After the USA, mysterious drones fly over Germany
The phenomenon repeats itself. After the USA, drones of unknown nature and origin have been spotted in German skies.
“Several drone flights over critical infrastructures have been observed over the past few days in Rhineland-Palatinate,” said a spokesman for the police in this southwest German state. He stressed that “initially, the site of the BASF plant in Ludwigshafen was affected by these overflights”... “drone overflights followed over the US air base at Ramstein”. These overflights took place on December 3 and 4, reports Der Spiegel.
Drones visible at dusk
According to Der Spiegel, which quotes a report by the German security services, the unidentified aircraft also flew over the facilities of one of Europe's largest arms manufacturers, the Rheinmetall Group.
The German regional police revealed that “the drones could be detected in the early twilight and were clearly visible in the dark thanks to light signals”. The machines were “larger than the usual commercial hobby drones”.
An ongoing investigation
In New Jersey and New York, the same reports were received: unidentified drones flying over sensitive sites such as a water reservoir and a military base.
In Germany, the local public prosecutor's office has opened an espionage investigation. As TF1 info points out, some media outlets are speculating that this was a reconnaissance operation launched from Russian ships in the North or Baltic Sea.
(MH with AsD - Source: TF1 Info - Illustration: Unsplash)