Fleets of dozens of mysterious UFO drones are surveilling America’s most sensitive military sites, and the Pentagon admits it can’t do much to stop the aerial intruders, according to a new report.

Drones of unknown origin have been spotted flying over military bases in Virginia and Nevada over the past year, including the secret base for the Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six commando unit and Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval port, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Federal laws, however, prohibit the military from shooting down the drones over the potential risks to troops and civilians.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
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    1829 days ago

    Hold the fuck up. I’m almost certain I remember being told that military bases had no-flight zones over them that allowed them to shoot down anything that wasn’t approved. Are you really telling me that I could fly a drone over Area 51 without being shot?

    • @[email protected]
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      1029 days ago

      Yeah, wtf? When I was getting my pilots license, I accidently flew into military airspace. I was forced to identify and comply with a specific route under threat of being shot down. I was in a goddamn glider, lol.

    • @shalafi
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      129 days ago

      Laws haven’t caught up with drone proliferation.