Last Sunday, the police spotted around ten drones flying into a military protected area in the town of Manching, where there is a military airfield and where the aircraft giant Airbus is developing the European fighter jet Eurofighter. Witness reports of drones were reported from the same location on three occasions in December.
On December 19, drones were also seen at a military airbase in Neuburg an der Donau, less than two miles away. Both of these towns are located on the southern outskirts of the larger city of Ingolstadt.
The police report that this has been investigated, among other things, with the help of a helicopter, "since it cannot be ruled out that military facilities and defense companies are being spied on as part of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine".
No individuals have been arrested or become the subject of criminal suspicions.
