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There is a strong chance that there are no actual "drones" involved and these sightings are just due to random people mistaking airplanes as drones/UFOs: https:

by sxp 1y ago

There is a strong chance that there are no actual "drones" involved and these sightings are just due to random people mistaking airplanes as drones/UFOs: https://x.com/MickWest/status/1971656713230270794 https://x.com/MickWest/status/1971656713230270794 When people have analyzed the flight logs, the sightings match with known planes: https://x.com/ThomasH_Synth/status/1972236703864586463 https://x.com/ThomasH_Synth/status/1972236703864586463 https://x.com/MickWest https://x.com/MickWest is a good source to follow since he and others are willing to actually track down the data related to UFOs.

procaryote 1y ago
Some actual drones have been involved as they showed up enough to shut down an airport. I imagine there are lots of false positives too, but they're not all false
abujazar 1y ago
It's not just Denmark, drones have been sighted at multiple Norwegian airports as well, including confirmed sightings by both police and air force at the main air base in Ørland. (Source in Norwegian, https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/etterforsker-mulig-droneaktivitet-ved-hovedflystasjonen-1.17588648 https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/etterforsker-mulig-droneaktivit...)
- ottah 1y ago
  In my opinion you really have to be skeptical. Its always possible drone reports are real, but also citings tend to cluster, and there is rarely anything outside of eyewitness reports. Humans are very bad at judging the size and distance of objects in the air, and a flying drone is much harder to spot than people actually imagine. But there is incentives to the state overacting to drone citings, if you're interested in keeping cameras out of public spaces.
askonomm 1y ago
Yet we keep finding actual Russian drones/parts of their drones in Estonia.
ajross 1y ago
There's a "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you" angle here. That Russia has been escalating drone activity against Danish allies is not in question. Some level of heightened care (like this 5-day ban) seems not unreasonable even if the reports can't be corroborated.

by sxp 1y ago

procaryote 1y ago

Some actual drones have been involved as they showed up enough to shut down an airport. I imagine there are lots of false positives too, but they're not all false

abujazar 1y ago

It's not just Denmark, drones have been sighted at multiple Norwegian airports as well, including confirmed sightings by both police and air force at the main air base in Ørland. (Source in Norwegian, https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/etterforsker-mulig-droneaktivitet-ved-hovedflystasjonen-1.17588648 https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/etterforsker-mulig-droneaktivit...)

ottah 1y ago
In my opinion you really have to be skeptical. Its always possible drone reports are real, but also citings tend to cluster, and there is rarely anything outside of eyewitness reports. Humans are very bad at judging the size and distance of objects in the air, and a flying drone is much harder to spot than people actually imagine. But there is incentives to the state overacting to drone citings, if you're interested in keeping cameras out of public spaces.

askonomm 1y ago

Yet we keep finding actual Russian drones/parts of their drones in Estonia.

ajross 1y ago

There's a "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you" angle here. That Russia has been escalating drone activity against Danish allies is not in question. Some level of heightened care (like this 5-day ban) seems not unreasonable even if the reports can't be corroborated.