Pirate's Cove

It’s pretty wild when uber-Democrat NJ.com trots this out

N.J. drone sightings rejected by the feds. Are they gaslighting us?

Andy Kim peered up at the night sky, searching for the elusive answers even a United States senator can’t seem to find.

Were the flashing lights he spotted Thursday night from Round Valley Reservoir in Lebanon an airplane? A hobbyist flying a drone? Or something far more mysterious — maybe even nefarious — sent here, to his beloved home state, by a foreign adversary?

On Friday morning, Kim earnestly joined the increasingly outraged and sometimes hysterical New Jersey masses in sharing his own conclusion on social media. He believed he witnessed a drone, he announced on X, complete with accompanying videos.

“I believe that all of the signs shown in the videos point toward those being manned airplanes,” said Adam Kyle, a drone expert and pilot with a degree in unmanned aircraft systems from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Are some planes? Sure. But, we’ve all see the videos. Planes do not hover. Helicopters do not fly in those numbers. Helicopters are not going to be hovering over military bases and such.

This week, the federal government has managed to do the seemingly impossible: bring together Jersey Republicans and Democrats in agreement.

State Assemblyman Brian Bergen, R-Morris, says he witnessed a drone Thursday night from his back porch in Denville. The government’s response to what New Jerseyans can see with their own eyes is insulting and “absolutely absurd,” he said.

The lack of information provided by federal officials was “appalling,” added Republican Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia.

Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, D-Union, called the federal government’s “lack of answers” “simply unacceptable.”

“We need answers, we need accountability, and most importantly, we need solutions,” Quijano said in a statement.

And U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist., called for federal agencies to provide direct answers.

They know they are being provided with bullshit answers, that the Biden-Harris admin is gaslighting them.

The federal agencies reiterated there was no evidence the alleged drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat. They also said there’s been no evidence that the aircraft were of foreign origin, and there were no reported or confirmed drone sightings in any restricted air space.

But, they offered no explanation as to who owns the drones. And, there are drones. Lots of them. How do they know there are no threats, since they will not identify them and refuse to engage them, even over sensitive properties. And, heck, when they are flying over people’s homes that is concerning. And, quite frankly, isn’t it against FAA regulations? If the drone weighs more that .55 pounds it must be registered. Same if it is for commercial use. You aren’t allowed to fly them and take phots/video over other people’s property. And, by FAA regulations, you cannot even fly over people or homes without their permission. You cannot fly within controlled airspace (like, say, a military base.) Cannot fly over 400 feet.

Now there might be drone sightings in California and Nevada. If we don't get to the bottom of this, a foreign power could attack us with them and we'd be screwed pic.twitter.com/qUVt83JP1e

— Darrick Pang (@DarrickPang) December 14, 2024

Whose are they? Who is running them? Does the Biden-Harris admin realize that the Trump admin is a little over a month from starting and they will get to the bottom of this?