Trump Calls On Feds To Explain Or Shoot Down Mystery Drones | EUROtoday

President-elect Donald Trump joined the refrain of individuals elevating issues about mysterious drone sightings over New Jersey and different states on the East Coast, calling on authorities officers to shoot down the plane if they’re actually unidentifiable.

In a Friday submit on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump indicated that he believes authorities know extra in regards to the drones than they’re letting on.

“Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don [sic] think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shot [sic] them down!!! DJT,” the president-elect wrote.

Residents of Morris County, New Jersey, first began reporting nighttime sightings of the drones final month. Since then, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have investigated the objects and are trying into whether or not individuals are seeing precise drones, manned plane or one thing else.

“We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus,” the FBI and DHS stated in a joint assertion Thursday. “Upon review of available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft, operating lawfully. There are no reported or confirmed drone sightings in any restricted air space.”

Nevertheless, stories of drone sightings continued to proliferate on Friday, with even former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan posting video of what he stated had been “dozens of large drones” flying over his dwelling on Thursday evening. Individuals in New York and Connecticut have additionally reported seeing the plane.

Trump’s missive got here after White House nationwide safety spokesperson John Kirby appeared on Fox News’ “The Story” on Friday afternoon, the place host Martha MacCallum pressed him about whether or not officers actually don’t have an evidence for the drone sightings.

“I’m not going to lie to you or to the American people, and I’m not going to say we know something when we don’t,” Kirby stated. “And we would never, ever stoop to think that an American citizen was crazy or nuts because of what they’re seeing and what they’re documenting. We’re taking that imagery seriously and we’re doing the best we can to analyze it, and we encourage people to come forward if they have additional sightings.”

“Why not just take one down and figure out what’s going on?” MacCallum requested.

“We don’t have enough conclusions to take that kind of a policy action,” Kirby replied. “But let’s just assume for a minute, Martha, that we did. You’re not going to want to shoot something down where it could hit somebody’s house, or hurt somebody.”

She additionally requested what President Joe Biden has to say on the difficulty, and whether or not Elon Musk or different “outside experts” had been referred to as in to provide their opinions.

Biden “has tasked the team to look into this and to be energetic in doing it, to try to get answers,” Kirby stated.