Two men suspected of flying a drone “dangerously close” to Boston’s Logan Airport were arrested Saturday night and charged with trespassing, authorities said.
The arrests on one of the islands in Boston Harbor come as suspected drones continue to be spotted in New Jersey and Connecticut airspace, prompting residents to be on alert, calling for federal detection equipment and shooting down a mysterious aerial group. The event was held amidst a chorus of voices calling for the same.
The White House said in a statement Saturday that some of the objects were drones, but confusion continues to swirl.
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger told CNN that he believes the mysterious craft is a regular aircraft, not a drone or UFO.
“All the videos I’ve watched, and I’ve spent the last few days watching all these videos…all planes,” said Kinzinger, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air National Guard. “They’re literally all planes! Some claim there’s a stable plane out there and it’s a drone, but in reality, it’s a plane flying towards you at 30,000 feet. ”
In a press conference on Monday, Donald Trump accused Joe Biden and the Pentagon of a cover-up. President Trump said, “The government knows what’s going on.”
“Our military knows where they took off from. If it’s a garage, they can get into that garage right away. They know where it came from and where it went. But for some reason I don’t want to comment,” he said.
Trump added: “I think they should tell us what it is.” “Our military knows, our president knows, and for some reason they want to make people anxious.”
President Trump declined to say whether he had been briefed, but said, “I can’t think of it as an enemy, because if it was an enemy, I would blow it up, and I would blow it up even if it was delayed.” .
Robert Duffy, 42, and Jeremy Forcik, 32, were arrested by Harbor Patrol at the decommissioned health campus just before 10:30 p.m., The Boston Globe reported. The officers who detained them reported they were investigating “dangerous drone operations” near the airport.
Police say they are searching for a third suspect who is believed to have fled the island in a small boat.
Boston police said the two men arrested after the drone was found in Duffy’s backpack are scheduled to be arraigned on Monday.
About six hours before the arrest, Boston police used surveillance technology to detect an “unmanned aircraft system” operating near the airport, police said.
They determined the drone’s location, altitude, flight history and the operator’s location on Long Island in Boston Harbor.
“Even small drones pose significant risks, including the potential for catastrophic damage to planes and helicopters,” police said in a statement. “A near collision can cause the pilot to veer off course, putting life and property at risk.”
Pointing to the seriousness of the response authorities are currently considering to the apparent mass drone sightings, Boston police announced that the Department of Homeland Security, Massachusetts State Police, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Federal Communications Commission, Logan It worked with the Airports Aviation Authority to coordinate efforts. Traffic regulation.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday added his name to the list of officials requesting federal drone detection technology.
Meanwhile, Florida congressman Mike Walz, who was chosen as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, has announced that drone sightings, especially unexplained drone sightings, have led to concerns between federal agencies and local authorities. He said the rift between law enforcement agencies was exposed.
“Americans find it hard to believe that we can’t figure out where these things came from,” he said on CBS’s Face the Nation.
