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U.S. Senator’s ‘Unknown Objects’ Warning Revives Questions Over Airspace and Base Security

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio says “things” are flying over American military installations that are not U.S. assets and that the issue deserves scrutiny. The comments tap into a politically sensitive mix of airspace sovereignty, base security and unexplained aerial activity at a time when Washington is already on edge about Chinese surveillance and advanced drones.

Unidentified objects in American skies are back under the spotlight after U.S. Senator Marco Rubio warned that there are “things flying over our military installations” that are not U.S. assets, calling for greater scrutiny even as he acknowledged he does not know what they are. In recent remarks, Rubio said, “I don't know who it is. I don't know what it is. But there are things flying over our military installations, and they're not ours, and we should look into this.” The comments stop short of attributing the objects to any foreign power or of invoking extraterrestrial explanations, but they echo growing concern in Washington that U.S. airspace and sensitive…

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