Place · Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Hampton, Virginia

Langley Air Force Base

Also known as Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Langley AFB, JBLE

Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, home of the Air Force's F-22 fighters and next to NASA's Langley Research Center, has been the scene of two widely cited events. In 2012 Air Force airman Dylan Borland says he watched a huge silent triangle lift off near the NASA hangar; he testified about it under oath in 2025. In December 2023 drones entered the base's restricted airspace night after night, which senior commanders confirmed to Congress without identifying them.

Members of Congress, including Glenn Grothman and Nancy Mace, have pressed for answers on both. Others, such as former Senate staffer Kirk McConnell, think triangles seen near such bases are probably classified U.S. aircraft.

Sources: September 9, 2025 hearing transcript · Senate and House Armed Services hearings (2024) · November 13, 2024 hearing · Disclosure Forum 2026

Facts and claims

documented In sworn testimony on 9 September 2025, former geospatial-intelligence airman Dylan Borland told the House Oversight task force that in summer 2012, at about 01:30, he saw a roughly 100-foot equilateral triangle take off near the NASA hangar at Langley and hover silently. Source: Hearing transcript: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (Sept 9, 2025)
documented In December 2023 unidentified drones repeatedly entered Langley's restricted airspace; NORTHCOM commander Gen. Gregory Guillot told the Senate Armed Services Committee in March 2024 that he had looked into the events at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Source: Hearing transcript: Posture of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command — Senate Armed Services Committee (March 14, 2024)
documented At a House Armed Services hearing in April 2024, Rep. Rob Wittman said that because of the drones in its airspace, “Langley had to close down”. Source: Hearing transcript: Department of the Air Force FY2025 budget request — House Armed Services Committee (April 17, 2024)
claimed Rep. Glenn Grothman described the December 2023 swarm as drones about 20 feet long, flying over 100 mph above 3,000 feet, of still unknown origin. — Glenn Grothman Source: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth at 32:37
claimed Former Senate staffer Kirk McConnell says that in his personal opinion the black triangles seen near bases such as Eglin and Langley, including Dylan Borland's sighting, are “probably ours”. — Kirk McConnell Source: UAP & National Security: Mellon, Gallaudet, von Rennenkampff & McConnell at Disclosure Forum 2026 at 7:24

Connected files

People

Chris Mellon (comments by) — He described the drone incursions over Langley at the May 2025 congressional briefing
Dylan Borland (witnesses) — In 2012 he says he saw a silent triangle 100 to 150 feet across rise near the NASA hangar
Glenn Grothman (raised by) — He described the December 2023 swarm as drones about 20 feet long, flying over 100 mph
Kirk McConnell (comments by) — He thinks triangles seen near bases such as Langley are “probably ours”
Nancy Mace (raised by) — Mace has pressed for answers on the Langley incursions