INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
German police said Monday they were investigating recent drone sightings over two military facilities, at a time when Russia's invasion of
Ukraine has put the country on alert for espionage.Police in the southern state of Bavaria said they were looking into several incidents,
along with prosecutors, in which drones have flown over military installations in Manching and Neuburg an der Donau.On Sunday police spotted
up to 10 unmanned aerial vehicles flying in a secured military zone in Manching, which hosts a military aerodrome and is where the
Eurofighter jet is developed by Airbus.Eyewitnesses also saw several drones at the same site on Dec
16 and 18, as well as in the early hours of Christmas Day.On Dec
19, three drones were spotted over in Neuburg an der Donau, also over a military air base.The two sites lie around 20 kilometers (12 miles)
Eurofighter jet was damaged after colliding with a drone while landing at the site in Manching.In recent months several drones have also
been spotted at an industrial zone near the North Sea and near the U.S
airbase in Ramstein.Germany has been unsettled in recent years by a number of high-profile cases of alleged spying for foreign powers.A
Chinese woman was arrested in October in Germany and accused of spying on defense industry installations.Police also launched a probe in
December against a Chinese man who was reported to have taken photographs at a naval base on Germany's Baltic Sea coast.Late last year a
series of mysterious drone sightings in the U.S
state of New Jersey sparked worldwide curiosity, leading authorities there to announce drone flight restrictions.However federal officials
