New York Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned the Biden administration’s bungled response to the crisis that hit the East Coast, telling the White House that the bizarre episode was “going too far.”
On Friday, Democrats spoke out and issued a statement calling for federal authorities to “intervene” after drones forced airspace closures at Stewart Field for more than an hour.
Hochul’s call prompted New York State Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer and New Jersey Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim to seek clarification from the FBI, FAA and Department of Homeland Security. This was done after sending the letter.
In the letter, the lawmakers, all Democrats, called for an emergency meeting as they called on Biden to step up his response to the situation and reveal the mysterious source of the drones.
They wrote, “Since late November, several unexplained drone sightings have been reported at night in communities in the New York City area and northern New Jersey, alarming both residents and local law enforcement. ” he pointed out.
“The potential safety and security risks posed by these drones in civilian areas are particularly relevant given recent drone intrusions into key military facilities within and outside the continental United States over the past year,” the letter said. It is written that there is a gender.
The Biden administration has maintained that drones do not pose a threat to public safety or national security.
But where the drones came from and what they were doing in East Coast skies remains unclear, and many officials and the public aren’t satisfied with the answers.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul criticized the Biden administration’s bungled response to the crisis that hit the East Coast, telling the White House the bizarre episode was “going too far.”
On Friday, Democrats spoke out and issued a statement calling for federal authorities to “intervene” after drones forced airspace closures for more than an hour at Stewart Field (pictured).
More than 3,000 reports of drones have been confirmed on the East Coast in recent weeks, with authorities admitting the source is unknown. Photo: Approximately nine drones flew in from the Atlantic Ocean on December 5th.
More and more drone footage has been released since the drone was first spotted last month, with some of the clearest footage released this week in Somerset County, New Jersey.
The video shows three “mysterious drones in the air,” two of them very close to each other, as if they were talking to each other, and a third hovering for “approximately 15 minutes.”
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday night that drones are “very sophisticated.” [the drones]they become dark.
Governor Murphy continued, “I don’t blame people for being frustrated,” and spent much of Sunday coordinating with both the White House and the Department of Homeland Security on the issue in hopes of getting answers. He added that he spent.
This demand for urgent answers was echoed in Hochul’s statement after the airport closure, where he said he was still in the dark despite asking for clarification a month ago. .
“In mid-November, I directed the New York State Information Center to aggressively investigate drone sightings and work with federal law enforcement to address this issue, and that effort continues. ” she said.
“However, to enable state law enforcement to address this issue, I am now calling on Congress to pass the Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act.”
“This bill would reform the legal authorities against UAS, increase FAA oversight of unmanned aircraft, and expand anti-UAS efforts to some state and local law enforcement agencies.”
New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim shared his own eerie description of drones after going out at night with local police to observe the drone phenomenon.
Since the first drone was discovered last month, footage of the drone has been released one after another.
The latest footage to emerge from New Jersey shows three “mysterious drones flying through the air,” only adding more questions to the wave of strange UFOs.
Observers are puzzling over the unexplained drones, and even powerful people in Washington say they’re looking for answers.
New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim shared his account of the drone with X after going out at night with local police to observe UFOs.
“We drove to Round Valley Reservoir and the officer pointed out lights moving low above the treeline. Sometimes a solid white light, other times flashing red or green. sometimes,” Kim wrote in a thread that included multiple videos of the drone.
Some have argued that the drone is likely just a plane or helicopter, but Kim denies this theory, saying his group used flight tracking equipment to record the location of the tracking aircraft. did.
“We would often see five to seven lights at a time, low and unrelated to the aircraft that could be seen on tracking apps,” he continued. “Some hovered, others moved beyond the horizon.”
Kim said officers have been seeing the drones every night, saying they appear after dark and disappear before dawn.
Congress after White House national security and communications adviser John Kirby insisted that the public had nothing to fear but acknowledged that officials were still struggling to corroborate some reports. Outrage at the Capitol reached a fever pitch.
Since the first sighting on Nov. 18, the FBI has received more than 3,000 tips with varying degrees of credibility in at least 12 New Jersey counties, eastern Pennsylvania, and Orange County, New York. Reports are coming in.
Amid uncertainty, the president-elect has demanded answers from the U.S. government while condemning the Biden administration and urging it to shoot down UFOs.
But Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refused, saying the government did not have the authority to neutralize the drones.
Mr. Mayorkas echoed Mr. Kirby’s earlier comments and suggested that some of the reports may be a case of mistaken identity related to manned aircraft.
