In Denmark, recent reports of alleged drone overflights are increasingly being downplayed. The incidents over Copenhagen and some of the country’s military facilities, initially considered dramatic, still lack any evidence weeks later. The Danish government has now had to admit this.
At his recent press conference, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen deliberately avoided the term “drones,” referring instead to “aerial observations.” He thus clearly distanced himself from the previous view: “I think the lesson from what we’ve seen with regard to drone observations—or what we now tend to call aerial observations—is that it takes many different things to determine exactly whether it’s a drone or other objects.”
This rather vague wording stands in striking contrast to the statements made by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on September 25. At the time, the head of government spoke flatly of an “attack” with drones and claimed that they had been sighted “in several locations near critical infrastructure, both military and civilian.”
The consequences of the alleged sightings were quite real: the airspace over Kastrup Airport was temporarily closed on September 22. However, the unidentified flying objects were neither identified nor were any suspects arrested. And there is certainly no evidence of possible Russian activity. National Police Chief Thorkild Fogde admitted that “concrete information” about the origin and type of the alleged drones was also still lacking.
Nothing From Germany Either
Incidentally, the same is true in Germany, in Munich: almost a week after the alleged drone sightings at the airport, which led to the temporary suspension of flight operations, there’s absolutely nothing to report. A spokesperson for the German Police told the AFP news agency that despite “extensive search measures,” no perpetrator could be identified. The area was searched from the air, but nothing was found. The type of drone is also unknown. It hasn’t even been determined yet whether there was actually a concrete threat to air traffic at Munich Airport.
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