Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for ‘state of emergency’
Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for ‘state of emergency’
Lawmaker called for a ‘limited state of emergency’, while 21 mayors asked governor to enact statewide action
Concerns have focused on drones spotted near the Bedminster golf course of president-elect Donald Trump, as well as sensitive infrastructure including electric transmission sights, rail stations and police departments.
Recently sightings have spread to parts of New York City and over the suburbs of Philadelphia. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican Congress member representing Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, told the House hearing that drones had been reported over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, close to US military bases.
“They are flying over sensitive infrastructure, and the fact that we don’t know what they are, or who’s behind them, or what they’re doing is very concerning to me, particularly in a post-Chinese spy-ballon world,” she said, according to a report in the local Morristown Daily Record.
Sounds to me like it's some government operation we're not supposed to concern ourselves with.
43Yeah, if they are near anything related to the president-elect, (sadly) it would have been dealt with immediately.
guessing this is the next step in domestic surveillance, or possibly even weaponry, to be used against US citizens. the fact that they've been seen near sensitive infrastructure makes me think these are test runs for some worst-case scenario planning around the transfer of power next month
19Sounds to me like they're drumming up an excuse to further restrict citizen's rights.
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Remote operated CEO IED delivery devices.
18You can make em out of waxed cardboard, in fact..
E: in Minecraft
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"Moooooom! They're looking at me!!!"
11Concerns have focused on drones spotted near the Bedminster golf course of president-elect Donald Trump
Before this, I was against someone shooting one of these things down. They're large and over civilian populations. But a golf course? Especially a rapist-owned golf course? A crater or two might liven up the joint.
11If someone did that they would be quickly scooped up by some unmarked vans.
It would be a very simple (if very unwise) way to test whether the government is really in the dark about them.
12This week on "Should I Really Do That?" - EXTREME SCREAM TESTING!
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If he has nothing to hide, what is he worried about?
9It's just some ETs, looking for Aaron Rodgers to bring him back to his home planet
8My best guess is that someone brought a nuke to New Jersey and is making demands.
These things are car sized and flying low over densely populated areas. A medevac got told to pound sand because one was in the area. It's definitely not an ordinary exercise.
The pentagon said today in a press release that it wasn't military or a foreign nation and there has been more then a few excursion at various military bases by drones. Hopefully, it's an eccentric billionaire or aliens and not ww3.
6My money is on drug runners.
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I didn't see nuthin.
4My Ring app is going crazy the last few weeks about people saying drones are flying around. I'm sure it's normal...
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