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Unidentified drones or craft entered the airspace over Langley Air Force Base night after night in December 2023, and the military has not identified them

Also known as Langley drones claim

Supported by records. NORTHCOM's commander testified that he made the Langley incursions the centrepiece of his counter-drone review; no official identification has been published. (Hearing transcript: Posture of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command — Senate Armed Services Committee (March 14, 2024))

In December 2023 unidentified drones or aircraft repeatedly entered restricted airspace over Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. Who flew them, and what they were, is still officially unknown.

Who has said it, in order

  1. 14 March 2024 Gregory Guillot — says so, documented: Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in March 2024, NORTHCOM commander Gen. Gregory Guillot said he had "gone into the events at Joint Base Langley-Eustis" and was using them as "the centerpiece" of his 90-day assessment of counter-drone defence, adding: "I was not prepared for the number of incursions that I see." Source: Hearing transcript: Posture of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command — Senate Armed Services Committee (March 14, 2024)
  2. 17 April 2024 Rob Wittman — says so, documented: At a House Armed Services hearing in April 2024, Rep. Rob Wittman said that Langley "had to close down" because of the large number of drones in its airspace. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall did not address the incursions in his reply. Source: Hearing transcript: Department of the Air Force FY2025 budget request — House Armed Services Committee (April 17, 2024)
  3. October 2024 Gregory Guillot — says so, relayed: Unidentified drones or aircraft violated restricted airspace over Langley for 17 nights in a row in December 2023. Source: thehill.com (archived)
  4. 13 November 2024 Glenn Grothman — says so, relayed: Grothman on the drone swarm over Langley AFB the previous December: drones about 20 feet long, over 100 mph at more than 3,000 feet, origin still unknown. Source: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth at 32:37
  5. 22 April 2025 Chris Mellon — says so, relayed: Mellon: the government still cannot identify the drones that flew over Langley Air Force Base for weeks, forcing an F-22 squadron to move, and the Air Force said it did not have a single video of them. Source: Christopher Mellon on UFOs, secrecy and what the public still doesn't know (The Chris Cuomo Project, 2025) at 2:29
  6. 25 June 2026 Chris Mellon — context, relayed: Mellon on Langley: his understanding is that when officials briefed Congress they said they had no video of the objects, although the incursions went on for 17 days. Source: UAP & National Security: Mellon, Gallaudet, von Rennenkampff & McConnell at Disclosure Forum 2026 at 0:29
  7. 25 June 2026 Marik von Rennenkampff — says so, opinion: Von Rennenkampff: the Langley objects showed bright flashing lights for 17 nights, which the Air Combat Command commander called “close encounters at Langley”; he argues that is not how espionage is done. Source: UAP & National Security: Mellon, Gallaudet, von Rennenkampff & McConnell at Disclosure Forum 2026 at 9:26
  8. 25 June 2026 Marik von Rennenkampff — says so, relayed: Von Rennenkampff relays former NORAD commander Gen. Glen VanHerck's statement on 60 Minutes that they tried to jam the Langley objects and failed. Source: UAP & National Security: Mellon, Gallaudet, von Rennenkampff & McConnell at Disclosure Forum 2026 at 9:34

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