DHS, FBI, FAA & DoD Joint Statement on Ongoing Response to Reported Drone Sightings
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
There are more than one million drones lawfully registered with the FAA in the United States and there are thousands of commercial, hobbyist and law enforcement drones lawfully in the sky on any given day. With the technology landscape evolving, we expect that number to increase over time.
FBI has received tips of more than 5,000 reported drone sightings in the last few weeks with approximately 100 leads generated, and the federal government is supporting state and local officials in investigating these reports. Consistent with each of our unique missions and authorities, we are quickly working to prioritize and follow these leads. We have sent advanced detection technology to the region. And we have sent trained visual observers.
Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones. We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the northeast.
That said, we recognize the concern among many communities. We continue to support state and local authorities with advanced detection technology and support of law enforcement. We urge Congress to enact counter-UAS legislation when it reconvenes that would extend and expand existing counter-drone authorities to identify and mitigate any threat that may emerge.
Additionally, there have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities in New Jersey and elsewhere, including within restricted air space. Such sightings near or over DoD installations are not new. DoD takes unauthorized access over its airspace seriously and coordinates closely with federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities, as appropriate. Local commanders are actively engaged to ensure there are appropriate detection and mitigation measures in place.
You silly civilians confusing stars with drones 
Anyway here's 1000 Breitbart comments on the joint statement
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Oh shit, if the glowies are telling us there is nothing to see, shit is about to go down
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The lights and rotors you saw and heard in the sky were not drones. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus. Return to your home and do not look up.
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This but unironically. Nothing will EVER happen
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good goy
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I'm sure some schizos reported a star, but it sounds like most of the drones reported are all known (or not even drones) and expected to be there?
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Yes that's what they're saying. Which is obviously true. Step outside at any given time and you're bound to see giant military-sized recreational drones that outrun and outmaneuver law enforcement drones. Drones are everywhere! It's the changing technological landscape!
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Half them are just planes and helicopters, which, yes, you expect to see. Take your meds.
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the other half are also planes and helicopters, unless the "moon" is out
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Helicopters aren't necessarily quiet
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You guys see one r-slur claiming a plane is a drone and immediately assume all reports are false. It's the same as seeing a quadcopter and thinking an Iranian mother ship is nearby.
The Smugposting MUST END!
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Dude go look at /r/aliens lol. Its all airplanes
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That's the thing. Your average citycel doesn't. Everyone's staring at their phones all day.
R-slurred analogy, but it's like that recent article about the Michigan University DEI program. They told the kids to look for racism and bigotry. So they found it. In microagressions and misgendering and teachers reading Tom Sawyer
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You have to understand, it takes a very low IQ to be a burger. Now these mongoloids see some schizo posts on facebook and they go outside. "Cletus, it's an alien get the recorder." B-word it's a plane.
I'm not seething btw
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Ok fed
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you used to be good luck
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I have finite coins now so I am hoarding all the luck for myself
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where are the videos? All those people's phones were out of battery?
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there are a ton of videos. they're all hunted down and reposted to /r/aliens by hopeful zealots. i looked the other day and like 95% of them are clearly regular planes. one was an airport beacon light reflecting off of clouds. most of the rest were bokeh balls. a couple looked like they could totally be this:
which is def operated by the government
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rump was talking sober about the UFOs thas all you need o know
Jewish lives matter too Aevann
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