Welcome to this special Black Friday installment of The Intelligence Brief… in recent days, sightings of “mystery drones” have been back in the news, following a concerning series of incidents reported over U.S. military bases in the United Kingdom. For all of our readers who stayed home to enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers instead of braving the Black Friday crowds (as well as those waiting in long lines while out shopping), this week we’ll be taking a look at 1) the latest mystery drone incursions over U.S. facilities, 2) what the USAF has said about the drone sightings, in Great Britain, 3) how these incidents became a recent media sensation, 4) the relationship (and lack thereof) between mystery drone incidents and the Pentagon’s UAP investigations, and 5) what most are missing about the recent drone incidents, and why they are legitimately concerning.

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