COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Airports in western Denmark reopened early on Thursday after being shut for hours when unidentified drones flew into their airspace overnight, the second such security incident in the Nordic country this week.

Billund airport, Denmark’s second biggest, was closed for an hour, and Aalborg, used for commercial and military flights, was closed for three hours due to drone incursions late on Wednesday, Danish police said.

Drones had also been observed near airports in Esbjerg and Sonderborg, as well as Skrydstrup airbase, home to some of Denmark’s F-16 and F-35 fighter jets. All five are located on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark.

Resident Morten Skov told Reuters he saw green blinking lights coming from west of Aalborg airport, which “stood still right over”

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