r/moderatepolitics • u/logic_over_emotion_ • 26d ago

Homeland Security shares new details of mysterious drone flights over New Jersey News Article

https://apnews.com/article/fbi-drones-new-jersey-a978470fa3bb07ed3e98c5b7c18f0abb
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u/McRibs2024 26d ago

No they did not.

Heck we had NJ assembly members walk out today during the briefing because the information was so useless.

There’s interviews with them walking out furious that there are no answers at all.

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u/NotesAndAsides 26d ago

Saw that. And more like this. Surely they know more than they are telling us, I hope.

Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., said at the hearing that he was told a Coast Guard boat off the Jersey Shore was followed by “between 12 and 30 of these drones as they went through the water.”

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u/Neglectful_Stranger 25d ago

Probably the military testing new stuff and then not telling the public.

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u/NotesAndAsides 25d ago

I hoped it was our military, but yesterday the pentagon said explicitly they are not military drones. Of course if it's classified they have to deny it, but that would then mean they are very bad at keeping classified operations under wraps and are causing the US public panic and speculation.

Defense contractor testing new tech? Maybe but you'd think they would be better at keeping things under wraps as well and would face frowny faces for the same reason above.

Viral marketing ploy maybe? Could be, but then why have they been allowed to fly over critical structures like military installations without the government acknowledging it and calming the speculation of the public?

The 20ft long drones that invaded airspace over Langley last year for a couple of weeks with the pentagon saying they lacked counter drone procedures.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4937166-drone-flights-virginia-base/

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u/1234511231351 25d ago

The Pentagon lies and it may not belong to them, it could be CIA, FBI, or NSA.

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u/Bunnybuzki 24d ago

They always give us a heads up when military testing is going to be noticeable and that is indeed with other classified tech. This isn’t “clear” that it’s them especially after all the press. And especially spying on other mimitary entities? 

I wonder if someone is trying to start a war for our next president to coast on