What happened when Britain had a mystery drone problem?
The spate of drone sightings in the northeastern United States might seem familiar to people across the Atlantic, who experienced a similar issue five years ago.
at London Gatwick Airport in 2018 for 36 hours, ruining Christmas travel plans for some 120,000 travelers.
A series of drones were reportedly seen in the skies around the airport, 30 miles south of London in the county of Sussex, but no perpetrator or motive was found.
An Israel-developed radar system was brought in to tracks drones and jam signals from the operators, but to no avail. A 50,000 pound ($63,000) reward was offered for information leading to an arrest.
The subsequent investigation yielded such little hard evidence on the supposed drones that police admitted that those who reported seeing them in the first place .
