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Sightings

 * The Ospreys were seen at 15.45 ET (20:45 UTC) flying north near Newburyport in Massachusetts. 10 minutes later they were seen flying south. Escorting the Ospreys were two of more Cobra attack helicopters or SeaHawks. This thread has about 10 different witnesses + one photo. Some of the comments suggests that the Ospreys made a quick landing at the Pease Air National Guard Base located at Portsmouth International Airport in New Hampshire. - archive
 * Chelsea, north of Boston (video) - archive
 * Hingham, southeast of Boston at 15.30 ET (20:30 UTC) (video,) - archive
 * Someone near New York City (photo) - archive
 * Flying south over Manhattan at 14.20 ET (19:20 UTC) (photo) - archive
 * more...

Did U.S. Marines storm the CIA headquarters in Langley?

 * CONFIRMED: Marines Land At Langley To Stop Coup - Hillary Worried Over Indictments - April LaJune, November 18, 2017 (video)
 * CONFIRMED AGAIN! Troops at Langley, Al Waleed Sent Snipers to Mandaly Bay - April LaJune, November 19, 2017 (video)
 * Reports: US Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Lands at Langley! - Hal Turner Radio Show, November 19, 2017
 * ''UPDATE 2:23 PM EST -- MONDAY, NOV. 20
 * ''I have now spoken to almost ALL of my former colleagues in the Intelligence Community and here's what took place:
 * ''Yes, a group of military aircraft approached and circled the CIA Headquarters in Virginia for upwards of 30 minutes on Saturday. They did NOT land and did NOT enter CIA HQ forcibly - or otherwise.
 * ''There is apparently an ongoing and gigantic problem between the Military and the CIA insofar as the Military is engaged in implementing President Trump's policies, while elements within the CIA are still INTENTIONALLY carrying out the failed policies of the Obama regime.
 * ''Specifically, these failed Obama-era policies include supplying weapons and logistical support to so-called "freedom fighters" inside Syria, many of whom are actually Al-Nusra, Al-Qaida and ISIS terrorists.
 * ''The support being provided by elements in the CIA is being used against certain units of the US Military who are also inside Syria.
 * ''The Military has repeatedly and strenuously told the CIA the old Obama policies must stop. The CIA failed to stop.
 * ''So someone in the Pentagon/Military . . . . no one will say who . . . made a direct show of force to the CIA on Saturday. It was, for lack of a better description, the sending of a message from the military to the CIA: knock it off.
 * ''It was done over a weekend apparently because most of the bigshots in the Pentagon are at home, and by the time they heard something was going on, it was pretty much over . . . . the aircraft returned to wherever they came from.
 * ''This is utterly unprecedented. To have one agency of the US Government make a show of force to another entity of that same government is unheard of. It smacks of a sort of internal civil war heating up inside our own government!
 * ''Apparently, things are quickly "coming to a head" between competing policies and the military is tired of its people being injured or killed by the unintended consequences of the old policies and the CIA' stubborn refusal to stop backing the so-called "Freedom Fighters" in Syria.
 * ''No one will tell me who gave the order to "buzz" CIA HQ. No one will tell me who inside CIA is causing the trouble.  But there is  trouble . . . and given the activities over the weekend, one can only hope this thing goes away very quickly and quietly.
 * ''In the meantime, as far as the public is concerned: "Nothing took place. Everything is fine. Nothing to worry about."

Discussion
I am not convinced, it may be training, and they needed big enough and secure landing spot and training experience. There were not too many folks of relevance to scare on the weekend by choppers landing show. Battles more likely not on parking lots but for budget, personnel, etc; unfriendly chopper landing for those battles will be counterproductive. --Resup (talk) 10:13, 25 November 2017 (UTC)