While some believe they could be Chinese spy drones, others conclude there is no credible threat.
Despite assistance from President Biden’s administration that the unidentified aircraft are innocent, House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Michael McCaul of Texas asserted the belief that some of the unidentified drones are Chinese spy drones.
“I believe they’re spy drones and the PRC and communist China is very good at this stuff. We know they bought land around military bases. This would be very consistent with their policy over the past couple years,” Congressman McCaul said. “We’re not getting answers and I think it’s because our government does not know who is behind them and that is very disturbing to me.”
Representative Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania said, after a two-hour intelligence briefing, “I think that the message for the American people is that a lot of people from a lot of different organizations at the federal level are taking this very, very seriously. To date, they haven’t found anything that would indicate that there’s foreign influence, foreign actors, or even little green men who are working on the American people.”
Legislators continue to call for the release of the information gathered by intelligence officials.
“Show us the data; show us how it’s manned aircraft. That’s kind of my request of the government, and hopefully they do that. I think that the public needs to understand and see for themselves what these government officials have concluded,” said Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Departments of Homeland Security and Defense jointly stated, “Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones.”
They concluded, “We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the northeast.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For federal officials to release the information they have gathered on the drones.
- For members of Congress as they seek answers to the large gatherings of drones which have disrupted air travel or shut down military installation airspace.
Sources: The Hill, NY Post
