Important Takeaways:

• Top Pentagon officials have been baffled by a swarm of mystery drones that flew over Langley Air Force base for 17 nights in a row.
• According to the Wall Street Journal, the phalanx of drones flew in a precise pattern over more than two weeks in December 2023 over the base in east Virginia, an area with one of the largest concentrations of national security and defense facilities on American soil,
• One or two fixed-wing drones flew more than 100ft in the air as smaller quadcopters, the size of 20lb commercial drones, flew slower and below them and occasionally hovered over the 17-night period.
• They were preceded by a drone estimated to be 20-ft in length and flying at 100mph at an altitude of 3-4,000 ft. The drones were nearly impossible to catch, despite the Air Force’s vast resources, according to Gen. Mark Kelly, a decorated senior commander at the airbase.
• They flew across Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay towards the city of Norfolk, over an area that included the home of SEAL Team Six, Langley Air Force base, Fort Eustis and Naval Station Norfolk, but the Air Force could not shoot them down due to strict federal laws that prevent the military from shooting down drones in the US unless they pose an imminent threat.
• While officials at Langley, home to the Air Combat Command, called on the Navy and Coast Guard to watch out for drones, their size meant they avoided detection.

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