US official appear clueless about mystery drones over East Coast

 NY Times:

Are Those Drones Over New Jersey? Sightings Mount, and Still No Answers.

Though officials say that the sightings pose no threat to the public, they have yet to provide any concrete information about the origin of the flying objects.

See also:

 Meanwhile in CA: FBI Arrests Chinese National for Flying Drone Over Vandenberg Space Force Base

Much of the buzz about mysterious drones spotted in and around the U.S. in recent weeks has centered on New Jersey.

Just Wednesday morning, Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) stunned Fox News host Harris Faulkner (and the rest of America) with his revelation that he's been informed by "very high sources, very qualified sources, very responsible sources" that the drones are coming from an Iranian "mother ship" off the East Coast.

But drones have reportedly been spotted in other parts of the U.S. in recent weeks, including over San Antonio and San Francisco, although it's unclear whether these were of the same nature as those reported in New Jersey.

In at least one instance in California, however, law enforcement identified an individual behind a drone flown over a military installation and made an arrest. On Wednesday, the FBI's Los Angeles office announced that it had arrested a Northern California man and charged him with "failure to register an aircraft not providing transportation and violation of national defense airspace."
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The drones seen over the East Coast are much larger than the drones used by individuals in the US.  My son-in-law uses drones in his work that can easily fit in the trunk of his car.  The Pentagon is denying that the East Coast drones were launched by an Iranian mothership but a New Jersey Congressman says his sources in the government say differently.

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