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Tech Crunch: Pentagon doesn't know where mystery drones over New Jersey come from [View all]
Tech Crunch - Pentagon doesn’t know where mystery drones over New Jersey come from
Sarah Perez
12:33 PM PST · December 11, 2024
In a press briefing on Wednesday, the Pentagon said it has no evidence that the mysterious drones that have been flying over New Jersey and other parts of the northeast U.S. in recent weeks were coming from a foreign entity, nor were they U.S. military drones. The comments come a day after a U.S. Congressional hearing focused on the increasing drone activity, where several Capital Hill lawmakers expressed frustration with the lack of information and response to the drone incursions.
The FBI told lawmakers during Tuesday’s hearing that it’s working with state and local authorities to investigate the situation and had received north of 3,000 reports of sightings from the public. However, it didn’t yet know who was responsible. Of note, a senior FBI official revealed that the organization’s budget for counter-drone activity was only around $500,000.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had banned drone flights in parts of New Jersey back in November, as a result of drones flying over the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster and the Picatinny Arsenal military research and manufacturing facility in Morris County, according to press reports at the time.
Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh shared more about the drones in a briefing on Wednesday, where she explained that the drones were not likely from a foreign adversary.
“At this time, we have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign adversary. We’re going to continue to monitor what is happening but, at no point were our installations threatened when this activity was occurring,” she said.
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Sarah Perez
12:33 PM PST · December 11, 2024
In a press briefing on Wednesday, the Pentagon said it has no evidence that the mysterious drones that have been flying over New Jersey and other parts of the northeast U.S. in recent weeks were coming from a foreign entity, nor were they U.S. military drones. The comments come a day after a U.S. Congressional hearing focused on the increasing drone activity, where several Capital Hill lawmakers expressed frustration with the lack of information and response to the drone incursions.
The FBI told lawmakers during Tuesday’s hearing that it’s working with state and local authorities to investigate the situation and had received north of 3,000 reports of sightings from the public. However, it didn’t yet know who was responsible. Of note, a senior FBI official revealed that the organization’s budget for counter-drone activity was only around $500,000.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had banned drone flights in parts of New Jersey back in November, as a result of drones flying over the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster and the Picatinny Arsenal military research and manufacturing facility in Morris County, according to press reports at the time.
Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh shared more about the drones in a briefing on Wednesday, where she explained that the drones were not likely from a foreign adversary.
“At this time, we have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign adversary. We’re going to continue to monitor what is happening but, at no point were our installations threatened when this activity was occurring,” she said.
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I dunno... art exhibit? Whatever it is, it's fascinating.
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