No One Knows Who Owns The Aircraft, Or The Nature Of Their Mission

A squadron of six to 10 drones have been making nightly flights over areas of Colorado and Nebraska, but their origin and their mission remains a mystery.

Fox News relays a report that appeared Sunday in The Denver Post which indicates that the drones have been flying grid patterns over multiple counties in the two states, generating a lot of calls to local authorities. The theories range from farmers looking for lost cows to television production company and aircraft of extraterrestrial origin, according to Sedgwick County Sheriff Carlton Britton.

Brittton says he has actually seen the drones himself.

Sheriffs in the counties where the drones have been flying have contacted the FAA, which said it has no information about the aircraft. The Air Force, DEA and the U.S. Army Forces Command have also either denied that they are operating the drones or know anything about them.

The drones are described as having six-foot wingspans and flying several hundred feet in the air.

It is not clear if any laws are being broken by the flights. Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Nestor said he's most concerned about the drones potentially colliding with a manned aircraft.

So far, there are far more questions than answers.

FMI: Source report