18 December 2024
Intelligence officials insist there is nothing nefarious about the drone invasion that has
plagued New Jersey residents in
a three-hour classified briefing.
The CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense met with members of the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday night about the unidentified aircrafts that have been
reported in multiple states.
It was argued the aircrafts are not the work of a classified government operation, and said there seems to be no one reason behind the phenomenon.
Many of the
more than 5,000 reported drone sightings are just planes, helicopters or hobbyist drones operating lawfully, the officials told congressmen,
according to Fox News.
'There is no evident threat coming from any place,' Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, said following the hearing.
Rep. Jim Hines, a Democrat from Connecticut, also claimed: 'There's no evidence that anybody acted unlawfully here or that any of these drones, in as much as the authorities know about them, are associated with malign intent.
'I don't think we have any reason to believe that they are hiding information,' he added. 'And again, we asked an extraordinarily detailed series of questions of 28 people over a period of three hours.'
Even President Joe Biden tried to assure the public that there was no reason to fear the drones.
He told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that there is 'nothing nefarious, apparently' about the drones,
NBC News reports.
'We're following it closely,' he added. 'So far, no sense of danger.'
The comments echo that of a joint statement the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, FAA and Department of Defense released on Monday, as well as
that of White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby.