X user @Elconde7th reported very high military activity across the Caribbean during the 29-minute period ending at 4:15 a.m. UTC on January 2, 2026, stating that reports are arriving from everywhere despite obscured visibility, according to a post shared on the platform. The account noted the intensity of activity in an X post at approximately 4:10 a.m. UTC, amid ongoing U.S. Air Force movements including a B-1B Lancer bomber confirmed airborne toward the Caribbean from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in the prior reporting window ending at 3:45 a.m. UTC, as previously reported by @HHunternight. This follows earlier departures of at least three B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing toward the Bahamas area and Stratotanker preparations near AILA, cited by multiple X accounts including @AirAssets, @r4streando, @SA_Defensa, and @Flightwatcher1 in preceding periods. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced U.S. Caribbean presence as an oil plunder attempt earlier on January 2, according to AFP reports shared on X by @AZ_Intel_.
