Multiple drones spotted flying over USAF bases in England and Langley. Whose are they?

Drones have been harassing the USAF in recent weeks, having shifted from Navy targets several years back. Clearly they are intended to be seen and to be a show of technological superiority. So who is operating them? Many commentators wish us to believe its ET, but a more terrestrial source seems far more logical. MH

A number of drones were spotted over and near RAF Lakenheath in England on Nov. 20, the Air Force told The War Zone in response to our query about the incident.

Howard Altman
The War Zone
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 

“The number of UASs fluctuated and they ranged in size/configuration,” a spokesperson for U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces in Africa (USAFE) told us “The UASs were actively monitored and installation leaders determined that none of the incursions impacted base residents or critical infrastructure.”

There were unconfirmed reports that F-15E Strike Eagles were sent aloft to chase the drones and that flight operations at the base were affected. The Air Force did not immediately respond to those claims.

“To protect operational security, we do not discuss our specific force protection measures but retain the right to protect the installation,” USAFE told us. “We continue to monitor our airspace and are working with host-nation authorities and mission partners to ensure the safety of base personnel, facilities, and assets.”

RAF Lakenheath houses an extremely important set of capabilities, most notably the U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s only fourth and fifth-generation fighter wing and home to F-35A & F-15E tactical jets.

© USAF USAF 494th Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagles seen returning to RAF Lakenheath on May 8, 2024. The jet in front has a number of red missile silhouettes painted above its name, “Hellcat,” that look to reflect air-to-air kills during its recently concluded deployment to the Middle East.

This is the latest known drone incursion over a U.S. military installation or sensitive area, a topic that The War Zone has covered extensively.

Two days before the Lakenheath drones were spotted, drones were seen over the U.S. Army’s Picatinny Arsenal in northern New Jersey. The FBI has taken over the investigation into that incident, which you can read more about in our initial report here.

There has been an increase in intrusion events at home and abroad, and especially after the events over Langley AFB last winter, they are being looked at with much more concern. This now includes accelerating the deployment of military capabilities to identify and defeat drone systems near these key areas. However, it’s worth noting that when it comes to defending homeland installations from drones, none of these countermeasures include directed energy weapons or kinetic systems, such as guns and missiles. You can read more about what is being done in our previous feature.

This is a developing story. We will update it with more information as it comes in.

Howard Altman

Howard is a Senior Staff Writer for The War Zone, and a former Senior Managing Editor for Military Times. Prior to this, he covered military affairs for the Tampa Bay Times as a Senior Writer. Howard’s work has appeared in various publications including Yahoo News, RealClearDefense, and Air Force Times.

Martin comments: The twin bases of Bentwaters and Lakenheath have a long history of UFO encounters, the most famous being of course the Rendlesham forest encounter analyzed in this blog:

Bentwaters was a USAF base on British soil and was home to (drum roll please) a nuclear weapon storage facility. Nearby is a BAE experimental facility that’s known for work on experimental drones and even speculative antigrav work. In addition to this is the presence of the Orford Ness advanced radar facility where Over-The-Horizon Radar work took place under the code name ‘CobraMist’. Locals tell of cars coming to a dead stop with inexplicably drained batteries if one got too close to some of the aforementioned facilities. It would appear that the UFO connection continues…

And not just on UK soil:

Drone swarms targeting US military bases are operated by ‘mother ship’ UFO, claims top Pentagon official

A retired, senior Pentagon official has confirmed that UFO ‘mother ships’ were spotted ‘releasing swarms of smaller craft’ — adding further mystery to the still-unexplained intrusions over multiple US military bases.

His statements come amid the release of 50 pages of Air Force records related to provocative ‘drone’ incursions, that one general calls ‘Close Encounters at Langley.’

For at least 17 nights last December, swarms of noisy, small UFOs were seen at dusk ‘moving at rapid speeds’ and displaying ‘flashing red, green, and white lights’ penetrating the highly restricted airspace above Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.

Senior ex-Pentagon security official Chris Mellon told DailyMail.com that the episode was ‘part of a much larger pattern affecting numerous national security installations.’

‘Two of the notable aspects,’ he said, ‘are the fact our drone signal-jamming devices have proven ineffective and these craft are making no effort to remain concealed.’

‘In fact, in some instances,’ as Mellon took pains to emphasize, ‘it is clear they want to be seen as though taunting us.’

For at least 17 nights in December 2023, swarms of small ‘drones’ were seen penetrating the highly restricted airspace above Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. Above, a photo taken by an eyewitness of one (or more) of these drones as provided to the Wall Street Journal and others..READ MORE: Drone swarms targeting US military bases are operated by ‘mother ship’ UFO, claims top Pentagon official | Daily Mail Online

Now, the “retired” official is Chris Mellon, a very un-retired disinformation agent. He’d like you to think ET is involved. I have little doubt these drones are controlled from a central point, but most likely a Chinese drone Mothership as depicted here:

All we need is Annakin Skywalker: