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Lithuania orders shelter-in-place after detecting unidentified flying object
Lithuania told residents in central and northern areas to seek shelter on Sunday morning after detecting an unidentified flying object.
The warning lasted about an hour, and NATO air-policing fighters were sent to the area.
Kaunas airport was also closed for about an hour.
Latvia issued and then lifted a yellow air warning in some areas bordering Lithuania, citing a possible threat.
Separately, Poland’s military said an unidentified object may have entered its airspace, but it had not confirmed a violation.
A search-and-rescue team was looking in southern Lublin region for a possible crash site.
Recent Ukrainian drone incursions into NATO airspace have raised concerns that Russia’s war in Ukraine could spill across the alliance’s borders.
Lithuania told residents in central and northern parts of the country to go to shelters for about an hour on Sunday morning after an unidentified flying object was detected.
A red air warning was in effect, NATO air police fighters were summoned to the area and Kaunas airport was closed.
Latvia issued and then dropped a yellow air warning in some regions bordering Lithuania, citing a possible threat.
The Polish army said its airspace might have been breached by an unidentified object, but said no breach had been confirmed.
- Who
- Lithuanian authorities told residents in central and northern Lithuania to seek shelter.
- What
- Authorities responded to an unidentified flying object with a red air warning, fighter deployments and the closure of Kaunas airport.
- When
- Sunday morning, October 18, 2026.
- Where
- Central and northern Lithuania; Kaunas airport was also closed.
- Why
- An unidentified flying object was detected. The sources do not state what it was.
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Lithuania told residents in central and northern areas to go to shelters after detecting an unidentified flying object.
NATO air police fighters were summoned, and Kaunas airport was closed.
Latvia issued and then dropped a yellow air warning in some areas bordering Lithuania.
Poland's army said its airspace might have been breached by an unidentified object, but that no breach had been confirmed.
- Shelter order
- Central and northern Lithuania
- Shelter period
- About an hour
- Air warning
- Red
- Airport
- Kaunas airport
- Latvia warning
- Yellow warning issued and then dropped in some border regions
- Poland
- No airspace breach had been confirmed
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What people are saying
possible threat