'Drones' over Langley AFB

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Great bit of reporting, if you ever thought it was odd that with all there amazing capabilities the US military, including some of the best anti-drone tech on the planet they couldn't photograph, let alone capture these so called 'drones' over Langley AFB.
- You were right. Some great digging has revealed some pretty amazing details...

Full aticle on Chris's site

https://www.liberationtimes.com/home...ercept-objects

Written by Kyle Warfel and Christopher Sharp - 14 September 2024

Liberation Times has obtained twenty-two witness statements and an incident report through a Freedom of Information Act request, following December 2023 ?drone? incursions reported over Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.

These statements come from members of the 633d Security Forces Squadron, who are responsible for guarding Joint Base Langley-Eustis.

Witnesses reported observing the so-called ?drones? ?moving at rapid speeds? and displaying ?flashing red, green, and white lights?.

Concerningly, one witness stated that their dronebuster ?failed to register? one of the objects, while another was unable to use a dronebuster ?due to not having a visual?.

The objects were spotted in various areas around the base, including the flight line, which is used for servicing and maintaining airplanes, as well as for parking ramps and hangars

The Base Defense Operations Center (BDOC), according to one witness, contacted the local police department, ?to assist with tracking drones in residential areas off-base?.

Another witness stated that through using night vision goggles, the ?drone?, ?had two flashing white lights plus a red and green light on opposing ends of the craft.? ...

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This getting worldwide coverage in the press today.
WSJ, NY Post, Times of India, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/...military-base/

Shame they only credit the WSJ when Chris and Kyle did all the hard graft on this

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Made the Daily Mail Today....

Contains an alledged photo which was behind the WSJ's paywall

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-pentagon.html

...commander of its Air Combat Command, General Mark Kelly, said the government is stumped.

The bizarre craft above Langley — home to at least half the Air Force's fleet of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters — led to two weeks of emergency White House meetings.

And over the past 10 months, Air Force investigators, local police and even NASA analysts operating the space agency's high-tech WB-57F research plane have all taken a crack at trying to identify the mysterious craft — with no answers in sight.

What would the US do, as General Kelly put it to the Wall Street Journal, 'if this happens over the National Mall?' ...

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60 Mins did a segment on the drones - basically they have no idea who is operating them



Extra segment


This part is priceless
@3'45"
General Glenn van Herk former Chief of NORAD and Northcom: There was the attempt to jam them at Langley with approval and coordination of FAA using some NASA assets and some other assets that I believe were provided by the Coast Guard but with very limited success
Presenter: So when you say limited success what what success did they have?
General Glenn van Herk former Chief of NORAD and Northcom: I'm not aware of any success that they had