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As New Jersey’s drone mystery deepens, local officials demand answers
NBC News ^ | Dec. 12, 2024, 11:01 AM EST | By Sophia Pargas and Kyla Guilfoil

Posted on 12/12/2024 8:53:38 AM PST by conservative98

Middletown Mayor Tony Perry needs answers.

The constituents of his northern New Jersey township want to know what is going on with the strange lights that have been hovering in the night sky for weeks.

“I’m not sure how I can go back to my residents and say that I’m satisfied from this meeting, when now I know that I have 180 drones that have been flying over the state of New Jersey,” Perry said following a briefing Wednesday with a representative from the Department of Homeland Security. “We have no more information as to where these drones are coming from, where they’re launching from, where they’re landing.”

The briefing comes as New Jersey is experiencing one of the more bizarre, widespread and extended bouts ever recorded of what appear to be unknown autonomous vehicles.

The drones — which are not “hobbyist,” but commercial-grade devices, according to many officials — have sparked concerns over privacy, security and public safety since the first sightings in mid-November. Eyewitness reports, social media videos and officials confirm the drones are up to 6 feet in diameter, can quickly go from emitting eerie lights to no light at all and often avoid detection.

Now, the unexplained drone sightings — and the lack of information about them — are prompting uncertainty and frustration from local officials and law enforcement who say agencies like the FBI and Homeland Security aren’t doing enough to be transparent with residents.

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Several officials present at the briefing stated that the drones are commercial-grade, but that they cannot confirm whether the drones belong to U.S. companies or foreign entities.

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The FBI said at a Homeland Security hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that while it has started an investigation, it did not yet have answers.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: biden; coverup; dhs; drones; fbi; newjersey; newyork; pennsylvania; philmurphy; tonyperry; virginia
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1 posted on 12/12/2024 8:53:38 AM PST by conservative98
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“We do not attribute that to an individual or a group, yet; we’re investigating but I don’t have an answer of who’s responsible for that,” Robert W. Wheeler Jr., assistant director of the Critical Incident Response Group for the FBI, said.

When asked whether there is a risk to the public, Wheeler said, “There’s nothing that is known, that would lead me to say that, but we just don’t know and that’s the concerning part.”


2 posted on 12/12/2024 8:54:08 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98
Some food for thought...

Mothership location has been isolated... near Langley, Virginia

3 posted on 12/12/2024 8:56:16 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: conservative98

Tell the citizens to shoot them down.


4 posted on 12/12/2024 8:56:35 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: DownInFlames

Exactly—enough words—time for action.


5 posted on 12/12/2024 8:57:41 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: conservative98

A New Jersey State police helicopter was following one of these things but broke off and landed because the pilot feared for his safety? WTF! It’s nice to know we are protected by cowards.


6 posted on 12/12/2024 8:59:22 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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What if they’re carrying something dangerous or explosive?

Someone yesterday suggested using another drone to try and ‘net’ one.


7 posted on 12/12/2024 9:00:59 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: conservative98

This is ridiculous. I assume that this is the government searching for someone - perhaps a terrorist. If that is the case, then say that its the government but that they don’t want to disclose why they are doing it. But the FBI saying they have no idea why it is happening is embarrassing.


8 posted on 12/12/2024 9:01:20 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: conservative98

Several officials present at the briefing stated that the drones are commercial-grade, but that they cannot confirm whether the drones belong to U.S. companies or foreign entities.


So the Biden spokesidiot lied.


9 posted on 12/12/2024 9:02:22 AM PST by conservative98
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It’s AI. It has become sentient and is building terminator drones.


10 posted on 12/12/2024 9:05:28 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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I read somebody joking,

“There must not be any rednecks in NJ.

These drones wouldn’t make in Alabama”.


11 posted on 12/12/2024 9:08:28 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Jamestown1630

Stop the debate and shoot one down—if there are negative consequences so be it.

The endless talking must stop and stop now.


12 posted on 12/12/2024 9:08:29 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

A 30/06 can cover quite a distance and would be difficult to track from a long distance away. If they belong to the US government all they have to do is confirm it and tell the public to leave them alone instead of playing stupid guessing games what they like to do.


13 posted on 12/12/2024 9:12:34 AM PST by Saintgermain ( )
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To: cgbg

Just like the chinese spy baroon.....a lot of hand wringing and no action.


14 posted on 12/12/2024 9:13:16 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: conservative98

Mothership location has been isolated... near Langley, Virginia

https://patriots.win/p/19A0oiYfLF/mothership-location-has-been-iso/c


15 posted on 12/12/2024 9:13:28 AM PST by Grampa Dave (If history teaches us anything: It's that history rarely teaches anything. (outofsalt))
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Or Florida


16 posted on 12/12/2024 9:13:40 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: cgbg

If it’s carrying explosives, shooting it down might destroy any useful evidence.


17 posted on 12/12/2024 9:17:24 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: cgbg

“Stop the debate and shoot one down”

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An obvious solution, so not going to happen.

Getting to the source of problems is not something our politicians and self-serving bureaucracies are inclined to do.

We are all about rhetoric over results.


18 posted on 12/12/2024 9:18:51 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Jamestown1630

“If it’s carrying explosives, shooting it down might destroy any useful evidence.”

Well let us find out—I am sick and tired of the speculation.


19 posted on 12/12/2024 9:20:14 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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“A 30/06 can cover quite a distance and would be difficult to track from a long distance away.”

And in the event of a more than likely miss, where do those rounds land I wonder.


20 posted on 12/12/2024 9:20:17 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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