Event 203

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "PL",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Reported directly by Polish Armed Forces and US officials with attributed statements, specific location, and corroborating detail about suspected Russian EW activity.",
  "countries": [
    "Poland",
    "United States of America"
  ],
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A U.S. Air Force MQ9 Reaper drone was forced into an emergency landing near Mirosławiec, northwestern Poland, after reported signal interference while performing flights in Polish airspace. Polish authorities and the U.S. Air Force investigated the incident, suspecting Russian signal interference targeting the region.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-18T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Reports from Polish General Command of the Armed Forces and Air Force Inspector citing loss of communication and signal interference as cause.",
    "Statement by Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak attributed incident to Russian signal interference.",
    "Mention that military pilots have also noted signal interference in the Baltic region."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "the General Command of the Armed Forces reported that “an unarmed MQ9 Reaper unmanned aircraft of the U.S. Air Force in Europe performing a scheduled quarterly training exercise at the Miroslawiec airfield lost communications with the base”",
    "According to Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak, the drone’s emergency landing was the result of signal interference.",
    "We are aware of the fact that the Russians are conducting an operation in the West Pomeranian and southern Baltic region, disrupting all possible signals"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Reports from Polish General Command of the Armed Forces and Air Force Inspector citing loss of communication and signal interference as cause.",
            "Statement by Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak attributed incident to Russian signal interference.",
            "Mention that military pilots have also noted signal interference in the Baltic region."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "UPDATE: U.S. Air Force drone forced into emergency landing in North Western Poland",
  "location_text": "near Mirosławiec, northwestern Poland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_203_1763919532_59894eda.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Border An unarmed UAV of the ??US Air Force in Europe,  ost contact with the base due to ??Russian interference.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://tvpworld.com/76509382/update-us-air-force-drone-forced-into-emergency-landing-in-north-western-poland"
  ],
  "summary_short": "US Air Force MQ9 Reaper drone made an emergency landing in northwest Poland after signal interference, suspected Russian EW activity.",
  "url": "https://tvpworld.com/76509382/update-us-air-force-drone-forced-into-emergency-landing-in-north-western-poland"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "PL  Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL",
  "Date": "18-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Border An unarmed UAV of the ??US Air Force in Europe,  ost contact with the base due to ??Russian interference.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Border An unarmed UAV of the ??US Air Force in Europe, performing a scheduled quarterly training at the airport in ??Miros?awiec, lost contact with the base. Landed safely. ??Russian interference result.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://tvpworld.com/76509382/update-us-air-force-drone-forced-into-emergency-landing-in-north-western-poland",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}