Posted on 12/16/2024 12:48:40 AM PST by Libloather
Alejandro Mayorkas has said a new Federal Aviation Administration rule may be behind the deluge of drone sightings across New Jersey and the East Coast.
The outgoing DHS secretary finally addressed the issue with the press on Sunday, confirming that they could not physically shoot down the drones but that technology to assist in detecting them is on its way.
He gave some clarification, however, as to why all of this seemed to be happening all of a sudden.
'In September of 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA, changed the rules so that drones could fly at night,' Mayorkas said.
'And that may be one of the reasons why now people are seeing more drones than they did before, especially from dawn to dusk.'
The FAA already imposes restrictions on nighttime operations. Most drones are not allowed to fly at night unless they are equipped with anti-collision lights that are visible for at least 3 miles
After receiving reports of drone activity last month near Morris County, New Jersey, the Federal Aviation Administration issued temporary bans on drone flights over a golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, that is owned by President-elect Donald Trump, and over Picatinny Arsenal Military Base.
The FAA is responsible for the regulations governing their use, and Congress has written some requirements into law.
With a 2018 law, the Preventing Emerging Threats Act, Congress gave certain agencies in the Homeland Security and Justice departments authority to counter threats from unmanned aircraft to protect the safety of certain facilities.
New drones must be outfitted with equipment allowing law enforcement to identify the operator, and Congress gave the agencies the power to detect and take down unmanned aircraft that they consider dangerous.
The law spells out where the counter-drone measures can be used, including...
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This is a test. This is only a test.
“The boarder is secure Mayorkas” Can’t be trusted !
Everything that comes out of his mouth has been a lie for the last 4 years. Why in the hell is this guy even trying to be legitimate? This guy should be in prison for treason .
Who doesn’t have a 6 foot diameter drone and fly it around army bases or airports with the lights off at night? Nothing to see here.
Of course, the drones launched by
- AntiFa
- China
- Cuba
- Iran
- “Palestinian” apologists
- Russia
are in full compliance with
- filed flight plans
- lighting
- large exterior ID and registration markings
All of a sudden from a rule change 15 months ago? Yeah, that won’t fly either (no pun intended). Try again. We still don’t believe anything you say.
Mayorkas is a useless waste-of-space. The Impeached One.
Mayorkass is right on the money. These are Mexican Street Taco drones making sure that Republicans in Deep Blue states can get something to eat.
He is no better than Shitf. Same playbook. Same pack of lies.
Wut? Can’t shoot down over water? What an arsehole.
Nothing Maydorkas says can be believed.
Hopefully that pos9is rounded up and deported 21 January.
Uh, maybe from dusk to dawn?
I’m surprised he didn’t say it’s Santa Claus (Amazon) delivering Christmas gifts.
I caught that too. They got it bass akwards.
Evidently, about 100 people in New Jersey. /s
He added, “The border is closed”.
Clean water act.
No.he is PURE EVIL!.
There are lots of lights moving in the sky: airplanes, helicopters and actual legal drones. People are not used to seeing drones at night.
BUT some of those drones turn their lights off when they are approached. They are avoiding detection. That is a nefarious drone. The government needs to focus their briefings on these drones and not make excuses.
DHS: ‘Technology to assist in detecting drones is on its way.’
NOW it is on its way? The Biden’s puppetmaster Regime is unable to protect us.
nothing that comes from these treasonous pukes should be believed
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