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Mystery Drones 'Not The Enemy:' Trump Clears The Air
Daily Voice ^ | 01/28/25 | Michael Mashburn & Cecilia Levine

Posted on 01/28/2025 1:35:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind

After months of speculation and sky-high conspiracy theories, the mystery around those mysterious drones has finally been grounded. Sort of.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt relayed a message “directly” from President Donald Trump during her first press briefing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, addressing the drones that have been seen over the tri-state since late last year.

“After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) for research and various other reasons,” Leavitt quoted Trump as saying.

“Many of these drones were also hobbyist, recreational, and private individuals that enjoy flying drones. In time it got worse due to curiosity. This was not the enemy.”

The clarification came after months of rampant speculation that saw the FAA issue temporary flight restrictions over several critical infrastructure sites in the region.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: drones; faa; hysteria; mystery; njdrones; research; testing
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1 posted on 01/28/2025 1:35:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not buying the vague answer the drones were doing “research”


2 posted on 01/28/2025 1:36:00 PM PST by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No China made, No Amazon)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m skeptical. They were the size of busses we were told.


3 posted on 01/28/2025 1:36:03 PM PST by MNDude
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To: MNDude

Did they hurt anyone?

If they were spying, I figure the people whose job it is to know that, know about it.


4 posted on 01/28/2025 1:39:46 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: PMAS

Those drones were distractions by the Biden administration to divert attention away from the demented old perv and the drunk cackler.

Same with UAP’s.

And Chinese balloons from a year ago.

“Oh Look. A Squirrel.”


5 posted on 01/28/2025 1:39:58 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Man made Climate Change is Real. Cal. Officials responsible for the fires just proved it.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Research

This could end badly...

6 posted on 01/28/2025 1:39:59 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SeekAndFind

The enemy are the criminals who were running the Biden White House.


7 posted on 01/28/2025 1:40:23 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Various other reasons” ??


8 posted on 01/28/2025 1:40:45 PM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: SeekAndFind

Swamp gas.


9 posted on 01/28/2025 1:41:12 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: PMAS
Scooby-Doo, where are you?


10 posted on 01/28/2025 1:41:36 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SeekAndFind
If Trump didn't believe it, he wouldn't have said it.

I don't have any problem with "research". It's not like it's underground...

11 posted on 01/28/2025 1:43:26 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

There is more. Much more.


12 posted on 01/28/2025 1:44:31 PM PST by Openurmind
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To: SeekAndFind

Then why couldn’t Biden just say so?


13 posted on 01/28/2025 1:44:33 PM PST by Fledermaus (SANITY RETURNS!)
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14 posted on 01/28/2025 1:44:45 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SeekAndFind

Nothing was cleared up.


15 posted on 01/28/2025 1:45:30 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 )
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To: SeekAndFind

This doesn’t clarify much of anything.


16 posted on 01/28/2025 1:46:08 PM PST by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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17 posted on 01/28/2025 1:46:09 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Mariner

It actually clears it up for me. They’re searching for nuclear material.


18 posted on 01/28/2025 1:47:01 PM PST by Lazamataz (The BEST birthday present I ever got WAS DONALD TRUMP WINNING IN 2024!!!)
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To: Magnum44

No Joke


19 posted on 01/28/2025 1:47:25 PM PST by Fledermaus (SANITY RETURNS!)
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To: MNDude

Just a mass hysteria. Like the Battle of Los Angeles in WWII. 1400 large caliber AA rounds were fired into the air at nothing. But people swore they saw Jap bombers with their own eyes.
And now today, people claim it was actually flying saucers and it’s all a big cover up.

The bus size drones were more of such silliness.


20 posted on 01/28/2025 1:49:32 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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