After intense public speculation, stacks of official documents obtained via the Freedom Of Information Act, ambiguous statements from top officials, and an avalanche of media attention, it has now been made clear that the mysterious swarming of U.S. Navy ships off the Southern California coast in 2019 was caused by drones, not otherworldly UFOs or other mysterious craft. Raising even more questions, a similar drone swarm event has occurred off another coast, as well. These revelations came from top Department of Defense officials during a recent and much-anticipated house hearing on UFOs, which you can read all about here.
The strange series of events in question unfolded around California’s Channel Islands in July of 2019. On multiple evenings, swarms of unidentified drones were spotted operating around U.S. Navy vessels. In numerous instances, the drones flew within close proximity to ships, even crossing directly over their decks. The behavior provoked defensive reactions from the ships, including the deployment of emergency security teams and, in later instances, radio frequency-based counter-drone technology. Early investigations into the incidents by Navy intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation surfaced few answers and appeared to fade away without any firm conclusions.
Shortly after The War Zone reported the incidents in-depth last year, leaked footage of some of the incidents surfaced online. National media took an intense interest in the video clips, which depicted a triangular light flying over the ships as seen through night vision scopes. The unusual appearance of the objects and their behavior fueled speculation that the objects were otherworldly UFOs or some type of truly exotic craft.
In our coverage of these incidents, we found increasingly clear evidence that the objects were drones. Numerous ship deck logs from the earliest incidents referred to the objects as UAS, UAV, or plainly as drones.
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