Va. (WDBJ) – Sightings of what many suspect to be drones in Virginia continued throughout the weekend.
As of Monday morning, over 100 tips had been emailed to the Virginia Fusion Center, a spokesman told WDBJ7.
VFC is a partnership between Virginia State Police and Virginia Department of Emergency Management that works to improve Virginia’s preparedness against terrorism and cut down on crime.
The tips came from across the Commonwealth and all of them are being investigated, the spokesman said, adding that Virginia State Police are meeting with local, state and federal partners later this week, and may have additional information to release at that point.
WDBJ7 viewers have reported seeing the apparent drones across southwest Virginia, including flying above Roanoke, Salem, Lynchburg, Danville, Pulaski, Radford, Floyd and Fincastle.
Over the weekend, Gov. Glenn Youngkin released a statement about the activity, noting the “significant number of national security and critical infrastructure sites” in the Commonwealth.
“I remain deeply concerned that Virginia has consistently sought information from federal partners, and to date, the information shared with the Commonwealth has been insufficient,” Youngkin said. “We will continue to engage with numerous federal partners and release further information as it becomes known and available.”
Authorities say not to interfere with drones by utilizing personally owned drones or any other airborne craft or attempting to capture the suspected drone/aircraft individually.
Anyone seeing anything they believe needs to be reported should email the Virginia Fusion Center at [email protected].
Copyright 2024 WDBJ. All rights reserved.