Iran drones over Fort McNair — Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio’s home base — have the government blaming Operation Epic Fury. But Police Chief Chris Grooms says these drone incursions started in 2019, years before any conflict with Iran. On March 18, 2026, the Washington Post reported unidentified drones flying above Fort McNair — the Washington, D.C. Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live. Multiple drones appeared on a single night. The White House convened an emergency meeting. Several U.S. military bases raised force protection levels to Charlie — one step below the highest alert. MacDill Air Force Base, home to U.S. Central Command, locked down twice in a single week. The State Department ordered all diplomatic posts worldwide to immediately undertake security evaluations. The official explanation points to Iran. Operation Epic Fury. A foreign adversary exploiting wartime chaos to surveil American leadership on U.S. soil. Police Chief Chris Grooms has a different explanation — backed by years of documentation. Grooms has tracked unidentified drone incursions over U.S. military installations, nuclear facilities, and restricted airspace since at least 2019. The pattern is always the same: mystery drones appear over a sensitive site, the government declares no credible threat, and the operators are never identified. The New Jersey drone wave. Langley Air Force Base. Nuclear power plants. Now Fort McNair and MacDill. Is Operation Epic Fury the real answer — or a convenient cover story for a drone surveillance phenomenon the U.S. government has been unable or unwilling to explain for years? Matt Ford sits down with Police Chief Chris Grooms on The Good Trouble Show to examine the documentation, the timeline, and the question Washington refuses to answer: if these aren’t Iranian drones, whose are they? ABOUT THE GUEST Chris Grooms is a police chief who has spent years documenting unidentified drone incursions near U.S. military installations, nuclear facilities, and restricted airspace. His investigative records date to 2019 — predating the current Iran conflict by years. ABOUT THE GOOD TROUBLE SHOW The Good Trouble Show with Matt Ford delivers investigative journalism and political commentary on the forces shaping our future. We break down the truth behind national security, government accountability, AI policy, and the UAP/UFO phenomenon — from breaking news in Washington to the frontiers of disclosure. #UAPDisclosure #DroneIncursion