Don’t believe your eyes!
The Biden administration has dismissed the mystery of New Jersey’s mysterious drones as nefarious foreign interference involved, even as leading lawmakers from both New York and New Jersey have called for a federal briefing. suggested that it was a possibility.
White House National Security Council Press Secretary John Kirby said at a White House briefing Thursday that federal law enforcement officials have investigated more than 3,000 reports of car-sized drones patrolling the night sky in recent weeks. He said it has not been verified.
And he suggested that most of the claims about mysterious drones are people mistaking them for helicopters or planes that are actually flying legally.
This comes despite dozens of citizens, law enforcement officials, and even the U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal, the epicenter of drone sightings in the Garden State, reporting strange activity in the skies night after night. Such an explanation has been given.
“We have not been able to corroborate the sightings that have been reported, and neither have state or local law enforcement officials,” Kirby told reporters.
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He added: “After reviewing the available images, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually legally operating manned aircraft.”
But he acknowledged that the sightings highlighted a “power gap” in the U.S. government regarding how the federal government can deal with mysterious drones and other UFOs, adding that it has not changed its counter-drone powers. It recommended that Congress pass a bill to expand it.
The public’s frustration with the lack of response was echoed Wednesday by Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), who said a “very reliable” source told him that the drone was coming from an Iranian mothership parked offshore. It culminated in him claiming to have been told there was a possibility. The Department of Defense immediately made this claim, which was denied without providing further insight.
But Van Drew, who wrote a letter to President Biden asking him to explain the phenomenon, doubled down on his claims Thursday, telling Fox News that “we are not being told the truth” and that the Pentagon “This is how we respond to the American people,” he said. we are stupid ”
He also released satellite images from an Iranian port showing the drone carrier, which is said to have departed around November 12, a few days before Jersey reports began on November 18.
The calls for answers are now bipartisan.
On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, and Sen.-elect Andy Kim from New York and New Jersey co-signed a letter to the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and Federal Aviation Administration. , requested the following: Please explain what is being done to “identify and address the causes of these intrusions.”
“We are writing this letter out of urgent concern about unmanned aircraft system activity that has impacted communities in New York and New Jersey in recent days,” the Democratic senators wrote, adding that these He added that he was “concerned” by the continuing number of drone incidents.
“Since late November, communities in the New York City area and northern New Jersey have reported several unexplained drone sightings at night, putting both residents and local law enforcement on alert.” It added that the object had been repeatedly seen near “critical infrastructure.” Sensitive locations such as reservoirs and military bases.
The White House ignored the report, and shortly after the Department of Homeland Security also ignored it, but local civilian drone experts say some sightings include commonplace civilian planes, helicopters, and satellites. He said there was an explanation, but there were many other things that were unexplained.
“It has to be the military or some kind of government agency,” said Haley Connelly, a civilian market expert who ran North Jersey Drone Shot with her husband for 12 years.
The couple told the Post that the drone appears to offer technology far beyond what’s available on the market, including extremely long battery life, weather resistance and massive size relative to the altitude it flies. spoke.
Brett Velicovich, a U.S. Army special operations veteran, also believes there’s more at play than just the government’s lackluster layoffs.
“Frankly, my gut feeling is that it’s the enemy that’s doing this, because if it was a secret military experiment, the government would have shut it down because of hysteria,” he said. told FOX News.
“It’s hard to believe that our government really knows nothing about this.”
