Update drone sightings public release 20260424 r2

Release drone-sightings-public-20260424-r2 from drone_sightings_release_candidate_20260424_r10. Adds supplemental source support, stronger incident dedupe, Fort McNair/El Paso/Jim Bridger aliases, and verified 5-event public slice.

dataset_bundle/daily_area_rollup.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 "event_date","area_id","area_name","area_type","civ_mil_class","state","event_count","source_count"
+"2025-12-19","eia:8066:wy","Jim Bridger","power_plant","civilian","WY","1","1"
+"2026-02-11","faa:elp:tx","EL PASO INTL","airport","civilian","TX","1","3"
 "2026-03-07","dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny","Francis S Gabreski Airport","military_installation","military","NY","1","1"
-"2026-03-09","dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la","Barksdale Air Force Base","military_installation","military","LA","1","1"
-"2026-03-27","dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la","Barksdale Air Force Base","military_installation","military","LA","1","1"
+"2026-03-09","dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la","Barksdale Air Force Base","military_installation","military","LA","1","2"
+"2026-03-19","dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va","Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall","military_installation","military","VA","1","4"

dataset_bundle/event_sources.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 "event_id","canonical_url","publisher","title","published_at","article_date","date_quality","content_sha256"
-"event:dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny:2026-03-07:0001","https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/suffolk-drone-reports-nw5o3iot","newsday.com","Suffolk drone detection system finds mostly real estate agents taking to the skies","2026-03-08T01:33:21.906000+00:00","2026-03-07","observed_date","d4a3193d0a06b42456c01e68dc348f63eb71d3895d78c5df4fecddaade262c6e"
-"event:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-09:0002","https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/alarming-number-of-unauthorized-drones-spotted-over-us-air-base/","mediaite.com","Alarming Number of ‘Unauthorized Drones’ Spotted Over US Air Base","2026-03-20T16:22:01+00:00","2026-03-09","observed_date","6351d848188be60cd7ee2843a78e75848e6754670f4e23f2f9ca2c846a937bc1"
-"event:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-27:0003","https://www.ktbs.com/news/drone-sightings-at-barksdale-air-force-base-prompt-federal-concern-senate-briefing-sought/article_8bc4e1bb-2f3b-4976-8db2-fe0d47bdc05d.html","ktbs.com","Drone sightings at Barksdale Air Force Base prompt federal concern, Senate briefing sought","2026-03-27T23:12:00+00:00","2026-03-27","observed_date","8cb8f5cabe16c75b23ecf950c89950b2c15d4b0d6c7dc9e0203219707b1eb273"
+"event:eia:8066:wy:2025-12-19:0001","https://www.aol.com/articles/wyoming-power-plant-booming-suspected-025513640.html","aol.com","Wyoming power plant booming with suspected UFO, drone sightings — but still no answers after over a year","2025-12-19T02:55:13+00:00","2025-12-19","observed_date","713e7daf00edbcb49e0ba49023a388ef2accd56a7e7b4db25b9bc7947a71a397"
+"event:faa:elp:tx:2026-02-11:0002","https://apnews.com/article/1f774bdfd46f5986ff0e7003df709caa","apnews.com","Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say","2026-02-11T15:51:06+00:00","2026-02-11","observed_date","d70ff7c389254a5e703514d6d3b584aabb379b5cb263a66225ca360936dc9430"
+"event:faa:elp:tx:2026-02-11:0002","https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/faa-closes-airspace-around-el-paso-airport/106333810","abc.net.au","El Paso flights resume after US anti-drone system prompts sudden shutdown","2026-02-11T16:16:41+00:00","2026-02-20","observed_date","12b6fc20f0d8c45c9c826cd1e589eb2ec60aa11daea211335d6183e4fce8e2b8"
+"event:faa:elp:tx:2026-02-11:0002","https://apnews.com/article/a9474193eb96500c14db54aa9003d2ce","apnews.com","What to know about the counter drone technology that triggered the closure of the El Paso airspace","2026-02-14T06:40:44+00:00","2026-02-11","observed_date","e15fb437e1d8c573c9300bf7468298300b8fe15397e37067873fe7081e79644c"
+"event:dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny:2026-03-07:0003","https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/suffolk-drone-reports-nw5o3iot","newsday.com","Suffolk drone detection system finds mostly real estate agents taking to the skies","2026-03-08T01:33:21.906000+00:00","2026-03-07","observed_date","4c48a1ea6bef744d416cb18e3514091bc4a1550db09668689c68af0d0a8dd551"
+"event:dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va:2026-03-19:0004","https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/unidentified-drones-fly-over-fort-mcnair-expert-calls-it-security-concern","ktul.com","Unidentified drones reported flying over Fort McNair; expert calls it security concern","2026-03-19T17:53:19+00:00","2026-03-19","report_date_proxy","0bbc40c4045441687417002b83d0ac920a520101d590a3b36e41c71e509dc915"
+"event:dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va:2026-03-19:0004","https://wcti12.com/news/nation-world/unidentified-drones-fly-over-fort-mcnair-expert-calls-it-security-concern","wcti12.com","Unidentified drones reported flying over Fort McNair; expert calls it security concern","2026-03-19T17:53:19+00:00","2026-03-19","report_date_proxy","0bbc40c4045441687417002b83d0ac920a520101d590a3b36e41c71e509dc915"
+"event:dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va:2026-03-19:0004","https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/unidentified-drones-fly-over-fort-mcnair-expert-calls-it-security-concern","wsbt.com","Unidentified drones reported flying over Fort McNair; expert calls it security concern","2026-03-19T17:53:19+00:00","2026-03-19","report_date_proxy","0bbc40c4045441687417002b83d0ac920a520101d590a3b36e41c71e509dc915"
+"event:dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va:2026-03-19:0004","https://wset.com/news/nation-world/unidentified-drones-fly-over-fort-mcnair-expert-calls-it-security-concern","wset.com","Unidentified drones reported flying over Fort McNair; expert calls it security concern","2026-03-19T17:53:19+00:00","2026-03-19","report_date_proxy","0bbc40c4045441687417002b83d0ac920a520101d590a3b36e41c71e509dc915"
+"event:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-09:0005","https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/alarming-number-of-unauthorized-drones-spotted-over-us-air-base/","mediaite.com","Alarming Number of ‘Unauthorized Drones’ Spotted Over US Air Base","2026-03-20T16:22:01+00:00","2026-03-09","observed_date","6351d848188be60cd7ee2843a78e75848e6754670f4e23f2f9ca2c846a937bc1"
+"event:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-09:0005","https://www.ktbs.com/news/drone-sightings-at-barksdale-air-force-base-prompt-federal-concern-senate-briefing-sought/article_8bc4e1bb-2f3b-4976-8db2-fe0d47bdc05d.html","ktbs.com","Drone sightings at Barksdale Air Force Base prompt federal concern, Senate briefing sought","2026-03-27T23:12:00+00:00","2026-03-27","observed_date","79b89e487969b0851f2577d57a9daeb24d32ea580815938ab7acf2ecf8bf68d0"

dataset_bundle/events.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 "event_id","event_date","date_quality","area_id","area_name","area_type","civ_mil_class","state","lat","lon","primary_source_url","source_count","confidence_label","area_match_confidence","area_match_reasons","event_relevance_label","review_status","dedupe_cluster_id","dedupe_cluster_key","dedupe_reason","headline","summary"
-"event:dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny:2026-03-07:0001","2026-03-07","observed_date","dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny","Francis S Gabreski Airport","military_installation","military","NY","40.836088","-72.642224","https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/suffolk-drone-reports-nw5o3iot","1","medium","high","['alias', 'full_area_name', 'headline_area_context', 'headline_state_name', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0001","cluster:dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny:2026-03-07:0001","single_source","Suffolk drone detection system finds mostly real estate agents taking to the skies","Long Island Politics Suffolk drone detection system finds mostly real estate agents taking to the skies Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, left, investigator Sgt. Richard Tedesco and Chief Deputy Sheriff Christopher Brockmeyer with drones used for public safety at the Suffolk C"
-"event:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-09:0002","2026-03-09","observed_date","dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la","Barksdale Air Force Base","military_installation","military","LA","32.497199","-93.611988","https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/alarming-number-of-unauthorized-drones-spotted-over-us-air-base/","1","medium","high","['alias', 'full_area_name', 'headline_area_context', 'headline_state_name', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0002","cluster:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-09:0002","single_source","Alarming Number of ‘Unauthorized Drones’ Spotted Over US Air Base","Alarming Number of ‘Unauthorized Drones’ Spotted Over US Air Base Tom Durante Mar 20th, 2026, 12:22 pm Share X Facebook Copy Link (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP) A concerning amount of unidentified drones were reportedly spotted over a U.S. Air Force base earlier th"
-"event:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-27:0003","2026-03-27","observed_date","dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la","Barksdale Air Force Base","military_installation","military","LA","32.497199","-93.611988","https://www.ktbs.com/news/drone-sightings-at-barksdale-air-force-base-prompt-federal-concern-senate-briefing-sought/article_8bc4e1bb-2f3b-4976-8db2-fe0d47bdc05d.html","1","medium","high","['alias', 'full_area_name', 'headline_area_context', 'headline_state_name', 'state_code', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0003","cluster:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-27:0003","single_source","Drone sightings at Barksdale Air Force Base prompt federal concern, Senate briefing sought","2 p.m. - Gov. Landry and law enforcement update on Mall of Louisiana shooting"
+"event:eia:8066:wy:2025-12-19:0001","2025-12-19","observed_date","eia:8066:wy","Jim Bridger","power_plant","civilian","WY","41.7378","-108.7875","https://www.aol.com/articles/wyoming-power-plant-booming-suspected-025513640.html","1","medium","high","['alias', 'full_area_name', 'headline_state_name', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0001","cluster:eia:8066:wy:2025-12-19:0001","single_source","Wyoming power plant booming with suspected UFO, drone sightings — but still no answers after over a year","For premium support please call:"
+"event:faa:elp:tx:2026-02-11:0002","2026-02-11","observed_date","faa:elp:tx","EL PASO INTL","airport","civilian","TX","31.807333","-106.376361","https://apnews.com/article/1f774bdfd46f5986ff0e7003df709caa","3","high","high","['alias', 'headline_area_context', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0002","cluster:faa:elp:tx:2026-02-11:0002","same_area_incident_followup,syndicated_title_body_similarity","Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say","Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved."
+"event:dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny:2026-03-07:0003","2026-03-07","observed_date","dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny","Francis S Gabreski Airport","military_installation","military","NY","40.836088","-72.642224","https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/suffolk-drone-reports-nw5o3iot","1","medium","high","['alias', 'full_area_name', 'headline_area_context', 'headline_state_name', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0003","cluster:dod:francis-s-gabreski-airport:ny:2026-03-07:0003","single_source","Suffolk drone detection system finds mostly real estate agents taking to the skies","Long Island Politics Suffolk drone detection system finds mostly real estate agents taking to the skies Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, left, investigator Sgt. Richard Tedesco and Chief Deputy Sheriff Christopher Brockmeyer with drones used for public safety at the Suffolk C"
+"event:dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va:2026-03-19:0004","2026-03-19","report_date_proxy","dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va","Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall","military_installation","military","VA","38.874585","-77.049155","https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/unidentified-drones-fly-over-fort-mcnair-expert-calls-it-security-concern","4","medium","high","['alias', 'headline_area_context', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0004","cluster:dod:joint-base-myer-henderson-hall:va:2026-03-19:0004","content_sha256,same_area_incident_followup,syndicated_title_body_similarity","Unidentified drones reported flying over Fort McNair; expert calls it security concern","WASHINGTON (7News) — Unidentified drones were detected by U.S. officials above the Washington, D.C., Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live."
+"event:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-09:0005","2026-03-09","observed_date","dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la","Barksdale Air Force Base","military_installation","military","LA","32.497199","-93.611988","https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/alarming-number-of-unauthorized-drones-spotted-over-us-air-base/","2","high","high","['alias', 'full_area_name', 'headline_area_context', 'headline_state_name', 'state_name']","event_relevant","auto_included","cluster:0005","cluster:dod:barksdale-air-force-base:la:2026-03-09:0005","same_area_incident_followup","Alarming Number of ‘Unauthorized Drones’ Spotted Over US Air Base","Alarming Number of ‘Unauthorized Drones’ Spotted Over US Air Base Tom Durante Mar 20th, 2026, 12:22 pm Share X Facebook Copy Link (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP) A concerning amount of unidentified drones were reportedly spotted over a U.S. Air Force base earlier th"

dataset_bundle/limitations_and_blind_spots.md

@@ -6,6 +6,4 @@
 - Event points are covered-area centroids or official point locations, not narrative story coordinates.
 - Publication dates are used as bounded proxies when a direct observation date is not extractable.
 - Ambiguous multi-area stories stay in the internal review queue and are excluded from the public map.
-- Current gap: `airport` has `19407` monitored areas but no public events in this slice.
-- Current gap: `port` has `370` monitored areas but no public events in this slice.
-- Current gap: `power_plant` has `16104` monitored areas but no public events in this slice.
+- Current gap: `port` has `370` monitored areas but no public events in this slice.

dataset_bundle/methodology.md

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ This release shows a bounded set of U.S. news-reported drone sightings mapped to
 - When a story mentions more than one plausible area and a single primary area cannot be resolved deterministically, the story is kept out of the public map.
 
 ## Source Window
-- Start: `2026-01-01`
-- End: `2026-04-20`
+- Start: `2025-04-24`
+- End: `2026-04-24`
 
 ## What This Does Not Prove
 This release tracks reported drone sightings from news stories and does not prove intent, threat, wrongdoing, illegality, or the identity of any aircraft operator.

dataset_bundle/public_release_manifest.json

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 {
-  "public_version": "drone-sightings-public-20260424-r1",
+  "public_version": "drone-sightings-public-20260424-r2",
   "title": "Drone Sightings Near Covered U.S. Military and Civilian Areas",
-  "release_date": "2026-04-24T17:40:45.813180+00:00",
-  "source_run_name": "drone_sightings_release_candidate_20260424_r3",
+  "release_date": "2026-04-24T20:34:54.246432+00:00",
+  "source_run_name": "drone_sightings_release_candidate_20260424_r10",
   "slice_description": "A small, review-oriented slice of U.S. news-reported drone sightings mapped against official covered-area registries.",
   "source_window": {
-    "start_date": "2026-01-01",
-    "end_date": "2026-04-20",
-    "window_days": 109
+    "start_date": "2025-04-24",
+    "end_date": "2026-04-24",
+    "window_days": 365
   },
   "counts": {
-    "events": 3,
+    "events": 5,
     "monitored_areas": 36702,
-    "event_sources": 3,
-    "daily_area_rollup_rows": 3,
+    "event_sources": 11,
+    "daily_area_rollup_rows": 5,
     "article_candidates": 16,
     "article_fetch_failed": 0
   },
@@ -24,27 +24,30 @@
     "power_plant": 16104
   },
   "event_counts_by_type": {
+    "power_plant": 1,
+    "airport": 1,
     "military_installation": 3
   },
   "event_counts_by_class": {
+    "civilian": 2,
     "military": 3
   },
   "quality_summary": {
-    "unresolved_area_share": 0.8125,
-    "review_article_count": 13,
-    "weak_area_review_count": 5,
-    "weak_area_context_review_count": 4,
+    "unresolved_area_share": 0.3125,
+    "review_article_count": 5,
+    "weak_area_review_count": 0,
+    "weak_area_context_review_count": 1,
     "weak_event_context_review_count": 0,
-    "off_scope_review_count": 2,
-    "false_match_canary_review_count": 2,
+    "off_scope_review_count": 1,
+    "false_match_canary_review_count": 3,
     "article_fetch_failure_share": 0.0,
     "article_fetch_failure_count": 0,
     "news_search_failure_count": 0,
     "official_source_failure_count": 0,
     "source_unavailable_count": 0,
-    "duplicate_cluster_share": 0.0,
+    "duplicate_cluster_share": 0.6,
     "conflicting_area_cluster_count": 0,
-    "report_date_proxy_share": 0.0
+    "report_date_proxy_share": 0.2
   },
   "included_tables": [
     "events.csv",

dataset_bundle/quality_checks.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Quality Checks
 
-- Event rows: `3`
+- Event rows: `5`
 - Monitored areas: `36702`
-- Event source rows: `3`
+- Event source rows: `11`
 - Article fetch failure share: `0.0`
 - Source unavailable count: `0`
-- Review article count: `13`
-- False-match canary review count: `2`
-- Duplicate cluster share: `0.0`
+- Review article count: `5`
+- False-match canary review count: `3`
+- Duplicate cluster share: `0.6`
 - Conflicting area clusters: `0`
-- Unresolved area share: `0.8125`
+- Unresolved area share: `0.3125`
 
 ## Public Integrity Language