Donald Trump addressed public concerns regarding unidentified drones spotted in New Jersey as he was signing executive orders at the White House on Day 1 of his presidency.
Trump was questioned by reporter, “Is there anything we should be worried about with the New Jersey drones?”
In response, Trump hinted at working on finding an answer. “I would like to find out what it is and tell the people… in fact, I’d like to do that,” Trump said.
Then he directed his response to his chief of staff Susie Wiles, saying, “Could we find out what that was, Susie? Why don’t we find out immediately?”
Then, elaborating on his own theories, Trump said, “I can’t imagine it’s an enemy or maybe there would have been people blown already.” “Maybe they were testing thing. I don’t know why they wouldn’t have said what it was,” he added.
Reports of drone activity in New Jersey circulated starting late last year, raising questions among residents and officials alike. In November and December, more than 1,000 drone sightings were reported over New Jersey, with dozens more in New York’s airspace, raising growing concerns over the presence of drones in civilian airspace.
Speculations range from potential private operations to governmental surveillance programs or alien activity. Thus far, no official agency has claimed responsibility or provided a definite explanation for the sightings. Federal authorities, however, maintained that the sightings posed no security threat.