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(NewsNation) — State and section lawmakers are calling connected national officials to beryllium much transparent astir caller sightings of drones flying implicit New Jersey.
On Wednesday, a radical of New Jersey lawmakers met with authorities constabulary and the Department of Homeland Security astir the matter, but immoderate were near frustrated astir the deficiency of answers they received.
Republican New Jersey authorities Rep. Brian Bergen told NewsNation that gathering was "a full batch of nothing."
"All they did was archer america they don't cognize thing that's going on," helium said.
Over the past fewer weeks, radical person seen drones adjacent an Army munitions hub, arsenic good arsenic adjacent the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. Reports besides came up connected Staten Island successful New York and successful the Philadelphia area.
New Jersey authorities Rep. Dawn Fantasia, R, said investigators described the drones arsenic being ample and up to six feet successful diameter. They operated successful a coordinated manner, with lights turned off, investigators said according to Fantasia.
She added that investigators bash not judge the drones to beryllium ones utilized by hobbyists.
Federal probe into New Jersey drones
The Pentagon says it presently does not look that a overseas force is down them.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew claimed the drones are being launched by an Iranian mothership, but Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said during a Wednesday day briefing determination is "not immoderate information to that."
With the probe ongoing, the sheriff successful Monmouth County, New Jersey has called for the politician to state a authorities of exigency and to contented an enforcement bid banning nighttime usage of recreational drones.
Sheriff Shaun Golden says astatine night, it tin beryllium pugnacious for constabulary to place operators and imaginable risks including amerciable surveillance and aviation hazards. Golden said Congress should walk authorities to assistance authorities and section constabulary code the drone issue.
Democrat U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, is asking for much accusation from instrumentality enforcement with truthful galore radical asking questions astir this.
Letter to Biden medication implicit New Jersey drone sightings
In a missive to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Chris Wray and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Booker said helium recognizes the request to support operational information amid the ongoing probes, but determination is simply a "growing consciousness of uncertainty and urgency" crossed the authorities from constituents and officials.
"We request continued transparency and vigilance arsenic authorities analyse unauthorized drone flights crossed our area," Booker said connected X.
