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Controlled disposal · Bulgaria

Navy destroys floating drone material at sea off Maslen Nos, Bulgaria

· Maslen Nos — waters

Officially reported UAV recovery/disposal; operator unknown

On 2 September 2026 floating material in the waters off Maslen Nos, reported as Bulgarian coastal or territorial waters, was identified by the Navy as coming from a drone (UAV). Navy personnel destroyed the material at sea. The operation was announced on 3 September.

No operator or national origin has been announced, and the drone's model was not specified. It is not known when the drone flew or came down, or whether the material is linked to other drones recovered along the coast. No payload was reported, and none should be inferred from the disposal method.

Maslen Nos was listed as a distinct location in an official announcement of six Navy tasks, as one of three offshore sites handled from the Navy's Burgas base.

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Image from the The Sofia Globe report: Bulgarian Navy responds to several more drone incidents
Image · The Sofia Globe · Open report ↗
Image from the Petel report: Bulgarian Navy six-task coastal and maritime response account
Image · Petel · Open report ↗

Attribution and uncertainty

Origin / operator / attribution
No operator or national origin announced for this object.
Investigation / uncertainty
Flight/crash date, operator and link to other recovered airframes unresolved.

Sources · 2

  1. The Sofia Globe ↗Bulgarian Navy responds to several more drone incidents2026-09-03
  2. Petel ↗Bulgarian Navy six-task coastal and maritime response account2026-09-04

Full record

Controlled disposalRecovery

Controlled disposal by authorities after discovery; kept separate from incident explosions. Replay uses the discovery date, with any later disposal retained as a linked stage.

Map positions are approximate anchors for the named place, not verified incident coordinates.

Reported date
2026-09-02
Record type
discovery_recovery
End date / linked stage
2026-09-02
Date basis
Operation 2 September; announced 3 September, later reprinted.
Location / jurisdiction
Maslen Nos waters; reported Bulgarian coastal/territorial waters
Event categories
Floating aerial-drone discovery; naval identification; in-situ destruction
What was reported
One of three Burgas-base offshore response sites in the Ministry’s six-task announcement.
Aircraft / vessel / quantity
UAV/object at one response site; model unspecified
Origin / operator / attribution
No operator or national origin announced for this object.
Damage / casualties / disruption
Not reported in cited account.
Response / outcome
Navy identified UAV material and destroyed it at sea.
Investigation / uncertainty
Flight/crash date, operator and link to other recovered airframes unresolved.
Route / entry mechanism
Not established in cited account.
Explosive payload
Not reported; no inference from disposal method.
Counting / links
No matching baseline event. Maslen Nos response is a separately identified 2 September location in the same multi-task release.
Research provenance
New finding; local reporting of official response; attribution limited to cited account.

Record N031. Record fields keep the register’s original wording.