President Biden broke his silence on the alarming number of drone sightings gripping the tri-state area, insisting there is “no sense of danger” associated with the unexplained flights.
“Nothing nefarious apparently, but they’re checking it all out,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Tuesday as many lawmakers have joined concerned members of the public in demanding answers from the federal government on the origins of the reported drones.
“We’re following this closely, but so far no sense of danger,” the 82-year-old president said.
“There’s a lot of drones authorized up there,” Biden said. “I think one started it and they all — everybody wanted to get in the deal,” he opined, presumably referring to a “copycat” theory that has been floated as a possible source for the deluge of drone sightings.
Biden’s statements echoed his administration’s assertion that the public needn’t worry about the unidentified flying objects, which it claims are mainly manned aircraft.
The FBI, FAA, Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement Monday that there is little reason to fret.
“We assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as