  We should ask Ukraine for some.
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2024, 05:11:10 pm »
from reply 4 above:
"Federal law prohibits the military from shooting down drones near military bases in the U.S. unless they pose an imminent threat. Aerial snooping doesn’t qualify"

This is simply amazin'.
It's MORE THAN "amazin'".

So the Chinese can fly drones near military bases that cannot be shot down, so long as they don't seem to "pose an imminent threat"?

What if one of those drones had a small nuclear weapon...?
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2024, 05:28:56 pm »
The military is stumped about drones swarming a U.S. military base.  Sure they are.  *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2024, 05:42:38 pm »
They need to hire a pest control outfit to take care of this. Some good ol' boys with shotguns just outside the wire might work.
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2024, 06:00:40 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on October 13, 2024, 05:42:38 pm
They need to hire a pest control outfit to take care of this. Some good ol' boys with shotguns just outside the wire might work.
Almost like shooting clay pigeons!
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2024, 06:20:56 pm »
Quote from: deb on October 13, 2024, 06:00:40 pm
Almost like shooting clay pigeons!

At targets 3-4,000 feet up.   :shrug:
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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2024, 07:14:28 pm »
Unknown drone fleet breached US military base airspace in Virginia for 17 straight days: report
Mysterious drones swarmed Langley Air Force Base for over two weeks last year
 By Danielle Wallace Fox News
Published October 13, 2024 2:03pm EDT

A mysterious fleet of drones entered restricted airspace and swarmed a U.S. military base along the Virginia coast for 17 days late last year, stumping the Pentagon, according to a new report.

For several nights last December, U.S. military personnel reported witnessing a fleet of unknown unmanned aircraft breach restricted airspace over a stretch of land at Langley Air Force Base along Virginia's shore, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

The drones would start to arrive about 45 minutes to an hour after sunset each night, one official reportedly told U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, who joined several other officers responsible for the country's most advanced jet fighters, including F-22 Raptors, on a squadron rooftop.

Kelly described the first drone he saw as roughly 20 feet long and flying at more than 100 miles an hour, at an altitude of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 feet. As many as a dozen or more drones followed, flying across Chesapeake Bay, and then traveling toward Norfolk, Virginia, and through a space overlooking the base for the Navy’s SEAL Team Six and Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval port, according to the Journal.

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Re: Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2024, 09:36:12 pm »
If they are that big, they should be able to track them back to wherever they land.
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