Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday demanded answers, saying lawmakers are “still in the dark” about drone sightings in and around the Garden State.
“The American people are very concerned about unidentified drones flying over the Northeast. We've asked everyone for a confidential briefing, but lawmakers are still in the dark.” the lawmaker said.
“But my understanding is that the Biden administration will just tell us the same thing they're telling the public, which is that people are looking at planes, helicopters, and stars. Nobody's buying it. !” she exclaimed. “It's time for the government to reveal the truth.”
President-elect Trump addressed the ongoing concerns and growing questions surrounding drones during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, saying the government knows what's going on but the U.S. It has become clear that the people are being left in the dark.
“The government knows what's going on,” he said.
“Our military knows where they took off from. If it's a garage, they can get into that garage right away. They know where it came from and where it went. But for some reason I don't want to comment,” Trump continued.
“And I think they better say what it is. Our military knows it, our president knows it,” he said, “and for some reason they want to keep people anxious.” '' he added.
“Something strange is going on. For some reason they don't want to tell the public, and they should, because the public really, I mean, happens to be beyond Bedminster if they want to know the truth.” Mr. Trump said. “They're right near Bedminster.”
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This is in line with a viral statement made by Belleville Mayor Michael Melham during an appearance on the show. good day new york They said they were clearly searching for something with the drone, noting that it was likely related to the search for radioactive material.
“We know for a fact that it's not the little green guys, and we know it's probably not some foreign enemy, because they can figure out how to turn off the flashing lights. ” he began.
“These drones are huge. Yesterday, the mayor said on a call with the White House that 6-foot drones are hovering over homes. And yet they don't know what we're saying. I keep saying I don't know. It's a misidentification. It's certainly possible that there's some misidentification going on, but I can tell you that we're seeing drones all over New Jersey,” he continued. He referred to reports that they may be searching for the substance.
“I know we've been told by state police that we have assets in critical infrastructure. Now, depending on your point of view, that's either worrying or comforting,” he said. “It's comforting because we're probably the ones hearing it and seeing it,” he explained.
“We also know that there are drones that fly in a grid pattern. In my opinion, I think they're looking for something. What are they looking for? Yeah. , Potentially, we are aware that a threat is coming…perhaps it is radioactive material,” he said.
“Radioactive material went missing in New Jersey on December 2nd, and there is still an alert. It was a shipment. It arrived at its destination. The container was damaged and empty. “It was lost in New Jersey during shipping,'' he said.
“Again, this is just an example of what we're sniffing out. I think we have assets that can go up and fly around and sniff out. That's what we're seeing in Belleville. “That's why we don't see the kind of increases we saw anymore. That's impressive in a way, but there are warnings that it's happening now in Pennsylvania,” he said.
Asked why the government hasn't come clean about what's going on, Melham said: “That's the funny thing about this.”
He continued:
Even yesterday, calls with the White House yielded very little information, and literally mayors were told, “You guys are watching things.” This has no credibility. As I said, one mayor was flying a drone over his house. In other words, we are no longer going to put up with not hearing the truth. So the state government is failing us. They're not getting answers from the federal government. Even yesterday I was told there was nothing worth seeing here. A secret conference is being held in Congress today. What are they being told that we weren't told yesterday?
Melham also pointed out that even Trump said in a press conference Monday that President Biden and the administration know what's going on.
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“We want them to be clear. We want transparency. We want them to say these are our assets. We don't have to worry about what's flying. The question is no longer who owns these. It's not about who's flying the drones or who owns them. That should be what they're looking for. Tell them they're ours. Tell them what you're doing and tell them what the threat is,” he added.
