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President Joe Biden broke his silence over the mysterious drones sighted over New Jersey spreading alarm among the residents and prompting local politicians to call for a probe into them. But what Biden said was not different from the White House and Pentagon's version on the phenomenon. Biden said there was no sense of danger and apparently there's nothing nefarious. "We’re following this closely, but so far no sense of danger," the outgoing president said Tuesday.
The statement came as President-elect Donald Trump criticized the reaction of the administration to the mystery drones so far and asserted that it's not possible that the military and President Biden did not know what these drones were actually doing. Trump said he could tell that the drones did not come from enemies as they would have been blasted by now had they pose any threat to America but the government should tell the people what the drones are up to, Trump said.
'Copycat drones'?
Biden said a lot of drones are authorized to be up there. “I think one started and they all got—everybody wanted to get in the real," he said hinting that those who have the authorization are flying the drones and the phenomenon caught up with all those who have the authorization as they too started flying their drones.
The FBI, FAA, Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement Monday that they could not find any nefarious activities behind the drones. Hobbyist drones, law enforcement agencies flew them and combined with helicopters and stars, they made a spectacle which spread terror.
“We assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones,” the agencies said.
The first drone was sighted in New Jersey on November 18 and since then hundreds have been spotted triggering panic from the residents and also from local politicians.
Several theories came up speculating that the Biden administration deployed them to look for something or they are probably linked to Project Blue Beam -- but there has been no confirmation behind any theory.
