A little more than five weeks before he begins his second term in the White House, President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> joined calls for more answers regarding what are being described as <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2024/12/10/what-are-the-car-sized-drones-flying-over-new-jersey-pennsylvania/76859459007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;car-sized&#8221;</a> drones that have put Americans on edge.
&#8220;Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country,&#8221; Trump said in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113647906240301335" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to Truth Social on Friday. &#8220;Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT.&#8221;
Images of suspected drones have flooded social media over the past several days as sightings have been reported in the night skies over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> and elsewhere, including near military sites and President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/drones-new-jersey-trump-bedminster-golf-course-fbi-20241206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">golf club</a> in Bedminster.
Federal authorities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-fbi-release-statement-about-drone-sightings-in-new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insist</a> they have no evidence of a threat to the public or national security. In fact, the FBI and Homeland Security Department said &#8220;electronic detection&#8221; have failed to corroborate any of the sightings.
&#8220;To the contrary, upon review of available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft, operating lawfully,&#8221; the two U.S. agencies emphasized in a joint statement released on Thursday.
One U.S. congressman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-congressman-sources-claim-mystery-drones-over-new-jersey-come-from-mothership-sent-by-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> &#8220;qualified sources&#8221; told him drones were coming from an Iranian &#8220;mothership&#8221; off the East Coast, but the Pentagon claimed to have no proof of a foreign link and denied the sightings were of U.S. military drones.
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Still, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amateur-hour-gop-rep-calls-bs-on-pentagons-response-to-mystery-drones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawmakers</a> and <a href="https://x.com/HeyLukOverThere/status/1867613013588488417" target="_blank" rel="noopener">others</a> contended they do not believe the Department of Defense has been completely forthcoming. Yet more have flatly <a href="https://x.com/RepNicole/status/1867629808005657015" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disagreed</a> with assertions that the suspects drones do not pose a safety risk.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, who has said the White House is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-feds-cannot-corroborate-mysterious-drone-sightings-over-new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urging</a> Congress to &#8220;pass important legislation that will extend and expand existing counter-drone authorities,&#8221; appeared exasperated on Friday.
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🚨JUST IN: Biden Not Ready to Order Drone Takedowns
John Kirby says White House doesn’t “know enough” about the drones to make a decision on whether to take them down.
“We know people are afraid of it. We know people have concerns. We have those same concerns.” <a href="https://t.co/pRtgOjdDqm">pic.twitter.com/pRtgOjdDqm</a>
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&#8220;We can&#8217;t corroborate every single sighting,&#8221; Kirby told Fox News. &#8220;Some of them we have. Not all of them. And we&#8217;re working hard to do that. We know people are afraid of it. We know people have concerns. We have those same concerns.&#8221;
Some have questioned why the United States has not shot down one of the suspected drones for study. Kirby dismissed the idea as being premature and dangerous when pressed by anchor Martha MacCallum.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t have enough conclusions to take that kind of a policy action,&#8221; Kirby said. &#8220;But let&#8217;s just assume for a minute that we did, you&#8217;re not going to want to shoot something down where it can hit somebody&#8217;s house or hurt somebody.&#8221;

President-Elect Donald Trump

‘Let The Public Know, And Now’: Trump Speaks Out On ‘Mystery Drone Sightings’

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National Security

New Jersey

U.S.

The U.S. government has no evidence to &#8220;corroborate&#8221; the sightings of what are suspected to be large drones flying over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> and other parts of the East Coast, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said on Thursday.
<a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2024/12/10/what-are-the-car-sized-drones-flying-over-new-jersey-pennsylvania/76859459007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Car-sized&#8221;</a> drones have been seen over the past couple of weeks, unnerving residents in New Jersey and elsewhere. Some have been spotted near military sites and President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/drones-new-jersey-trump-bedminster-golf-course-fbi-20241206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">golf club</a> in Bedminster. The FBI is investigating, but so far has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-clueless-about-mystery-drones-flying-over-new-jersey-official-tells-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no answers</a>.
On Wednesday, Rep. Jeff Van Drew <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-congressman-sources-claim-mystery-drones-over-new-jersey-come-from-mothership-sent-by-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that &#8220;qualified sources&#8221; told him the drones are coming from an Iranian &#8220;mothership&#8221; off the East Coast of the U.S., although a Pentagon spokeswoman told reporters at a news conference there was &#8220;no truth&#8221; to the assertion.
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Kirby affirmed the Pentagon&#8217;s denial, declaring, &#8220;We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat or have a foreign nexus.&#8221;
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are investigating the &#8220;sightings&#8221; and are &#8220;working closely&#8221; with state and local law enforcement to &#8220;provide resources using numerous detection methods to better understand their origin,&#8221; Kirby continued.
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John Kirby on drone activity in and around New Jersey: &quot;We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat or have a foreign nexus&#8230; We have not been able to&#8230;corroborate any of the reported visual sightings.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/xfxFaJQUaN">pic.twitter.com/xfxFaJQUaN</a>
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&#8220;Using various sophisticated electronic detection technologies provided by federal authorities, we have not been able to, and neither have state or local law enforcement authorities, corroborate any of the reported visual sightings,&#8221; Kirby said.
&#8220;To the contrary,&#8221; he added, &#8220;upon review of available imagery it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully.&#8221;
Kirby said the U.S. Coast Guard has &#8220;confirmed&#8221; that there is no evidence of foreign-based coastal vessels and insisted that there are no reported or confirmed drone sightings in any restricted airspace.
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&#8220;That said, we certainly take seriously the threat that can be posed by unmanned aircraft systems which is why law enforcement and other agencies continue to support New Jersey and investigate reports, even though they have uncovered no malicious activity or intent,&#8221; he said.
Kirby said the reported sightings &#8220;highlight a gap in authorities&#8221; and therefore the White House encourages Congress to &#8220;pass important legislation that will extend and expand existing counter-drone authorities.&#8221;
Such an expansion would help ensure &#8220;we are better prepared to identify and mitigate any potential threats to airports or any other critical infrastructure and so that state and local authorities are provided all the tools they need to respond to such threats as well,&#8221; Kirby said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JacquiHeinrich</a> grills John Kirby on the drones: &quot;The analysis thus far in an investigation that is ongoing has not revealed any national security or malicious intent, or criminal activity.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XQz26ERQY7">pic.twitter.com/XQz26ERQY7</a>
&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1867292195968921846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Kirby later <a href="https://x.com/UAPJames/status/1867301908529950794" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that he &#8220;cannot characterize for you definitely&#8221; what the sightings may be and <a href="https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1867292195968921846" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that an analysis so far &#8220;has not revealed any national security or malicious intent, or criminal activity.&#8221; He also said: &#8220;We&#8217;re at the beginning here, not the end.&#8221;

White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby

White House: Feds Cannot ‘Corroborate’ Mysterious Drone Sightings Over New Jersey

John Kirby

White House

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pentagon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pentagon</a>&#8216;s dismissal of the claim that mystery drones flying over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> are linked to Iran was &#8220;amateur hour,&#8221; Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) said on Thursday.
Van Drew caused a stir on Wednesday when he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-congressman-sources-claim-mystery-drones-over-new-jersey-come-from-mothership-sent-by-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that &#8220;qualified sources&#8221; told him the drones are coming from an Iranian &#8220;mothership&#8221; off the East Coast of the U.S., but Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters at a news conference there was &#8220;no truth&#8221; to the assertion.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve been incredibly stupid and incredibly weak with this,&#8221; Van Drew told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/nj-lawmaker-fires-back-after-pentagon-dismisses-claim-drones-may-linked-iran-weakness-stupidity">Fox News</a> on Thursday, adding that he thought the Pentagon&#8217;s Wednesday press conference &#8220;was amateur hour &#8230; No answers, no focus, no ideas.&#8221;
There have been reports of <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2024/12/10/what-are-the-car-sized-drones-flying-over-new-jersey-pennsylvania/76859459007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;car-sized&#8221;</a> 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&#8217;s <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/drones-new-jersey-trump-bedminster-golf-course-fbi-20241206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">golf club</a> in Bedminster. The FBI is investigating, but so far has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-clueless-about-mystery-drones-flying-over-new-jersey-official-tells-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no answers</a>.
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Van Drew said &#8220;of course&#8221; people are concerned and stressed that what he did was pass forward information from sources who possess a &#8220;high-security clearance.&#8221;
New Jersey Republican Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia <a href="https://x.com/DawnFantasia_NJ/status/1866896860578717994" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> 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.
&#8220;We know nothing. PERIOD,&#8221; Fantasia emphasized. &#8220;To state that there is no known or credible threat is incredibly misleading, and I informed all officials of that sentiment.&#8221;
Singh said during her press briefing that the Pentagon had &#8220;no evidence&#8221; 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 &#8220;sophisticated&#8221; 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.
&#8220;Why don&#8217;t they take one of them down, analyze it, and let us know what&#8217;s really happening,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I hope they know more than they&#8217;re telling us &#8230; It&#8217;s about time they leveled with the truth.&#8221;

Rep. Jeff Van Drew

‘Amateur Hour’: GOP Rep Calls BS On Pentagon’s Response To Mystery Drones

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Jeff Van Drew

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A senior <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> official testified to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> on Tuesday that the bureau is completely flummoxed by suspected drones flying over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> that have yet to be identified, causing a stir among residents and prompting officials to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-sounds-off-on-unknown-drones-flying-over-new-jersey-and-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demand answers</a>.
The FBI and other agencies are <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newark/news/fbi-newark-seeks-information-on-drone-sightings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> a growing number of sightings, including near the <a href="https://www.nj.com/morris/2024/12/nj-military-base-had-11-confirmed-mystery-drone-sightings-army-says.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Picatinny Arsenal</a> military research center and President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/drones-new-jersey-trump-bedminster-golf-course-fbi-20241206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">golf club</a> in Bedminster, which have been happening for weeks now.
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/RepPfluger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepPfluger</a> asked CBP, FBI, &amp; DOJ witnesses what we&#39;re all wondering—&quot;What is going on in New Jersey?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/mCaF9dN1EZ">pic.twitter.com/mCaF9dN1EZ</a>
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&#8220;What is going on in New Jersey?&#8221; House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) asked Robert Wheeler Jr., the FBI&#8217;s assistant director of the Critical Incident Response Group, during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/dTotPeiMjlc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> on Capitol Hill.
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Wheeler said the FBI is &#8220;actively investigating&#8221; the &#8220;unexplained sighting of drone activity&#8221; over New Jersey, including &#8220;proximity to sensitive sights and areas of concern,&#8221; and stressed investigators &#8220;do not attribute that to an individual or group yet.&#8221;
Pfluger asked if there are &#8220;nefarious intentions&#8221; that could lead to a national security or public safety incident that could put Americans at risk. Wheeler replied, &#8220;There is nothing that is known that would lead me to say that. And that&#8217;s the concerning part.&#8221;
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Noting that there have been other &#8220;incidents,&#8221; including last year when &#8220;unknown drones&#8221; <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/drones-military-pentagon-defense-331871f4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were flying over</a> Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, Pfluger then asked &#8220;why can&#8217;t we take action&#8221; against drones flying over sensitive sites.
&#8220;Authority exists to mitigate a UAS in flight when authorized, and that could certainly apply to a sensitive site,&#8221; Wheeler said, using the <a href="https://www.faa.gov/faq/what-unmanned-aircraft-system-uas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acronym</a> for unmanned aircraft systems. He also suggested it would be a decision for the Department of Defense.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) shared that a Coast Guard officer said a 47-foot boat “was followed by between 12 and 30 of these drones as they went through the water.&#8221; The lawmaker said he wants to know why drones are not shot down over water.
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A Commanding Officer in New Jersey Coast Guard told Rep. Chris Smith his 47-foot ship “was followed by between 12 and 30 of these drones as they went through the water — followed, right behind them,” Smith told FBI, DOJ &amp; CBP officials today. <a href="https://t.co/gnQRacslgc">https://t.co/gnQRacslgc</a> <a href="https://t.co/avbizOtblL">pic.twitter.com/avbizOtblL</a>
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Wheeler testified alongside Keith Jones, the deputy executive assistant commissioner of Air and Marine Operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security Brad Wiegmann.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) also pressed Wheeler, saying, &#8220;You&#8217;re telling me we don&#8217;t know what the hell these drones are in New Jersey. Is that correct? &#8221; After Wheeler responded with, &#8220;That&#8217;s right,&#8221; Gonzales declared, &#8220;That&#8217;s crazy. &#8230; That&#8217;s madness that we don&#8217;t know what these drones are.&#8221;
Suspected drones or UAS have also been spotted in the vicinity of <a href="https://www.silive.com/news/2024/12/more-mystery-drones-spotted-over-staten-island-heres-what-we-know-so-far.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Staten Island</a> and <a href="https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/drones-spotted-in-bay-ridge-brooklyn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooklyn</a>, where there is a power plant, Coast Guard base, and military installation, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said during the hearing.
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Today, I joined <a href="https://twitter.com/HomelandGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HomelandGOP</a> demanding answers from the FBI and its partner agencies regarding the unidentified drones and unmanned aircrafts flying over NY &amp; NJ, as well as the lack of action taken by these agencies to intervene. I will continue to press them to get answers &amp;… <a href="https://t.co/ufjTMf86B3">pic.twitter.com/ufjTMf86B3</a>
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Picking up on Wheeler saying officials do not know of any threats, Malliotakis asked him if there is &#8220;still a possibility&#8221; of there being one. Wheeler said &#8220;yes&#8221; to the question. He also said he did not know whether the sightings could be related to tests of security technologies for emergency responders.
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FBI Clueless About Mystery Drones Flying Over New Jersey, Official Tells Congress

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Members of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> are speaking out on &#8220;unknown drones&#8221; that have been spotted by residents zipping around in the skies of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> over the past few weeks.
These sightings have prompted investigations, Federal Aviation Administration flight restrictions, and demands for more transparency about what is happening.
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram <a href="https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1866510654355419408" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted to X</a> on Tuesday about an exchange he had with House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) about the situation ahead of a <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?540488-1/hearing-security-threats-posed-drones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drone-focused hearing</a>:
<blockquote>Pergram: It seems as though Members from both sides are not getting answers about these drones or whatever they’re seeing in New Jersey and Staten Island. There’s a hearing focusing on this today. What is the level of concern? Do you think the government is being straight? And Members can’t even get answers on this.
Johnson: We’re working on that. We need straight answers of course. We are concerned about drones and all of these new technologies and what it might mean for national security and the safety of the American citizen. I’m looking forward to the outcome of that hearing. And if we don’t get the necessary answers there, we’ll dig deeper and go to the classified level.
Pergram: Any thought that these might be “dark” programs?
Johnson: I hope not. I do not believe so. But there’s a lot of investigation going on. So we’ll find out.</blockquote>
Other lawmakers, including members of both parties and chambers of Congress, have also sounded off on the sightings.
&#8220;Last December, a fleet of drones swarmed Langley Air Force Base next to my district, and now, more drones are swarming sites along the East Coast,&#8221; Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), <a href="https://wittman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4802">vice chairman</a> of the Armed Services Committee, posted to <a href="https://twitter.com/RobWittman/status/1866231771651526829">X</a> on Tuesday.
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&#8220;This is a serious threat to public safety and national security — we&#8217;ve got to invest in our nation&#8217;s counter-drone programs if we want to deter adversaries from gathering information on Americans,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;Repeated incidents involving unknown drones over American airspace must be addressed. That is why I am leading a charge to update DOD’s authorities to detect and stop these drones when they are over military facilities,&#8221; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/gillibrandny/status/1866297517228314944" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) <a href="https://x.com/SenBooker/status/1866517379045536159" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X, &#8220;My office has been in communication with Governor Murphy’s office and our federal agency partners. While the drones currently pose no known threat to the public, my team and I will continue to monitor the situation closely.&#8221;
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/authorities-taking-mysterious-ufo-sightings-in-new-jersey-deadly-seriously-governor-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emphasized</a> to reporters on Monday that officials did not see anything that would warrant public safety concerns, but he also said authorities were taking the sightings &#8220;deadly seriously&#8221; and he participated in discussions with the White House and Homeland Security leaders &#8220;pretty much all day&#8221; on Sunday.
Dozens of sightings have been called in since November. Some activity has been reported around President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s golf club in Bedminster, where <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/drones-new-jersey-trump-bedminster-golf-course-fbi-20241206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;car-sized&#8221; drones</a> have reportedly been spotted.
What people are seeing are &#8220;apparently very, as I understand it, very sophisticated. The minute you get eyes on them, they go dark,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;We&#8217;re obviously most concerned about sensitive targets, and sensitive critical infrastructure. So we&#8217;ve got military assets, we&#8217;ve got utility assets, we&#8217;ve got the president-elect — one of his homes here.&#8221;
The FBI released a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newark/news/fbi-newark-seeks-information-on-drone-sightings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> last week stating that investigators were seeking any information from the public on &#8220;the cluster of what look to be drones and a possible fixed wing aircraft&#8221; along the Raritan River in New Jersey.
Suspected drones have also been spotted in New York&#8217;s <a href="https://www.silive.com/news/2024/12/more-mystery-drones-spotted-over-staten-island-heres-what-we-know-so-far.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Staten Island</a> and <a href="https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/drones-spotted-in-bay-ridge-brooklyn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooklyn</a>.
Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ), whose district is where many of the sightings in the Garden State have been reported, expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of answers in a <a href="https://x.com/CongressmanKean/status/1866212055532933538" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X on Monday.
&#8220;I join thousands of New Jersey residents in deep frustration regarding the growing concerns over drones operating in our skies. The safety and privacy of our residents must be a top priority, and right now, both are being put at risk,&#8221; Kean said.
He added, &#8220;I am calling for the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, and other appropriate federal agencies to deploy greater resources to investigate and address this escalating issue. Additionally, an in-depth public briefing from authorities should take place immediately.&#8221;
&#8220;The people of New Jersey deserve answers, and I will continue to demand accountability to ensure their rights and security are fully protected,&#8221; Kean concluded.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson

Congress Sounds Off On ‘Unknown Drones’ Flying Over New Jersey And New York

Mike Johnson

Authorities are taking sightings of &#8220;very sophisticated&#8221; unidentified flying objects (UFOs) that have unnerved residents in New Jersey &#8220;deadly seriously,&#8221; Governor Phil Murphy said on Monday.
Nighttime sightings that have <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-jersey-drone-mystery-staten-island/6048971/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> gone on for weeks have prompted investigations, FAA flight restrictions, and 21 mayors <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/drones-over-morris-county-new-jersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanding</a> further transparency from Murphy on what is happening.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t blame people for being frustrated,&#8221; Murphy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-calls-federal-help-amid-very-sophisticated-drone-sightings-we-need-more?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters, adding that officials from &#8220;all levels of government&#8221; including the FBI and Homeland Security Department are looking into the matter.
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“The minute you get eyes on them, they go dark… This is something we’re taking deadly seriously.” <a href="https://t.co/aS12aM693P">pic.twitter.com/aS12aM693P</a>
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Last week, the FBI released a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newark/news/fbi-newark-seeks-information-on-drone-sightings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> stating that it was seeking any information from the public on &#8220;the cluster of what look to be drones and a possible fixed wing aircraft&#8221; along the Raritan River.
Murphy, a Democrat, emphasized that officials do not see anything that would warrant public safety concerns.
&#8220;Having said that, it&#8217;s really frustrating that we don&#8217;t have more answers as to where they&#8217;re coming from and why they&#8217;re doing what they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; he added.
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The governor said there were 49 sightings on Sunday night, but noted he believed the figure to be inflated with a fixed-wing plane mistaken for a drone and multiple people reporting the same object.
&#8220;So we think these are overstated, but it&#8217;s a non-zero number,&#8221; Murphy said.
Murphy said he was involved in discussions with the White House and Homeland Security leaders &#8220;pretty much all day&#8221; on Sunday.
&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that we&#8217;ll get answers sooner than later,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I would just ask folks to continue to let the FBI or their local law enforcement know when they see something.&#8221;
What people are seeing are &#8220;apparently very, as I understand it, very sophisticated. The minute you get eyes on them, they go dark,&#8221; Murphy said.
&#8220;We&#8217;re obviously most concerned about sensitive targets, and sensitive critical infrastructure,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So we&#8217;ve got military assets, we&#8217;ve got utility assets, we&#8217;ve got the president-elect — one of his homes here.&#8221;
Murphy was alluding to President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s golf club in Bedminster, where <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/drones-new-jersey-trump-bedminster-golf-course-fbi-20241206.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;car-sized&#8221; drones</a> have reportedly been seen nearby.
&#8220;This is something we&#8217;re taking deadly seriously,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve gotten good cooperation out of the feds, but we need more, and that was my plea.&#8221;
Murphy pledged to be transparent once he knows more.
&#8220;The minute we know something, I&#8217;m not going to hide it under a bush,&#8221; he said.
Murphy said he was not aware of any &#8220;nefarious drone&#8221; crashing, adding, &#8220;If there is one that&#8217;s crashed, could someone please call me and let me know where that is?&#8221;
The governor did acknowledge &#8220;rumored downings,&#8221; noting that one turned out to be a toy and another was not found.
&#8220;Having our hands on equipment that&#8217;s on the ground would be helpful, no question about it,&#8221; Murphy said.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy

Authorities Taking Mysterious UFO Sightings In New Jersey ‘Deadly Seriously,’ Governor Says

Phil Murphy

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pentagon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pentagon</a> official described on Tuesday a trio of astounding cases involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), formerly described as unidentified flying objects (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFOs</a>), that his team of investigators have yet to solve.
Dr. <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3965734/dr-jon-kosloski-director-aaro-media-roundtable-on-the-fy24-consolidated-annual/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jon Kosloski</a>, who recently became the director of the Department of Defense&#8217;s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), gave <a href="https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-activities-of-the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testimony</a> to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> just days after his crew <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3964824/department-of-defense-releases-the-annual-report-on-unidentified-anomalous-phen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> their annual report on UAP. The top UFO investigator said there were three cases that &#8220;merit analysis&#8221; that his team was working on, including one &#8220;interesting&#8221; example that his team may be in the process of resolving.
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Jon Kosloski (New AARO Director) lists the 3 UFO cases that AARO has yet to solve
1) Law enforcement officer saw a large orange orb and saw another object that was black and the black object shot off at an incredible speed with no sound.
2) Two cars full of government… <a href="https://t.co/cVsJLoW4uI">pic.twitter.com/cVsJLoW4uI</a>
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&#8220;The first one was brought to us by a law enforcement officer out West where he observed a large orange orb floating several hundred feet above the ground, a couple miles away,&#8221; Kosloski said. &#8220;He went to investigate what was going on with that orb, and as he was pulling up to the location where he thought would be below the orb, about 40 to 60 meters away from some object. The area was well lit. He saw a blacker-than-black object. He said it was about the size of a Prius, 4 to 6 feet wide. And as he got 40 to 60 meters away from the object, it tilted up about 45 degrees, and then it shot up vertically.&#8221;
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Kosloski said the law enforcement officer claimed the orb moved &#8220;10 to 100 times faster than any drone he&#8217;s ever seen before. And it did that without making a sound, as far as he could tell from inside of his vehicle. And just as it left his field of view through his windshield, then it emitted very bright red and blue lights that illuminated the inside of his vehicle as brightly as if someone had set off fireworks just outside his vehicle, or street flares.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s anomalous because of the size of the vehicle with the great acceleration, and when he came back to investigate that area, he found no disturbance of the ground beneath it. So that&#8217;s one interesting one,&#8221; Kosloski said.
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&#8220;Another one comes to us from southeast U.S.,&#8221; Kosloski continued. &#8220;There was a U.S. facility where two cars of government contractors were leaving the facility around 9 o&#8217;clock in the morning. They looked up in the sky and saw a large, metallic cylinder about the size of a commercial airplane, and it was stationary. They observed that there was a very bright white light behind or around the object. They saw it stationary for 15 to 20 seconds, and then it disappeared. Obviously, an object that large, stationary, unless it&#8217;s a blimp, is unusual, but then disappearing, we can&#8217;t explain how that would happen.&#8221;
For the third case, which Kosloski also described as &#8220;interesting,&#8221; the UFO investigator said: &#8220;We had an aircraft that was flying parallel to another aircraft, and it was capturing imagery of it, and a small-looking object appeared to fly between the two of them, much faster than them. Through very careful analysis, we think that the object might have actually been farther away than the object that it was videotaping, but it requires very careful analysis to come to those conclusions, and we don&#8217;t have the metadata to support that — yet.&#8221;
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AARO Director Jon Kosloski

WATCH: Top Govt UFO Investigator Testifies About 3 Extraordinary Cases That Have Yet To Be Solved

Department of Defense

U.S. Senate

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFO</a> hunter who <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Written-Testimony-Elizondo.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked in</a> the Pentagon testified under oath to Congress on Wednesday that he signed documents limiting what he could say about crash retrievals of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), formerly described as unidentified flying objects (UFO).
Luis Elizondo, an author and former Department of Defense (DoD) official, appeared for a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-exposing-the-truth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> on Capitol Hill, titled &#8220;Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,&#8221; alongside other witnesses.
Under questioning from Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-mace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Mace</a> (R-SC), who chaired the hearing and asked about secret UAP crash retrieval programs, Elizondo said he signed documents three years ago restricting what he could say.
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Secret UAP Crash Retrieval Programs
&quot;Were they designed to identify and reverse engineer alien craft? Yes or no?&quot; &#8211; Rep. Nancy Mace
&quot;Yes.&quot; &#8211; Lue Elizondo <a href="https://t.co/FeAb8PNFv4">pic.twitter.com/FeAb8PNFv4</a>
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He did say &#8220;yes&#8221; to the questions of whether the U.S. government has conducted covert UAP crash retrievals and whether these programs were designed to identify and reverse engineer &#8220;alien&#8221; craft.
Elizondo emphasized that for him to speak more candidly, he would have to do so in a closed session and stressed that he was only allowed to discuss what the Pentagon approved for disclosure for his recent book.
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During another exchange, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) got Elizondo to testify that the &#8220;U.S. government&#8221; gave him the documentation to sign that prevented him from speaking further on crash retrieval programs.
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If none of this UAP stuff exists, if it’s all false, why at every turn are people trying to stop transparency? You can’t talk about fight club if there’s no fight club. <a href="https://t.co/otPGNbwu71">pic.twitter.com/otPGNbwu71</a>
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Elizondo said he did not have a copy of the record and that it was stored in a SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility). He said the DoD had it, but indicated he could not reveal much more than that publicly.
&#8220;You specifically said that the document said that you can&#8217;t talk about crash retrievals. Well, you can&#8217;t talk about fight club if there&#8217;s no fight club,&#8221; Moskowitz quipped, making a &#8220;Fight Club&#8221; movie reference.
Elizondo also said, while facing questions from Mace, he would &#8220;prefer&#8221; to address whether U.S. contractors have been involved in retrieval programs in a closed setting. And he affirmed there have been injuries.
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&#8220;In your book, you mention government employees who have been injured by UAPs, placed on leave, and receiving government compensation for their injuries, is that correct?&#8221;
After Elizondo replied in the affirmative, Mace asked, &#8220;How can the government deny that we have recovered craft if they are paying people because they&#8217;ve been injured by recovered craft?&#8221;
Elizondo said: &#8220;That&#8217;s why I think we&#8217;re here — again — because I&#8217;ve seen the documentation by the U.S. government for several of these individuals who have sustained injuries as the result of a UAP incident.&#8221;
In posts to X that followed, Mace <a href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/1856756113162866795" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>, &#8220;If I hear closed session conversation one more time I am going to lose it,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/1856794705251766766" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and</a>, &#8220;I’m fed up with the government’s efforts to hide this from American taxpayers.&#8221;
The congresswoman also <a href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/1856771509735375148" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>: &#8220;If it doesn&#8217;t exist, why are we spending taxpayer dollars on something that isn&#8217;t real? And if it does exist, why is it being deliberately hidden from the public?&#8221;
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Lue Elizondo

Former Pentagon Official Testifies Govt Is Restricting What He Can Say About UFO Retrievals

Jared Moskowitz

Nancy Mace

U.S. House of Representatives

On Wednesday, former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> divulged what he said military pilots told him in the White House about their experiences witnessing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFOs</a> with inexplicable properties.
Trump shared the story while appearing on the hit Fox News show &#8220;Gutfeld!&#8221; after panelist Kat Timpf asked him if there were aliens being held at Area 51, a secretive Air Force base in the Nevada desert that has long been the subject of fascination with the UFO community.
&#8220;You know, I&#8217;ll tell you, it&#8217;s a funny thing because — I think that might be a question that I get more than any question. It is the craziest thing,&#8221; Trump began.
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Trump just casually talking about aliens at Area 51:
 “So, we have that so-called area, they consider it a sacred area and I will say this. I don&#39;t think I&#39;m a believer but I&#39;ve interviewed pilots.. They say all I know sir is there was a round object that was going 4x faster… <a href="https://t.co/8ljPBeTVC3">pic.twitter.com/8ljPBeTVC3</a>
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&#8220;So we have that so-called area, they consider it like a sacred area. And I will say this: I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m a believer, but I&#8217;ve interviewed pilots that look — I like Tom Cruise, but better than Tom Cruise,&#8221; he continued, referring to the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; actor and getting a round of laughs. &#8220;The blonde crewcuts, the whole &#8230; and this, &#8216;Yes, sir.'&#8221;
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Trump went on to discuss what the pilots told him at the White House. What they said, as relayed by Trump, aligns with sightings in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declassified videos</a> from the Pentagon and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whistleblower-testifies-he-knows-exact-locations-of-ufos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testimony</a> of former Navy pilots David Fravor and Ryan Graves before Congress last year about coming into contact with mysterious flying objects that appeared to defy the laws of physics.
&#8220;And they were in the Oval Office, three or four pilots,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;These are not people that make up stories. &#8230; They said, &#8216;All I know, sir, is there was a round object that was going four times faster than my F-22,&#8217; which is a very fast plane, &#8216;and it wasn&#8217;t a — you know, it shouldn&#8217;t have been — it was round, sir.&#8217; They have seen, I mean, four or five guys I&#8217;ve interviewed, solid people, great pilots for the U.S. Air Force, etc. They&#8217;ve seen things that they cannot explain.&#8221;
Earlier this year, Trump <a href="https://x.com/SkyFireNews/status/1801372334433124597" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similarly talked about</a> the <a href="https://x.com/search?q=Donald%20Trump%20Logan%20Paul%20ufos&amp;src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFO stories</a> from pilots during <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-cracks-up-logan-paul-gives-him-t-shirt-with-his-mugshot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conversations with</a> Logan Paul and Hugh Hewitt, but stressed that he was more focused on threats from China, Russia, and North Korea. Earlier this month, Trump <a href="https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1831032926282367047" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told podcast host Lex Fridman</a> he would &#8220;love&#8221; to press the Pentagon to release more footage of UFOs if re-elected in 2024.
In response to calls for more transparency, the Department of Defense has set up the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which has been tasked with investigating reports of UFOs, and there has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-bureaucracy-top-house-ufo-investigator-cautions-disclosure-legislation-may-be-a-dud-offers-additional-pathway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">push by lawmakers</a> for legislation to encourage more disclosure. The Senate Armed Services Committee is <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4885353-senate-defense-committee-ufo-hearing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to hold a new UFO hearing in November.

Former President Donald Trump

Trump Reveals What Military Pilots Told Him About UFOs

2024 Election

Air Force

Military

This week, a bipartisan group of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> lawmakers formally requested the creation of a select committee to investigate the federal government&#8217;s response to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFOs</a> as interest in mysterious sightings and concerns about flight safety continues to grow.
A letter sent on Tuesday to Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) noted that &#8220;recent&#8221; whistleblower testimony and &#8220;new evidence&#8221; pertaining to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), which is the government&#8217;s preferred term for UFOs, underscore the need for a select panel under the auspices of the House Oversight Committee.
&#8220;Given the Oversight Committee&#8217;s role as the principal investigative body in the House of Representatives and its broad authority to investigate &#8216;any matter&#8217; at &#8216;any time&#8217; under House Rule X, we believe it is proper for the committee to investigate and assess how transparent and accountable the federal government is when it comes to UAP,&#8221; the letter <a href="https://twitter.com/RepEricBurlison/status/1767932015351861491" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>.
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My colleagues and I formally requested that the Speaker establish a select committee focused on UAP.
Transparency is coming. <a href="https://t.co/Sptwy05fI3">pic.twitter.com/Sptwy05fI3</a>
&mdash; Rep. Eric Burlison (@RepEricBurlison) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepEricBurlison/status/1767932015351861491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) posted a copy of the letter to X on Wednesday. It was signed by Burlison and Reps. Tim Burchett (R-TN), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Andy Ogles (R-TN), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Troy Nehls (R-TX), and Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
House members <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-reps-see-new-opportunity-for-ufo-select-committee-request-with-speaker-mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously asked</a> then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for a select committee shortly after a public hearing last summer featuring retired Air Force Maj. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufo-whistleblower-claims-firsthand-access-to-things-he-cant-talk-about-publicly">David Grusch</a>, a former U.S. intelligence and military official <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-defense-official-shares-claims-of-off-world-technology-expects-new-revelations-at-ufo-hearing">who claims</a> the government has a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo">UFO</a> retrieval program and is wrongfully keeping Congress in the dark, and former military pilots who talked about UAP encounters and potential risks.
The new letter says the federal government has offered &#8220;little clarity&#8221; on UAP incidents as it continues to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/08/us-alien-spacecraft-program-pentagon-report-00146013" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reveal certain findings</a>, bemoans a &#8220;lack of cooperation and evasion of congressional scrutiny&#8221; from the Pentagon and Intelligence Committee, and notes that it is &#8220;unclear&#8221; how much U.S. taxpayer funds are being spent on analyzing and studying UAP.
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&#8220;Respectfully, we request that the select subcommittee be fully staffed and granted access to all material and information, both classified and unclassified, provided or derived from the Federal Government relating to UAP that formerly or currently is protected by any form of special access or restricted access,&#8221; the letter says.
&#8220;Additionally, the select subcommittee should be granted access to all material and information, both classified and unclassified, possessed by the Federal Government relating to all non-earth or exotic UAP material,&#8221; it adds.

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO)

House Lawmakers Ask Speaker Johnson For Panel To Investigate Govt Response To UFOs

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) said on Wednesday that &#8220;credible sources&#8221; have informed lawmakers that information on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFOs</a> has been improperly kept away from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>.
The top Democrat made the assertion <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-and-republican-senator-mike-rounds-floor-colloquy-on-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-provisions-in-the-ndaa-and-future-legislation-on-uaps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during a colloquy</a> with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) in the Senate chamber, lamenting how significant parts of their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-moves-to-force-disclosure-of-ufo-secrets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act</a> of 2023 got <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20231211/FY24%20NDAA%20Conference%20Report%20-%20%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nixed during the conference process</a> to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the next National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Hours later, the Senate <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/13/senate-oks-886-billion-defense-bill-with-pay-raises-ukraine-aid/71840431007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the compromise version of the $886 billion defense policy bill.
&#8220;The United States government has gathered a great deal of information about UAPs over many decades but has refused to share it with the American people. That is wrong and additionally breeds mistrust,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;We have also been notified by multiple credible sources that information on UAPs has also been withheld from Congress, which if true is a violation of laws requiring full notification to the legislative branch — especially as it relates to the four congressional leaders, the defense committees, and the intelligence committee.&#8221;
Schumer and Rounds bemoaned the elimination of language from their amendment to the NDAA that would establish a review board to advise the president on what records should be released — or kept secret for national security or other serious reasons — taking cues from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pledges-to-release-all-jfk-assassination-files-if-re-elected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JFK Assassination Records Act of 1992</a>.
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The House refused to work with us on all the important elements of the UAP Disclosure Act, but we were able to make progress on UAP transparency in the NDAA we just passed.
Watch: <a href="https://t.co/5zbmVMh1NN">pic.twitter.com/5zbmVMh1NN</a>
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&#8220;It is really an outrage the House didn’t work with us on adopting our proposal for a review board, which of course by definition here is bipartisan in the Senate,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;Now it means that declassification of UAP records will be largely up to the same entities that have blocked and obfuscated their disclosure for decades.&#8221;
In addition, Rounds alluded to the removal of eminent domain authority they sought to place in the NDAA, calling it &#8220;a requirement as a transparency measure for the government to obtain any recovered UAP material or biological remains that may have been provided to private entities in the past and thereby hidden from Congress and the American people.&#8221; He added, &#8220;We are lacking oversight opportunities, and we are not fulfilling our responsibilities.&#8221;
Schumer claimed the GOP-led House &#8220;refused to work with us on all the important elements of the UAP Disclosure Act during the NDAA conference.&#8221; He did not name any House members in particular, but some <a href="https://twitter.com/UAPJames/status/1733937226306720020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> indicates House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) resisted fuller disclosure. Turner previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufo-whistleblower-claims-firsthand-access-to-things-he-cant-talk-about-publicly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">knocked</a> whistleblower testimony given to Congress about there being an alleged UAP cover-up and later <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1729941909097824287" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NewsNation that he viewed Schumer&#8217;s amendment as a “poorly drafted piece of legislation” even though he denied that he was “holding up” the measure.
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The Senate majority leader also acknowledged that &#8220;important progress&#8221; was achieved with other aspects of their amendment that did not get axed. &#8220;For the first time, the National Archives will gather records from across the federal government on UAPs, and have a legal mandate to release those records to the public if appropriate,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;This is a major, major win for government transparency on UAPs and it gives us a strong foundation for more action in the future.&#8221;
The U.S. government has started making strides in publicly addressing and studying reports of UAPs with the Department of Defense&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-pentagon-ufo-investigator-calling-it-quits-hopes-anomalous-tech-is-alien-not-other-people-in-our-back-yard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)</a> and other endeavors. And some retired officials, including whistleblower <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufo-whistleblower-claims-firsthand-access-to-things-he-cant-talk-about-publicly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Grusch</a>, are coming forward publicly with claims of there being a <a href="https://twitter.com/UAPJames/status/1735082995801854317" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secret UFO retrieval program</a> while others raise concerns about <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-uap-departmnet-of-defense-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flight safety</a>.
In a NewsNation interview this week, Grusch called the gutting of the UAP Disclosure Act &#8220;the greatest legislative failure in American history.&#8221; He also encouraged the president to take <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufo-whistleblower-calls-for-executive-action-after-greatest-legislative-failure-in-american-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive action</a> to institute a board of advisers and urged Americans to <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/david-grusch-uap-ufo-congress-voting-legislation/?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote out lawmakers</a> who oppose UFO transparency in future elections.
Schumer took a more diplomatic approach in discussing his colleagues in Congress.
&#8220;We will keep working. I want to assure the American people, Senator Rounds and I will keep working to change the status quo,&#8221; he said, adding later, &#8220;We encourage our colleagues to join us in the further investigation of this issue and in advancing legislation that will complete what we have accomplished in this NDAA.&#8221;

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Schumer Says ‘Credible Sources’ Claim UFO Info Withheld From Congress

Schumer Says 'Credible Sources' Claim UFO Info Withheld From Congress

Chuck Schumer

Transparency

Retired Air Force Maj. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufo-whistleblower-claims-firsthand-access-to-things-he-cant-talk-about-publicly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Grusch</a>, a former U.S. intelligence and military official who claims the government is covering up a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFO</a> retrieval program, called for executive action after lawmakers settled on <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1733933361800925559" target="_blank" rel="noopener">watered-down disclosure legislation</a>.
In an interview with NewsNation, part of which aired on Monday night, Grusch called <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-warns-ufo-disclosure-legislation-is-about-to-get-rejected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the gutting of</a> the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act of 2023, championed by Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), &#8220;the greatest legislative failure in American history.&#8221;
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David Grusch has Firsthand Knowledge 💥🛸
David Grusch says that the watering down of the Schumer/Rounds amendment is the greatest legislative failure in American history.
Grusch also reveals that he does in fact have firsthand knowledge and will be able to tell more in a &quot;few… <a href="https://t.co/Ge4AQJiwPd">pic.twitter.com/Ge4AQJiwPd</a>
&mdash; Mike Colangelo (@MikeColangelo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeColangelo/status/1734357199206375903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The legislation, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-moves-to-force-disclosure-of-ufo-secrets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered as an amendment</a> to the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), sought to set in motion a process for releasing UAP-related records within 25 years of their creation and put together an independent review board to advise the president on whether to keep certain information concealed for national security or other serious reasons.
From <a href="https://sherrill.house.gov/media/press-releases/photo-on-ndaa-conference-committee-sherrill-pushes-for-bipartisan-efforts-to-strengthen-us-national-security-and-protect-service-members" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the conference process</a>, in which negotiators worked to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the NDAA, <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20231211/FY24%20NDAA%20Conference%20Report%20-%20%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came a report</a> that stripped out language calling for a independent review board and other provisions such as eminent domain authority and a &#8220;controlled&#8221; disclosure process, instead leaving it to the National Archives to collect UAP documents from across the government while giving federal agencies room to keep them secret.
Grusch offered a different route toward transparency, saying, &#8220;We need to advocate for the Executive Branch, you know, the office of the president through executive action to instate such a body to advise him on the best course of action.&#8221;
But, acknowledging a &#8220;mixed bag of success,&#8221; Grusch also praised lawmakers for advancing some transparency-minded language in the NDAA, in particular a section in the conference report that restricts funds to special-access programs that have not been reported to specific committees in Congress and congressional leadership.
Grusch emerged publicly in June when <a href="https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Debrief broke the story</a> about his allegations of a multi-decade retrieval and reverse-engineering program being illegally kept from Congress and government watchdog investigations into his findings and claims of whistleblower retaliation.
After testifying before Congress in July, during a hearing in which he claimed “non-human” biologics have been recovered from UFO crash sites and spoke about what he learned from 40 witnesses he interviewed while part of a UAP task force, Grusch has faced some skepticism, including from House Intelligence Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufo-whistleblower-claims-firsthand-access-to-things-he-cant-talk-about-publicly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Turner</a> (R-OH) — who was also critical of <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1729941909097824287" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schumer&#8217;s disclosure legislation</a>.
Grusch told NewsNation that he still faces restraints in what he can divulge to the public but plans to &#8220;generally&#8221; discuss some of his first-hand knowledge in the near future that he was not previously at liberty to acknowledge.
&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t be very up front about my first-hand knowledge until recently. I got some other security approvals through the Prepublication and Security Review process and I did have some first-hand knowledge of some specific parts of the program,&#8221; Grusch said. &#8220;I&#8217;m currently drafting an op-ed that I&#8217;m going to release in a few weeks and I will be discussing what I actually do know first-hand.&#8221;

David Grusch

UFO Whistleblower Calls For Executive Action After ‘Greatest Legislative Failure In American History’

UFO Whistleblower Calls For Executive Action After 'Greatest Legislative Failure In American History'

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