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The details of the alleged drone incursions on or near the UK’s Gatwick airport get stranger by the day... The runway at London's Gatwick airport was closed barely a week before Christmas for what was termed “a deliberate disruption of air travel using drones.” Despite numerous reports, and no small amount of hysteria from local and national officials as well as the media, and innumerable instant drone experts, little evidence of actual drones exist... outside of some often questionable eyewitness testimony. Tens of thousands of people were inconvenienced by canceled flights, resulting in millions of dollars of losses... and some awfully nasty drone stories. The U.S. Navy h