Feds know what mystery drones are but are too scared to tell us, claims New Jersey senator
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The government knows what the mystery drones flying over the East Coast are, but are too scared to tell us, a New Jersey senator has sensationally claimed. Sen. Jon Bramnick called for a state of emergency as he derided what he said was a lack of government transparency over the unexplained drone sightings.
![[Alejandro Mayorkas' Department of Homeland Security is set to deploy drone detection systems to New Jersey and New York after weeks of drone sightings across the region]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/08/93178843-14196791-Alejandro_Mayorkas_Department_of_Homeland_Security_is_set_to_dep-a-36_1734338740804.jpg)
'Whatever these drones are doing, the government really doesn't want us to know,' he told NewsNation on Saturday, urging the DoD to 'come clean with the American public' following a string of appearances since November. 'There must be something going on that they can't tell us because they're so fearful of what the public's gonna do when they hear what the drones are doing,' the Republican senator claimed.
![[Sen. Jon Bramnick called for a state of emergency as he derided what he said was a lack of government transparency over the recent sightings]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/09/93187555-14196791-image-a-45_1734340518553.jpg)
The White House's national security communications advisor John Kirby has urged that the sightings pose no 'national security or public safety threat', and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he knows of 'no foreign involvement'. But the lack of explanation has sparked fierce criticism from some lawmakers as drones continue to appear around sensitive sites, and panic spread as a New Jersey mayor revealed his fire department had been told to wear hazmat suits in case the flying objects crashed.
![[Monmouth County is home to the Naval Weapons Station Earle, a navy base. Experts have mused that foreign powers could be targeting areas like this which harbor intelligence and weapons bases. (Pictured: points of interest in NJ where drones have been seen overhead)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/08/93168747-14196791-Monmouth_County_is_home_to_the_Naval_Weapons_Station_Earle_a_nav-a-38_1734338753362.jpg)
Activity forced officials to close airspace over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for approximately four hours from Friday into Saturday as authorities monitored the situation, WHIO reported. Since at least November 18, New Jersey officials and federal investigators have been beleaguered by reports of inexplicable apparent aircraft, some as big a cars, conducting bizarre, unscheduled night flights over sensitive sites across the state.
![[Officials in Monmouth County, where residents reported 63 sightings over the time period, have shared a heatmap showing where the unmanned aircraft appear to be circulating]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/08/93170477-14196791-Officials_in_Monmouth_County_where_residents_reported_63_sightin-a-37_1734338744422.jpg)
