A fed up politician stormed out of a Department of Homeland Security briefing on the New Jersey drone phenomenon, calling the “answerless” meeting “amateur time.”
New Jersey Congressman Brian Bergen stormed Wednesday's meeting as “worthless” and called out the federal government's lack of response to rogue drones that have been seen flying over the Garden State since Nov. 18. denounced.
“I quit because it was pointless. It was the biggest presentation of amateur time I've ever seen. It was outrageous. There were no answers,” Bergen said. told NewsNation After leaving the powwow early.
“They don't know where the drones are coming from, they don't know who's doing it, they don't know why they're doing it, but they say there's no credible threat,” the state representative continued.
Bergen, who served in the U.S. Army as an Apache helicopter pilot, expressed further frustration with the federal government's apparent lack of action in tracking the mysterious flying object.
“This, in my opinion, is a complete lack of effort to understand this. This is not a capability issue. We have the technology, we have the people, we have the training. We have the resources, we have the money, but it's just a lack of effort,” an exasperated New Jersey official told the outlet.
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The veteran said he was in disbelief that federal authorities could claim there was no active threat even though they had not been able to identify the pilot of the plane.
“They say, 'It's not a threat,' but how do they know? They don't know anything,” Bergen explained to NewsNation. “They have no idea what it is or where it came from.”
President-elect Trump's Bedminster Golf Course and Picatinny Arsenal. X/@JerzyBets
Bergen went on to describe the meeting as “the biggest briefing of amateur time.” [he’d] I never sat down. ”
Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon's deputy spokeswoman, said at a press conference Wednesday that there is “no evidence” that the drones are being operated by a foreign adversary, but there is no question about who is actually operating the mysterious fliers. offered no explanation or theory.
The drone, said to be about the size of a small car, was first seen flying over Picatinny Arsenal, a US military research and manufacturing facility, and near President-elect Trump's golf course in Bedminster last month. It was done.
