Drone in Mannheim, Germany on December 20, 2024

Drone in Mannheim, Germany on December 20, 2024
Time: December 20, 2024 from 19:58 (7:58 PM) until 20:56 (8:56 PM)

Location: Mannheim, Germany


We first noticed the drone hovering not far away from us above the city. It seemed pretty big. After approximately 10 minutes it flew a bit to the side and was hovering in the air again. After that it started slowly flying around, sometimes hovering, sometimes moving. After about an hour it flew away and could not be seen anymore.

The local newspaper reported that there was a police helicopter looking for a missing person. It was flying over different parts of the city though, which was tracked online and appeared on the flight radar. The drone we saw was in the area where the police helicopter had not been flying around and it did not appear on the radar.