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Unidentified drones over bases, ships and towns, including the 2024 New Jersey reports. 92 events, newest first.
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Military9 Mar 2026
Barksdale Air Force Base, home of B-52 bombers, sheltered in place on March 9, 2026 after a drone report. The 2nd Bomb Wing confirmed multiple unauthorized drones that week, and an internal briefing reported by ABC News described waves of 12 to 15 drones. Operators were not identified.
Photo: Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier, Public domain
Military2 Feb 2026
The UK Ministry of Defence said drone incidents near defence sites doubled to 266 in 2025 and that the Armed Forces Bill would let authorised personnel counter drones there without police help. The plan was first reported in October 2025.
Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Government20 Jan 2026
The DoD Office of Inspector General, evaluating responses to drone incursions at U.S. installations, issued an advisory saying unclear policy on which sites qualify for counter-drone protection and fragmented approvals needed immediate attention. Inspectors visited 10 sites with incursions.
Photo: Duane Lempke, CC0
Military21 Nov 2025
The Dutch Ministry of Defence said unidentified drones were seen over Volkel Air Base between 7 and 9 p.m. and personnel fired at them with ground-based weapons. The drones left and no wreckage was found. Drone sightings halted flights at Eindhoven the next evening.
Photo: Ministerie van Defensie, CC0
Sightings9 Nov 2025
Operator Engie said drones flew over the Doel nuclear plant near Antwerp on the evening of Nov. 9, 2025, first counting three and then five, aloft for about an hour. Operations were not affected. The operators were not identified; it followed drone reports over Belgian military bases.
Photo: Tadmouri, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sightings4 Nov 2025
Days after drones were reported over Kleine-Brogel air base, drone sightings disrupted Brussels Airport on the evening of Nov. 4, 2025, and briefly halted Liege Airport on Nov. 6 and 7. Belgium's National Security Council met and the defense minister pledged a stronger air security center.
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0
Military1 Nov 2025
Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said drones flew over Kleine-Brogel air base, widely reported to store U.S. nuclear weapons, over the nights of Nov. 1-2, 2025. A jammer failed and pursuers lost a drone. He called it a likely spy operation but named no one responsible.
Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Dewberry, Public domain
Sightings31 Oct 2025
Berlin Brandenburg Airport suspended takeoffs and landings for almost two hours after a drone was reported nearby, diverting a series of flights. Police sent a patrol car and helicopter; officers saw a drone but its operator was not found.
Photo: Roy Zuo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Government8 Oct 2025
Germany's cabinet approved a draft law letting federal police bring down drones that violate German airspace, including by shooting them in acute danger, and planned a police counter-drone unit. It followed drone sightings that disrupted Munich Airport; parliament still had to pass it.
Photo: H-stt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Military3 Oct 2025
Belgian broadcaster VRT reported that 15 drones flew over the Elsenborn army camp around 1:45 a.m. and were also seen by police in Dueren, Germany. Defence Minister Theo Francken's office confirmed an investigation; who flew them was not known.
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain
Sightings2 Oct 2025
Munich Airport suspended flights on the evenings of Oct. 2 and 3, 2025 after unconfirmed drone sightings, amid a wave of drone incidents across Europe; thousands of passengers were affected. Germany's interior minister promised faster rules letting police call on the military to shoot drones down.
Photo: Thomas Kniess, CC BY-SA 3.0
Government28 Sep 2025
After a week of unexplained drone sightings and airport closures, Denmark's transport ministry banned civilian drone flights from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025, for an EU summit in Copenhagen, saying it would avoid confusing legal drones with hostile ones.
Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
Military27 Sep 2025
Norway's Armed Forces and police reported two possible drones near Orland, home of the air force's F-35s, early on Sept. 27, 2025. Police, PST and the military investigated and set a 10 km no-fly zone; police said it was too early to say what was seen.
Photo: yetdark from Hamburg, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0
Military26 Sep 2025
Der Spiegel reported drones over Kiel's ThyssenKrupp submarine yard and harbor and the Heide refinery around Sept. 26, 2025. Schleswig-Holstein's premier said the flights aimed to unsettle. Who flew them was not established.
Photo: Marco Kuntzsch, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sightings26 Sep 2025
Amid Denmark's wave of drone alarms, Billund, the country's second-largest airport, was briefly closed early on September 26, 2025 after a report of illegal drone activity. Police later said the object behind that report was a shining star in the sky.
Photo: Nico-dk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Government25 Sep 2025
After drones closed Copenhagen airport on September 22 and appeared over Aalborg, Esbjerg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup air base, Denmark's defence minister called it a hybrid attack by a professional actor. No perpetrator was named; Russia denied involvement.
Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
Military25 Sep 2025
Danish Defence said drones had been observed at several military sites, including Skrydstrup Air Base, home to Denmark's F-16s and F-35s. A revised military report in 2026 conceded soldiers who fired at a suspected drone there may have fired while a civilian aircraft passed.
Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sightings22 Sep 2025
Oslo's main airport closed for several hours overnight after drones were reported in its airspace, on the same night drone sightings shut Copenhagen Airport. It reopened early on Sept. 23; Norway's security service PST said it was involved in the investigation.
Photo: Avinor Oslo lufthavn/Espen Solli, CC BY 3.0
Military13 Sep 2025
Romania's defence ministry said a Russian Geran drone entered its airspace near the Ukrainian border for about 50 minutes. Two F-16s intercepted it and were cleared to fire, but held off over collateral risk.
Photo: Footage courtesy of NATO's Allied Air Command, Public domain
Military10 Sep 2025
During a Russian attack on Ukraine, drones crossed into Poland overnight; Prime Minister Donald Tusk said 19 entered and that Polish and allied aircraft shot down three or four. Poland invoked NATO's Article 4, opening consultations with its allies.
Military28 Aug 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Army secretary to establish Joint Interagency Task Force 401, reporting to the deputy secretary, to speed counter-small-drone capabilities and protect personnel and facilities at home and abroad.
Photo: David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL, CC BY-SA 2.0
Government6 Aug 2025
On the New York Post podcast 'Pod Force One', Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard answered yes when asked if extraterrestrial life is possible, said her office would be open with the public when the time comes, and said she still had questions about the 2024 drone sightings.
Photo: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public domain
Government6 Jun 2025
President Trump signed Executive Order 14305, creating a federal task force on unauthorized drones and directing FAA flight limits over sensitive sites, wider drone detection and counter-drone capacity. It addresses drones and unidentified drone incursions; it does not mention UAP.
Photo: Daniel Torok, Public domain
Skinwalker Ranch3 Jun 2025
History began the sixth season of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, 14 episodes centered on what the show calls an invisible 'Bubble' anomaly, with drone and radar flights, rocket launches and tests of material found on the mesa. No independent confirmation of its claims has been published.
Photo: Paul from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Military13 Feb 2025
At a Senate Armed Services posture hearing, Gen. Gregory Guillot of U.S. Northern Command said 350 drone detections were reported on military installations the year before, across about 100 installations, and that he saw surveillance of sensitive capabilities as the main threat.
Photo: U.S. Air Force, Public domain
