DEVELOPING STORY: President Trump called on the Biden Administration to take immediate action to protect Americans from mysterious drones that have been terrorizing citizens across multiple states.
“Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), meanwhile, wrote on social media site X on Friday that, overnight, he and local police had gone out looking for drones — and they often saw five to seven lights at a time that were low and “not associated with aircraft” on a flight tracking app.
A few, he wrote, appeared to be flying in small clusters of two to four — and several “would move horizontally and then immediately switch back in the opposite direction in maneuvers that plane[s] can’t do.”
“This has gone on for weeks,” Kim wrote. “It’s hard to understand how with the technology we have we aren’t able to track these devices to determine origin and this makes me much more concerned about our capabilities more broadly when it comes to drone detection and counter measures.”
The FBI and DHS in a joint statement Thursday said that “it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft, operating lawfully” adding that there is “no known malicious activity occurring in New Jersey.” The agencies also said the reported sightings there do, however, “highlight the insufficiency of current authorities” related to who can take them down. The Secret Service earlier this week denied that the reported drones belong to the agency.
John Kirby, the White House national security communications adviser, told Fox News on Friday — ahead of Trump’s missive — that “we don’t have enough conclusions” to take down one of the craft. “We’re gonna share as much as we can. I understand it’s frustrating for folks, it’s frustrating for us,” Kirby said.
Do you really believe that the Pentagon doesn’t know where those drones came from or who’s manning them?