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  "url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23345422",
  "note": "Citable weekly snapshot (CSV + JSON) archived on Zenodo; this DOI always resolves to the latest version."
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  "id": "ramstein-drone-reports-2024-12",
  "title": "US Air Force and German police acknowledge Ramstein drone reports",
  "place": "Ramstein-Miesenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate",
  "country": "Germany",
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  "summary": "The US Air Force and German state police acknowledged reports of drone activity at Ramstein Air Base in public responses on 16 December 2024. The reported activity was earlier that month.",
  "impact": "The Air Force said there was no impact on base residents, facilities or assets. No closure or damage is established by these sources; this official no-impact account is not independently verified physical evidence.",
  "evidence": "Stars and Stripes obtained separate responses from the Air Force and Rhineland-Palatinate state police. SWR later reports the state interior minister suspecting Russian involvement. The specific 3–4 December dates are relayed from Spiegel, not independently dated in these official statements; this entry uses the 16 December statement date.",
  "unknown": "Exact event days, drone count, identity and operator remain unresolved in these sources. In January 2025 the state interior minister suspected a Russian role; no charge, conviction or formal conclusive attribution is established. No response methods or military positions are reproduced.",
  "attribution": "The state interior minister publicly suspected Russian involvement in January 2025. Suspicion is not a judicial finding or a proven identification of the operator.",
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    "label": "Stars and Stripes: separate Air Force and state police responses",
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  "url": "https://droneincidents.com/incident/ramstein-drone-reports-2024-12/",
  "citation": "DroneLedger, “US Air Force and German police acknowledge Ramstein drone reports”, dossier ramstein-drone-reports-2024-12, revision 1, updated 2026-10-15. https://droneincidents.com/incident/ramstein-drone-reports-2024-12/",
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    "note": "Curated dossier created after checking the cited sources line by line."
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