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Here's an update from Norway with regard to the 2025 'drone' sightings (source: VG): Article in English here

Yeah, some drone pilots were caught flying a drone illegally during the daytime, in the past few weeks. This happened near Volkel, Eindhoven, and Gilze-Rijen. In the case of Volkel, it seems that the drone pilot was just making some video footage...

Not that I know. Not publicly available, that is. The marechaussee stated that they have video footage, but they won't release it.

And now things are really getting weird. Dutch newspaper The Stentor just published this story about alleged drones above a gas distribution station near the city Ommen, on November 21, 2025 (same night as the Volkel drone sightings). So we have...

Some more follow-up about the alleged drone sightings at Volkel airbase and Eindhoven airport, on Nov 21&22 2025 (source: Dronewatch.nl and Trouw), machine translated to English:

For sure an interesting twist: (source: Dronewatch NL & Trouw - behind paywall) Dronewatch article translated below:

Apart from how dumb it seems to say "here is a drone taking off from a ship in the Arctic, therefore these alleged sightings must be due to drones from ships in the North Sea", let's look at specifics: That particular drone, "Irbis 538" is a...

This is a really interesting read about why conventional airport radar isn't suitable for detecting drones (and how specialized micro-doppler drone radar systems work)...

A mere 24 hours after drones were allegedly spotted at Volkel Air Base, Eindhoven airport (which is about 30 km away from Volkel) has been disrupted after sightings of 'multiple drones. Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans just tweeted:

This was just published by local news agency Omroep Brabant: "The guards reportedly saw the drones with the naked eye, a Defence spokesperson confirmed. According to a spokesperson for the Royal Marechaussee, shots were fired at the drones."

Dutch Ministry of Defence Statement posted this statement today on their website (translated): Context / Notes There is still very little clarity about what exactly happened. The Ministry did not specify how the objects were detected (visually...