"Vegard Rabban had little doubt about what he was seeing when a strange red light appeared between his house and garage on Norway's west coast one cold Friday night in late September. The father-of-three, a salmon fisher and firefighter, had just driven his teenage son home from football practice when they were stopped in their tracks by something above in the clear Norwegian sky."
"Between the garage and the house I react to a strange light that is not normally there. Me and my boy see straight away it's a drone, he said. We stand for two minutes and look and we see the red lights. I could see it was a very big drone. Maybe 1.5 metres wide. As a regular drone user, he was well aware of the restrictions near his home close to rland airport, a key base for Nato and the Norwegian air force."
"As it stands now, we are far away from the war that's happening but I think someone is watching us and trying to see how we react to drones, he said. Rabban says he is not personally afraid yet, but the sightings have already had some psychological effect on Norwegians. He believes the situation in Europe could escalate fast. As more people see the drones, more people are asking what is happening. They are curious."
Unidentified drones have been observed over Norway and across Europe, including near strategic military bases and airports. A Norwegian resident reported a large red-lit drone hovering between his house and garage at night, prompting concern from his family and broader psychological effects among locals. Sightings followed incidents where three drones were shot down in Polish airspace and led to closures at major airports. Governments have reacted with increased scrutiny and warnings; the Danish prime minister described the events as the beginning of a hybrid war. Public curiosity and unease have grown as drone incursions spread.
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