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title: "Records detail 67 drone reports involving U.S. nuclear facilities"
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description: "Records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act contain 67 reports of drone activity involving U.S. nuclear facilities, including reactors near Langley Air Force Base, with some incidents remaining unresolved and prompting investigations that involved NASA. The item also discusses NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s comments on remaining open-minded about UFOs, a proposed congressional hearing, and records concerning an AARO UAP workshop and outreach efforts."
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# Records detail 67 drone reports involving U.S. nuclear facilities

Published: 2026-10-08  
Source: [Anomalist](https://www.liberationtimes.com/home/new-records-reveal-repeated-drone-flights-over-us-nuclear-sites-including-reactors-near-langley-air-force-base)

### Records Detail Scope of Drone Reports

Records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act contain **67 drone-related reports involving 28 U.S. nuclear sites across 17 states**, according to Liberation Times. The reports, released by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), cover incidents recorded between **February 1, 2024, and March 25, 2026**.

The NRC is responsible for licensing and inspecting civilian nuclear facilities and enforcing safety and security requirements. The documents describe aircraft reported near reactor buildings, spent-fuel storage areas and nuclear fuel facilities. However, the reports provide limited information about any subsequent investigations, and each entry is marked **“Closed Unresolved.”** That designation indicates that the records do not identify a confirmed operator, purpose or definitive explanation for the activity.

An individual report may cover multiple aircraft or repeated sightings. The records therefore document reported events rather than necessarily representing 67 separate flights.

### Activity Near Surry and Langley

Among the most detailed accounts concern **Surry Nuclear Power Plant in Virginia**, located approximately 20 miles from Langley Air Force Base. Security personnel reported repeated drone activity over the facility in December 2024, including one incident involving an aircraft that flew over both reactor containment buildings.

One report described a **triangular-looking drone accompanied by two smaller drones**, which reportedly zigzagged around a larger aircraft before all three disappeared. Another account said plant security received radar confirmation from nearby Fort Eustis. The reports do not establish whether the objects observed at Surry were connected to activity around Langley or operated by the same party.

Separately released Pentagon monitoring records documented **113 drone detection events near Langley during December 2024**, including two aircraft tracked approximately 250 meters outside the base’s boundary. Earlier incursions in the area reportedly disrupted F-22 operations. Nevertheless, the available records do not demonstrate a direct flight path between Surry and Langley or establish a common operator.

### Reports From Other Nuclear Facilities

The NRC material includes accounts from several other sensitive locations. At New Jersey’s **Hope Creek nuclear facility**, witnesses estimated that some aircraft were approximately the size of small cars. At Connecticut’s **Millstone site**, security described a drone roughly five feet wide with a V-shaped configuration flying over a reactor building.

Four drones were reported at **Nuclear Fuel Services in Tennessee**, a facility that manufactures fuel material for U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers. One of the reported aircraft was estimated to be a 10-by-10-foot rotary-wing craft.

At the Haddam Neck spent-fuel storage facility, security personnel recorded what appeared to be a coordinated response between site lighting and a drone. **“When the site turned their lights off, the drone did the same,”** the report states. Such observations may have influenced investigators’ assessment of the incidents, but the released documents do not indicate that they led to a confirmed identification.

### Investigations and Broader UAP Attention

The unresolved NRC entries come amid continuing scrutiny of unidentified aerial phenomena and drone activity around military and critical infrastructure sites. Some investigations reportedly involved NASA, while separate records concern an **AARO workshop and outreach efforts**. AARO—the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office—was established to examine reported anomalous phenomena across air, sea and space domains.

NASA Administrator **Jared Isaacman** has also emphasized the importance of remaining open-minded about UFO reports while maintaining a distinction between unexplained observations and evidence of extraterrestrial activity. In Congress, lawmakers have discussed a possible hearing focused on drone incursions, UAP reporting and the protection of nuclear and military facilities.

The newly released records do not conclude that any of the reported objects were anomalous in a nonhuman sense. They instead show that security personnel at multiple nuclear locations reported aircraft they could not identify, sometimes near reactor or fuel infrastructure, and that many cases remained unresolved in the available NRC files. Further records could clarify whether federal investigations produced findings beyond the initial reports.

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