Belgium has been bullied by drones for the past week or so. Every day new sightings pop up, mostly around military bases, airports and now a nuclear facility. Nobody knows who it is so far. Russia gets blamed.

No real thing like this is happening in The Netherlands. So why Belgium? Any other country dealing with this?

I saw one with my own eyes. Thought that was pretty dope.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    2 months ago

    Some of them seems to be consumer drone like but there was a sighting of a bigger drone. Not UAV big but larger than a consumer drone. What was interesting to see is that they all have like airplane safety lights on lol. Can’t be stealthy if your drone is blinking constantly.

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      2 months ago

      But their safety lights are kinda weird aren’t they? They blink more slowly, and there’s a different amount/configuration to them. Never saw anything with lights like that. There’s always drones doing photography and video around here, but these mystery ones looked really different imo.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah I noticed that too. There’s an airport nearby so I thought it was just a plane but the lights were brighter, bigger (because it was lower to the ground I guess) but they also flashed in a pattern you usually don’t see with planes. Oh and it was just hovering in the air instead of moving. It’s a shame I couldn’t get a better look with my binocolars as it was too dark outside.

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          2 months ago

          One passed pretty close above my home. At first I thought it was a plane as well, but as it got closer it looked like a weird military drone, a bit triangular with 3 safety lights instead of the usual 2+2 config. The 3 lights all blinked together as well, and super slowly.