What Happened
False Alarm Causes Brief Disruption at Vilnius Airport
NATO fighter jets were scrambled from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania after a yellow air alert was issued due to a potentially detected drone. However, the alert was later canceled when the pilots identified the radar contact as a flock of birds. The incident caused a brief disruption at Vilnius Airport, with three flights affected. This incident is separate from another earlier that morning, where an unidentified object was detected crossing Lithuanian airspace. The Lithuanian Armed Forces and NATO are taking a cautious approach to such incidents, given recent airspace incursions in the region. The incident was reported by AeroTime.