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Here’s What NORAD’s Commander Just Told Us About The Langley AFB Drone Incursions
The War Zone ^ | Howard Altman

Posted on 10/30/2024 3:54:23 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Speaking to The War Zone along with a small group of reporters at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, the commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and the joint U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot offered few specifics about the incursions but talked about some of the steps NORTHCOM is taking in the wake of those incidents.

“The only thing I can tell you about the Langley drones is roughly the number and roughly the altitude,” he said when we asked him about the exact characteristics and configurations of those drones. He did not elaborate. However, earlier this month, Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly told The Wall Street Journal that at least one of the drones 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.”

Replying to our question, Guillot told us he did not know if they were tracked back to their recovery point or whether they could have been launched by a vessel off the coast.

The Langley incursions were among more than 600 reported over U.S. military installations since 2022, NORAD stated Tuesday. In the wake of the rash of drone activity over Langley AFB, NORTHCOM was tasked by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to look at drone incursions across the U.S., Guillot said.

“I saw that NORAD’s responsibility for countering UAS was very limited to something that would be an attack of national consequence,” he explained not the small drones as seen over Langley and elsewhere. NORTHCOM, meanwhile, has no responsibility or authority to take action, because the services are charged with securing their facilities.

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Guillot said that he “coordinates frequently” with the recently formed All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the Pentagon’s unit tracking what used to be known as UFOs. In addition, he remains confident that the incursions reported over installations are small drones as opposed to something that can’t be identified.

As we have frequently reported, there have been unidentified drone incursions for years over U.S. military installations, warning areas, and critical government facilities. Among them were a very similar repeated rashes of claimed drone sightings in Colorado in 2020 in an area where many of America’s ICBMs are based. Another took place at the Palo Verde nuclear facility in Arizona in 2019.

(Excerpt) Read more at The War Zone ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: coloradosprings; droneattack; drones; langleyafb; norad; northcom; northcomm; petersonspaceforce; tictac; uap; ufo
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1 posted on 10/30/2024 3:54:23 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

The guy deserves a raise—he passed the buck brilliantly.

Lol.


2 posted on 10/30/2024 3:55:46 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: RoosterRedux

Oh goodie! Free fertilizer!


3 posted on 10/30/2024 3:56:33 PM PDT by null and void (If the government won't protect the vote, the border, the citizens, then why have that government?)
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To: All

This sounds like China can send spy balloons and drones over anytime and anywhere they want to and we can’t do anything about it.


4 posted on 10/30/2024 4:00:38 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Enough of this talk about narcissists, let's get back to talking about me.)
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This almost makes me want to cancel my Ali Baba and Temu accounts.


5 posted on 10/30/2024 4:01:56 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Enough of this talk about narcissists, let's get back to talking about me.)
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To: Openurmind; Churchjack; eastforker; Levy78; maddog55; Jonty30; GingisK; Mark17; spirited irish; ...
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Gen. Guillot says:

"He remains confident that the incursions reported over installations are small drones as opposed to something that can’t be identified."
Small drones?

Gen. Mark Kelly (who was on-site during the drone incursion and personally watched it from atop a building) told The Wall Street Journal:

"At least one of the drones 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."

A 20 ft. long drone isn't exactly a "small drone."

6 posted on 10/30/2024 4:04:28 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just adopt ideologies.)
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Guillot told us he did not know if they were tracked back to their recovery point

The old 'send out the guy who doesn't know the answers to answer the questions', trick.

7 posted on 10/30/2024 4:07:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BipolarBob
And IIRC, this drone incursion at Langley AFB continued for 17 days.

17 frikken days and the Air Force didn't even follow them back to point of origin.

8 posted on 10/30/2024 4:08:04 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just adopt ideologies.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Remember, these clowns were just authorized to use deadly force against fellow Americans if they protest a stolen election. However,they will not shoot down enemy drones above American air fields.

Think about that.


9 posted on 10/30/2024 4:12:20 PM PDT by chuckb87
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To: cgbg

Hey Gen Dumbass, I have an idea.

They are 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.

The are not small, not fast, nor are they very high so it is easy to shoot one down and find out what they are and what they are they up too.

If you can’t handle the easy ones, how will you be able to handle the hard ones that you were hired and promoted to deal with.

Everything important is completely screwed up. We are in so much trouble.


10 posted on 10/30/2024 4:17:40 PM PDT by bosco24
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To: RoosterRedux

I just want to know—was General Kelly’s report true or not?

20-foot-long drones are NOT something you or I can buy.


11 posted on 10/30/2024 4:18:31 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: RoosterRedux

NORAD agrees to give the public a report that tells us nothing.


12 posted on 10/30/2024 4:18:52 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: RoosterRedux

Back when Ameruca was still America, I was stationed at Langley for awhile. At the time it was HQ TAC...Tactical Air Command, eg fighters. Couple of squadrons of F 4’s and F 106’s. Drones would have been shot down.


13 posted on 10/30/2024 4:20:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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"At least one of the drones 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."
A 20 ft. long drone isn't exactly a "small drone."

Exactly! A drone that size could take out an F-22 or F-35 sitting on the ramp.

14 posted on 10/30/2024 4:24:44 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (PRAY for AMERICA! and VOTE MAGA!)
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To: RoosterRedux

4 stars on this loser. Surprised he’s not a tranny. Probably a fag.


15 posted on 10/30/2024 4:27:42 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: RoosterRedux
These are boring, ordinary, spy drones (YEAH, SURE) but the general meets with the Air Force UAP Department frequently😂😂😂
16 posted on 10/30/2024 4:28:33 PM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: RoosterRedux

Don’t forget Walz has ties to China.


17 posted on 10/30/2024 4:34:14 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Enough of this talk about narcissists, let's get back to talking about me.)
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In other words, unmanned helicopters. 99% likely to be state sponsored, China, Russia, Iran? Israel fooling around?


18 posted on 10/30/2024 4:34:21 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)
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To: RoosterRedux

Why not have your own fleet of drones fly reconnaissance and try snagging an invading drone or try to follow them.


19 posted on 10/30/2024 4:38:30 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: OldHarbor

When I look at a photo of Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot I see some thirty plus ribbons on his chest. Practically, one for each year of service. And then I recall the famous photos of CinC Dwight Eisenhower during WWII; he had only four. Sic transit gloria mundi.


20 posted on 10/30/2024 4:52:17 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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