A drone that crashed near an electrical substation in Pennsylvania last year was likely part of a plot to disrupt the United States electrical grid, a new federal law enforcement bulletin obtained by ABC News first revealed this week.
The October 28 memo — issued by the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center — reportedly stated that the July 2020 drone incident is the first time a “modified unmanned aircraft system” was “likely being used in the United States to specifically target energy infrastructure.”
The assessment is based on drone incidents that have occurred since 2017.
