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Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
MSN/WSJ ^ | Gordon Lubold, Lara Seligman, Aruna Viswanatha

Posted on 10/19/2024 5:59:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

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.

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Drone incursions into restricted airspace was already worrying national-security officials. Two months earlier, in October 2023, five drones flew over a government site used for nuclear-weapons experiments. The Energy Department’s Nevada Nuclear Security Site outside Las Vegas detected four of the drones over three days. Employees spotted a fifth.

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To: cgbg

If they are on drones.


21 posted on 10/19/2024 6:40:53 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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22 posted on 10/19/2024 6:40:55 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: AndyJackson

Agreed—the base commander was derelict in their duty imho.

At least capture one for inspection—do it and let the lawyers debate about it later.


23 posted on 10/19/2024 6:41:20 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: RoosterRedux

What do you expect from this administration and their woke values and deficient military.


24 posted on 10/19/2024 6:42:26 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Probably came from the Chinese Communist Party’s Military Base just down the road , the one the democrats built for them


25 posted on 10/19/2024 6:46:39 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: RoosterRedux

Recently, the Pentagon is always stumped.


26 posted on 10/19/2024 6:52:48 AM PDT by chopperk (air)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

It was too hot up there


27 posted on 10/19/2024 6:53:14 AM PDT by atc23 (The Matriarchal Society we embrace has led to masks and mandates and the cult of "safety")
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Good one!


28 posted on 10/19/2024 6:53:15 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: SMARTY

“STOP insulting me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Why? It’s worked so far.


29 posted on 10/19/2024 6:57:20 AM PDT by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: RoosterRedux
Langley?

Must have been one of these:


30 posted on 10/19/2024 7:11:33 AM PDT by nicollo (Remember when we had to close tags?)
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To: nicollo

Are these officers the same ones that were “stumped” when Chinese balloons flew over sensitive military installations? What a bunch of pathetic stumped clowns. More importantly, were some of those stumped homosexuals, transsexuals and low IQ nitwits? The DEI office wants to know!


31 posted on 10/19/2024 7:17:18 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: RoosterRedux

This is beyond stupid. Of course they know what those drones are. They’re low and slow and could easily be brought down.

Another dumb attempt to scare the public.


32 posted on 10/19/2024 7:18:24 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Enterprise

“The idea is to fly the drones over military bases to see if they could be electronically neutralized.”

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I can’t help but think there must be some new funding requests associated with this “field testing”. New concerns mean money for more projects. Just saying.


33 posted on 10/19/2024 7:18:42 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: RoosterRedux
And WHY should I give a DAMN about it???


34 posted on 10/19/2024 7:23:28 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: RoosterRedux
Kelly, a decorated senior commander at the base, got on a squadron rooftop to see for himself.

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Untold billions spent on the world's most advanced and sophisticated surveillance systems yet he's on a rooftop trying to get visual confirmation. Sounds a bit like a PR stunt. There's something totally absurd about this story.

35 posted on 10/19/2024 7:25:21 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: RoosterRedux

Has anyone considered SHOOTING THEM DOWN!


36 posted on 10/19/2024 7:27:51 AM PDT by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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To: 6ppc

The geniuses that run the military need to consult with DC lawyers before taking any action....

Clowns.


37 posted on 10/19/2024 7:30:17 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: 6ppc

Or just following them in a chopper to see where they go when they leave the base.


38 posted on 10/19/2024 7:36:20 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking objectively is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just cling to their biases.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I can’t help but feel these drones were our own skunk-works creations.


39 posted on 10/19/2024 7:36:46 AM PDT by sevlex
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To: RoosterRedux

If they were doing it for 17 days they were just testing our own stuff.


40 posted on 10/19/2024 7:47:40 AM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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