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Really hope there will be future hearings and they won't be like this:
REVEALED: Drones that swarmed US warships off the coast of California in 2019 were from a mysterious Hong Kong-registered spy ship, say US Navy
- The Pentagon has previously disclosed intriguing photos showing unidentified aerial phenomena flying above US warships in 2019
- Last month, during a hotly-anticipated Congressional hearing into UAP and possible UFO sightings, military officials said some sightings had been explained
- On Friday military intelligence website The Drive published new information, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act, about the sightings
- The found that, off the coast of southern California, there were 10 encounters with suspicious drones from March 30, 2019 to July 30, 2019
- On July 15, 2019, two US warships - the USS Paul Hamilton and the USS Bunker Hill - reported being followed by drones from a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship
- The warships radioed the ship, MV Bass Strait, but received no answer: Bass Strait's owner-operator, Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin, has not commented
- Other incidents saw drones launched by 'local fisherman operating personal quadcopters', and by pleasure craft that failed to respond to radio messages
March 30, 2019
- USS Harpers Ferry reports as many as eight unknown drones flying directly over the ship at an altitude of about 500 feet, 'conducting collection operations'.
April 24, 2019
- USS Zumwalt identifies six drones flying overhead in a 'consistent pattern' that did not alter 'course, speed, or altitude.'
July 15, 2019
- USS Paul Hamilton followed by drones for four hours from MV Bass Strait.
- USS Bunker Hill followed by 11 drones from MV Bass Strait.
- USS Ralph Johnson reports a suspected 14 drones surrounding it.
July 17, 2019
- USS Russell reports three suspected drones flying over it for an hour, from an unknown location.
July 21, 2019
- USS Paul Hamilton again reports drones ahead, this time believed to be 'local fisherman operating personal quadcopters.'
July 25, 2019
- USS Gabrielle Giffords finds four drones overhead, and request help from the nearby USS Pinckney. Three small boats were nearby.
July 30, 2019
- USS Russell sees two groups of lights, containing five drones, over a period of about three hours. Communication was never established with the nearby pleasure craft.
- USS Paul Hamilton reports multiple drones overhead, some only 200 yards away.
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