Incident archive
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D = was there a drone? · I = impact (closure, damage, injuries) · A = attribution (who was behind it). Solid = confirmed · striped = reported · grey = not established · struck through = debunked.
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Drone report prompts flight restrictions at San Diego airport
San DiegoDrone collision damages a firefighting aircraft
Palisades fire areaNew Jersey sightings: multiple explanations identified
New Jersey regionPolice drone report near Logan Airport leads to arrests and contested charges
Boston, MassachusettsWright-Patterson restricts airspace after reported drones on 13–14 December 2024
FairbornReported drones prompt a temporary runway restriction at Stewart Airport
Newburgh, New YorkNaval Weapons Station Earle reports unidentified drone incursions
Colts NeckVandenberg drone flight followed by federal sentence
LompocArmy acknowledges drone reports over or near Picatinny Arsenal
Morris County, New JerseyAir Force reports unidentified drone activity at Langley in December 2023
Hampton, VirginiaPittsburgh airport ground stop after reported drone
PittsburghReagan National flights disrupted after reported drone
ArlingtonNewark arrivals paused after nearby suspected drone reports
NewarkDrone and Army helicopter collide near New York City in September 2017
New York CityDrone crashes into empty seats during US Open match
New York CityPilot reports suspected drone during arrival at JFK
New York CityDrone crash injures spectators at Seattle Pride parade
SeattleDrone report in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk regionSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Lviv, Ukraine
LvivSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Rivne, Ukraine
RivneSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Oryol oblast, Russia
Oryol oblastSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Cherkasy, Ukraine
CherkasySingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Smolensk Oblast, Russia
Smolensk OblastSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia
Leningradskaya Oblast'Single source · unverifiedDrone report in Aksay, Russia
AksaySingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Vladimir Oblast, Russia
Vladimir OblastSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Moscow region, Russia
Moscow regionSingle source · unverifiedDrone wave reported in Russia
RussiaSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Volyn region, Ukraine
Volyn regionSingle source · unverifiedDrone report in Khmelnytskyi region, Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi regionSingle source · unverifiedShowing the newest 30 of 151 dossiers. Open the full archive
Global drone incident observatory
What happened.What we actually know.
Drone incidents worldwide, each traced to its original sources. We keep what was reported apart from what is confirmed, and show how the story changed.
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Shape: dossier category. Colour and fill: drone evidence. White outer ring: confirmed impact; this does not confirm a drone or an operator.
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Event age: <48 h / 48 h–14 days / >14 days. Date-only reports near a boundary and statement dates stay unshaded. Colours still show evidence status.
Dossiers per day (last 14 days) 03 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
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How to read a dossier
Every incident is judged on three separate questions. An airport can be confirmed closed while it is still unclear whether a drone was involved at all.
Was there a drone?
Drone presence: reported by a source, confirmed by explicit evidence, inconclusive after investigation, or debunked.
What was the impact?
Closures, diversions, damage or injuries, with their own evidence state. “Not established” means no source reports an impact.
Who is responsible?
Attribution is never inferred. A party’s claim, a charge and a court finding are shown as different things.