The drone that has overflown the
European Commission joint research centre at Ispra near Varese
on Lake Maggiore five times in the last month is of Russian
origin, police said Monday.
Ispra is home to facilities of the EU's Joint Research Centre,
which has launched a research project on the security aspects of
drones.
Italian defence-and-aerospace group Leonardo also has plants in
the area.
No one actually saw the drone fly, but the sensors of the Joint
Research Centre, which detect radio waves, recorded frequencies
that are associated with a Russian-made device as the source.
Five recent overflights of the drone have been recorded in a
total of five or six days, police said.
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