White House Downplays Mystery Drones

@#1 ... law enforcement officials have concluded that "these are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully" and that there have been no confirmed drone sightings in restricted airspace, Kirby said, adding that they have uncovered no malicious activity. ...

That's quite a turn around.

Homeland security officials meet with lawmakers about mysterious drone flights in New Jersey
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... So who or what is behind the flying objects? Where are they coming from? What are they doing?

Republican Assemblyman Erik Peterson, whose district includes parts of the state where the drones have been reported, said he also attended Wednesday's meeting at a state police facility in West Trenton. The session lasted for about 90 minutes.

"My understanding is they have no clue," Peterson said. ...

@#1 ... Upon reviewing images of the sightings, law enforcement officials have concluded that "these are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully" ...

These sighting have just recently appeared.

What has changed in that lawful operation of aircraft that these observations have not been previously reported??

Or, are these drones being operated legally, and Homeland Security is tacitly admitting it cannot do anything because the drones are being operated legally?

Curios stuff here.

If they are manned then they are not drones?

@#4 ... If they are manned then they are not drones? ...

Good point.

My guess is that we are still in, I'll call it, the WTF? stage.

imo, if this were just some airplanes being misidentified, the explanations would be a lot easier and more forthcoming. And, also, those airplanes have been over New Jersey for years, decades even. Why this sudden influx of airplanes?

imo, the "airplane" explanation doesn't work, even given the usual Thanksgiving travel season..

To that end, all we seem to have so far are conflicting explanation attempts.

If this were some minor thing, why would the White House even bother to acknowledge it existed? If it were so minor, the White House would leave it to the states and locals to explain.

That leads me to wonder if the national security agencies have a clue about what is happening.

That's quite a turn around.

No its not, every video I have seen the "object" had lights in accordance to FAA regulations. No more, no less.

The FAA changed the approach procedures to airports in the area..

What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
apnews.com

... U.S. Rep. Chris Smith said a Coast Guard commanding officer told him a dozen drones closely followed a Coast Guard lifeboat near Barnegat Light and Island Beach State Park in Ocean County over the weekend. ...

Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia, who was briefed by the Department of Homeland Security, said the reported drones have been up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter and sometimes travel with their lights switched off.

This is much larger than those typically flown by drone hobbyists and she said they appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio. ...

At this point, I still wonder whether this is just yet another social media hysteria, or if the drones are something real.

@#7 ... The FAA changed the approach procedures to airports in the area.. ...

Got a link?

OK, this caught my attention.

Why is the oneironaut current alias suddenly apparently trying to deflect here?

The plot thickens ...

Got to be some Jersey hotshot with a Stinger missile or two who would be glad to go gunning for some of these drones. Knock a couple down and see what you get...

Shoot em down, claim they are Russian, drop a few bunker busters on the Kremlin, problem solved.

This is strange.

We're being told there's nothing to worry about at the same time they tell us they don't know who is flying them or why or what is on-board.

They fly without lights and from what I know the FAA has rules about that.

Obviously they are not too interested in following any requirements established by the FAA.

It's much ado about nothing. People worry about stupid crap. Same ole same ole.

Lost Amazon Delivery Drones.

One,

"No its not, every video I have seen the "object" had lights in accordance to FAA regulations. No more, no less."

If they are flying in the dark, would you actually know it's there or be able to see it?

Seems like of course every video you've seen with a drone is lite up. It shows up for the video because it has lights.

I am hearing they have been seen going dark in mid flight.

they tell us they don't know who is flying them

Did they say that? That might be a problem.

Laura,

"It's much ado about nothing."

So is most of your posts.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2024-12-13 11:24 PM | Reply

Yawwwwwwwwennnnnnn At least mine aren't full of lies and hornswoggle like yours are BillJohnson. Just sayin

Redial,

There's different guesses from what I hear. Iran...China...Russia...non-state entities...private tech companies...

Personally I find it hard to believe our own government is totally unaware of their origin.

Personally I find it hard to believe our own government is totally unaware of their origin.

So do I. Did they say they don't know who is flying them?

Redial,

I know of 8 states that have reported sightings this past week.

Did they say they don't know who is flying them?

Santa is test flying the new Reindeer Drone Squad, Capitan Rudolph in charge.

Capitan Rudolph in charge.

That landscaping place has enough runway?

Whatever else you do, steer clear of the Wilmuth farm at Grovers Mill, New Jersey.

Redial,

According to what I have read, the FBI and Homeland Security are saying they are working with local and state agencies trying to determine the origin.

Unless they are all working together to suppress information, at this point they don't know.

Mostly likely someone knows something but like so many things in the government the public is being kept in the dark.

It wasn't long ago that these "drones" would be called UFOs. And before that "flying saucers". And before that a sign from God to repent.

My explanation is best: we elected an insane man to power and the stress is causing hysteria.

nbaa.org

The approaches did not change. The routing to them has.

Zed,

"stress is causing hysteria."

You mean Trump being elected is causing mass hallucinations?

Actually, these are nothing like the typical UAPs (UFOs) reported by witnesses and photographed over the decades.

These drones are behaving like drones and not the typical UAPs that are reported.

Zed,

I don't think I've read anywhere people associating UAPs with signs from God to repent.

I'm sure you can find some spiked kool-aid drinking nutjobs who believe just about anything.

UAPs are a different category.

The last 5 years even Congress is taking notice that America may be at risk of something entering our airspace in an instant we can't even chase.

If you want to get up to speed about the UAP topic, read Luis Elizondo's book he just released.

These drones are just not the same thing.

Luis Elizondo's book

All he can think to say is that UFOs are alien scouting missions prior to interstellar war.

It doesn't stand up to logic. Neither do these UAP thingies in NJ.

They are most likely psychological. In a week no one will be talking about them. Which will also be psychological.

"You mean Trump being elected is causing mass hallucinations?"

Yep.

Zed,

"They are most likely psychological"

You think you might want to be laying off the shrooms or whatever mind altering chemicals you use.

I think they might be altering your thinking processes.

There was mass hysteria during the first Donald Disaster. Over vaccines, as one example. People were frightened enough to let themselves die. Now that's damned hysterical.

Then there were those millions of people who were deathly afraid that they would no longer be able to wipe their asses. Hence, toilet paper shortages. Hysterical.

Many, many people go through even calm days being right on the edge.

Witness MAGA. UAPs are nothing. Wait until your people get back into Reptoids and witchcraft.

You think you might want to be laying off the shrooms or whatever mind altering chemicals you use.

#35 | Posted by BillJohnson

BILL JOHNSON thinks that people only have a psychology when they're high.

Zed,

"Wait until your people get back into Reptoids and witchcraft."

You actually are hitting on something that some people are a little afraid of regarding UAPs and reported sightings.

One particular person you might want to read more about is Robert Bigelow, the founder of Bigelow Aerospace, who had contracts with NASA.

It is being reported by respected sources that he was given off-world materials from crashed crafts for analysis.

He has an interest in paranormal activity in addition to his other interests.

He once owned Skinwalker Ranch, which is a bizarre topic in addition to UAPs.

We can only hope this phenomenon is as benign as you seem to think.

Zed,

Drones from China or Iran or whereever might be the least of the our worries.....

At least we can deal with that.

NewsNation Reporter Raises Alarm After Seeing Drones Firsthand: More Sophisticated Than I Ever Imagined'
www.mediaite.com

... NewsNation investigative correspondent Rich McHugh admitted in a Friday report he did not "pay much credence" to concerns about drones flying over New Jersey, but after seeing it firsthand he's thinking a little differently.

"I gotta be honest here. You know when this story first came out a few weeks ago, as a resident of New Jersey, as a journalist, I didn't pay it much credence," he reported. "I thought it would turn out to be a bunch of pranksters and this would all be over by now, the experience I had last night, however, changed the way I feel about this story completely."

McHugh said was he saw was "more sophisticated than I ever imagined."

Reporting from Red Bank, New Jersey, McHugh showed footage of a large drone with multiple bright lights attached. He said in an hour he witnessed "40-50 drones." One was still flying behind him during his report. The journalist said the drones were about eight to 10 feet wide and all carried bright lights.

"Definitely not an airplane, but what was it?" he asked. ...