Unexplained drone overflights forced further closures at multiple Danish airports again this week, including Aalborg Airport in northern Denmark, according to ABC. The Danish National Police confirmed on Wednesday night that airspace had been shut after drones were sighted near the facility, which also serves as a military base. Additional sightings were reported over Esbjerg, Sonderborg, and the Fighter Wing Skrydstrup air base, home to Denmark’s fleet of F-16s.

At a press conference Thursday, Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard described the incidents as attempts to instill fear.

“The goal of this kind of hybrid attack is to create fear,” he said.

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen added that the scale and coordination of the events suggested “the work of a professional actor,

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