Drones spotted at nuclear power plant in southern Minnesota

(NewsNation) — Police successful confederate Minnesota saw 2 drones flying astir a atomic works Wednesday but were incapable to place the pilot.

Shortly aft 6:30 p.m., section dispatch received a telephone astir "four to five" drones flying astir the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant successful Welch, Minnesota, according to a quality release from the Red Wing Police Department.

When officers arrived, they spotted 2 drones flying astir the atomic works and Lock and Dam #3. The officers continued to show the drones until they near the area, the merchandise said.

Police were incapable to find the drone aviator oregon pilots.

"There is nary progressive menace to the nationalist and the incidental is not presently nether progressive probe by the Red Wing Police Department," the merchandise said.

Drones are prohibited from flying implicit atomic powerfulness plants and different "sensitive facilities," according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Prairie Island is 1 of 2 atomic powerfulness plants successful Minnesota. It's located on the Mississippi River adjacent the Wisconsin border.