BREITBART | Published December 15, 2024
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby stated that shooting down one of the mysterious drones over the ocean can’t be done because “we have to develop the policy options based on what we know we’re dealing with here and we just don’t know enough” to do something like that.
Host Martha MacCallum asked, “Why not just take one down and figure out what’s going on?”
Kirby responded, “Well, okay, the idea of taking something down, again, you’ve got — you want to worry about public safety. First of all, we don’t have enough conclusions to take that kind of a policy action. But let’s just assume for a minute, Martha, that we did. You’re not going to want to shoot something down where it could hit somebody’s house or hurt somebody.”
MacCallum then cut in to ask, “Well, the Coast Guard says that there are 30 of them following one of their ships in the ocean. So, would that work?”
Kirby answered, “Again, we have to develop the policy options based on what we know we’re dealing with here and we just don’t know enough to make those kinds of — to take those kinds of actions. But, my goodness, we’re going to do everything we can to find out and we’re going to share as much as we can. I understand it’s frustrating for folks. It’s frustrating for us. We want to know as well.”
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RELATED: What we know about the mysterious drones reported over the East Coast
CNN | Published December 15, 2024
Mysterious flying objects overhead. Concern and confusion. And calls for military intervention.
This isn’t the plot of “War of the Worlds,” but rather the result of numerous unidentified drone sightings on the East Coast in recent weeks. The drones have been spotted over residential neighborhoods, restricted sites, and critical infrastructure.
The sightings have put intense pressure on federal agencies to provide more information about the aircraft, as officials have urged calm and emphasized there is no evidence suggesting the sightings pose a security threat.
Drone activity prompted at least one airport – New York’s Stewart International Airport – to temporarily close its runways for about an hour on Friday night.
“This has gone too far,” said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday, adding last month she “directed the New York State Intelligence Center to actively investigate drone sightings and coordinate with federal law enforcement to address this issue.”
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement Thursday there is “no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus.”
Despite reassurances from federal officials, local politicians continue to press for more information and resources to investigate the sightings. In Morris County, New Jersey, officials have called for the “federal government to marshal all federal resources at its disposal, including the military, to end the unauthorized flight of drones over our county and other parts of New Jersey.”
Drones, a broad term for unmanned aerial vehicles, are widely owned across the United States. A total of 791,597 drones are registered with the FAA, nearly evenly divided between commercial and recreational use. They are used in various industries, including photography, agriculture and law enforcement.
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SOURCE: www.cnn.com
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