As local authorities, Congress and residents of New Jersey demand answers about a number of mystery drones flying over neighborhoods and sensitive areas, the White House is stepping in to try and explain what is going on.
According to National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby the “drones” people are seeing and reporting are manned planes and there is no reason for alarm.
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Kirby: don’t worry about all the drones in the sky. It’s just a guy with a couple of drones he got at Best Buy pic.twitter.com/dmmn68Cdqu
— Rich Zeoli 🇺🇸 (@Richzeoli) December 12, 2024
Kirby’s remarks also dispute claims from Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew Wednesday that the drones were coming into New Jersey from the ocean and off of a mothership owned by Iran.
“From very high sources, very qualified sources, very responsible sources, I’m going to tell you the real deal. Iran launched a mothership, probably about a month ago, that contains these drones…I’m going to tell you the deal, it’s off the East Coast of America, they’ve launched drones. This is from high sources I don’t same this lightly,” Van Drew said during an interview with Fox News Wednesday. “Know that Iran