By XAVIER BOARD

Capital News Service

WASHINGTON — The Baltimore Ravens led the Pittsburgh Steelers 28-7 with 5:16 in the third quarter of the 2025 AFC Wildcard game, moments after Ravens running back Derrick Henry broke free for a 44-yard touchdown. The result seemed inevitable — until coaches waved their players to the sideline.

Officials stopped play, and the game was delayed for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drone, hovering over the nearly 71,000 fans at M&T Bank Stadium.

It wasn’t the first time.

Three Ravens games have been delayed by drones in the past two years, according to Vernon Conaway, Jr., vice president of public safety and security for the Maryland Stadium Authority.

Public safety and law enforcement can detect them, but only federal agencies have the a

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