The Pentagon‘s dismissal of the claim that mystery drones flying over New Jersey are linked to Iran was “amateur hour,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) said on Thursday.
Van Drew caused a stir on Wednesday when he revealed that “qualified sources” told him the drones are coming from an Iranian “mothership” off the East Coast of the U.S., but Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters at a news conference there was “no truth” to the assertion.
“They’ve been incredibly stupid and incredibly weak with this,” Van Drew told Fox News on Thursday, adding that he thought the Pentagon’s Wednesday press conference “was amateur hour … No answers, no focus, no ideas.”
There have been reports of “car-sized” drone sightings in New Jersey and elsewhere over the past couple of weeks. Some drones have been spotted near military sites and President-elect Donald Trump’s golf club in Bedminster. The FBI is investigating, but so far has no answers.
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Van Drew said “of course” people are concerned and stressed that what he did was pass forward information from sources who possess a “high-security clearance.”
New Jersey Republican Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia shared to X on Wednesday details from a briefing in which the drones were described as being up to 6 feet in diameter, operated in a coordinated manner, and appeared to avoid detection by helicopters and radio frequencies.
“We know nothing. PERIOD,” Fantasia emphasized. “To state that there is no known or credible threat is incredibly misleading, and I informed all officials of that sentiment.”
Singh said during her press briefing that the Pentagon had “no evidence” that the reported drone activity came from a foreign entity or adversary and insisted that no military installation had been threatened. She also denied that people were seeing U.S. military drones.
Van Drew argued the drone reports indicate they are too “sophisticated” to be flown by hobbyists or come from a U.S. company. He also contended the drones could be launched from a ship hundreds of miles out at sea, perhaps from China or another country, if not Iran.
“Why don’t they take one of them down, analyze it, and let us know what’s really happening,” he said. “I hope they know more than they’re telling us … It’s about time they leveled with the truth.”
