Startling image of mystery drone over US air base in UK revealed as bombshell report claims FBI has known about swarms over military sites for a year
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Unauthorized drones have been zipping across US military bases at speeds of up to 170mph, easily dodging radar and signal-jamming systems. But contrary to the non-answers intelligence officials have been dishing out as New Jersey residents panic about ‘car-sized’ drones flying over their homes for the past month, the government has been aware of this threat for over a year, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
![[Langley Air Force Base in Virginia was swarmed with dozens of drones for weeks in December 2023, creating a security panic. But it was kept under wraps until a war magazine disclosed the incident in March]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/18/93243185-14202269-Langley_Air_Force_Base_in_Virginia_was_swarmed_with_dozens_of_dr-a-21_1734460754788.jpg)
Exclusively obtained images show one craft photographed by specialist military units over a US airbase in England last month. DailyMail.com also obtained excerpts from a joint US Air Force, NASA and FBI report on previous airbase incursions, and an account from a senior officer briefed on the incidents.
![[A report authored by the Air Force, FBI and NASA after the Langley incident – which has a facility next to Langley air base – said that their 'detection equipment' and 'signal jamming' had 'failed', in a presentation slide titled 'lessons learned']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/18/93240721-14202269-A_report_authored_by_the_Air_Force_FBI_and_NASA_after_the_Langle-a-22_1734460754796.jpg)
This news follows repeated widespread sightings of drones near military bases in New Jersey and other states over the past month. And a public outcry over the swarms prompted a stunning admission from FBI chiefs to Congress - they don't know where these craft are coming from.
![[But despite the report that was written up after the Langley incident a year prior, when drones started swarming a US airbase in eastern England last month security personnel were unprepared to deal with the advanced foreign technology]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/18/93240717-14202269-Security_personnel_were_unprepared_to_deal_with_the_advanced_for-a-23_1734460754799.jpg)
DailyMail.com obtained an internal government report showing federal agencies knew about incursions from apparent advanced drones over a year ago but have failed to put a stop to them. Langley Air Force Base in Virginia was swarmed with dozens of drones for weeks in December 2023, creating a security panic. The incident was kept secret until it was revealed by defense magazine The Warzone in March this year.
![[A senior officer who spoke to DailyMail.com was briefed in detail on the drone incursions at RAF Lakenheath that began on November 20]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/18/93240865-14202269-A_senior_officer_who_spoke_to_DailyMail_com_was_briefed_in_detai-a-25_1734460754807.jpg)
A report authored by the Air Force, FBI and NASA – which has a facility next to Langley air base – said that their 'detection equipment' and 'signal jamming' had 'failed', in a presentation slide titled 'lessons learned,' DailyMail.com can reveal.
![[Lakenheath is a highly sensitive location for the US military, reportedly earmarked earlier this year to store some of America's arsenal of nuclear weapons]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/18/93242825-14202269-Lakenheath_is_a_highly_sensitive_location_for_the_US_military_re-a-29_1734460755794.jpg)
