Police puzzled as multiple drones spotted over Paris landmarks

At least five drones flew over the Eiffel Tower, the U.S. Embassy and other Paris landmarks overnight, authorities said Tuesday. It was the most audacious of several mysterious drone overflights around France in recent months.

An investigation is underway into who was operating the latest drones buzzing over Paris, and why. Such flights are banned over Paris skies.

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The drones flew in three stages while the capital was under darkness, said Paris prosecutors' spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre.

First, one was spotted above the U.S. Embassy, then one at the Eiffel Tower, and then later drones were spotted over the Louvre Museum in central Paris, the Bastille monument to the French Revolution in eastern Paris, the Montparnasse tower in southern Paris, and the Interior Ministry headquarters, she said. Read more...

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