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White House comments on ‘mystery’ drones

In 2024, the Biden administration drew criticism for not identifying the origins of objects spotted over the East Coast.

US authorities have dismissed speculation that mass sightings of drones in the past few months were linked to hostile activities. Last year, then-President Joe Biden’s administration faced widespread criticism for not identifying the origins of the objects.

The UAVs were “not the enemy,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the first press briefing of President Donald Trump’s new administration on Tuesday.

She conveyed a message “directly from the president,” giving an update on a news story that made headlines throughout November and December. Sightings of unidentified aircraft were reported in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, while arrests were made in connection with drone operations near restricted areas in Massachusetts and California.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized the unmanned aircraft operating over New Jersey “for research and various other reasons,” Leavitt told the media, adding that many of them belonged to “private individuals that enjoy flying drones.”

The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office first reported the aerial activity, leading to temporary flight restrictions, including at Stewart International Airport in New York. At the time, the FBI reported receiving thousands of tip-offs from citizens about drones they witnessed, and the Biden administration reassured the public that the objects posed no threat.

”There are thousands of drones flown every day in the United States, recreational drones, commercial drones,” then-Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stated. According to FAA data, around a million civilian UAVs are registered nationwide.

In December, Trump accused the outgoing administration of withholding information about the unmanned planes, insisting: “Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!” Before his inauguration, Trump promised to provide information about drones “about one day” into his administration, during a conversation with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago on January 9. He said it’s “ridiculous” that people are not being informed about what is happening with the aircraft.

Amid public debate over the drones’ possible foreign origins, senior lawmakers have called for additional powers to be given to federal and state authorities, to tackle such situations.

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Source:RT News

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  1. So? What were the drones REALLY doing???
    Rumour is that they were equipped with radiation detectors, and were serving as nuke sniffers, or NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) detectors.
    Given the mysterious fog causing flu-like sickness, I would bet on the latter.
    BUT-
    The Plasma Balls are something else, perhaps using Tesla Technology or dimensional energy as a result of the Hadron Collider?
    One such plasma Ball responded to comments put to it in the below…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7VwwkwdAbw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCi7T1z7FaE
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deMxLYwhids

    • Hubris. Making robot to he image of human beings while they are not humans but machine. Trying to imitate the Creation, and like the Babel Tower, it will end in disaster

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