Former F-18 U.S. Navy fighter pilot Lt. Ryan Graves stated he dismissed the involvement of business contractors in drone sightings reported round New Jersey in current days.
“Based on my analysis of the situation and the statements made by the Pentagon and the legislative branch, I cannot believe that this is our own government acting in such confusion. God help us if so,” Graves advised Fox Information anchor Martha MacCallum Thursday on “The Story.”
“It’s the same for commercial contractors,” he continued. “There’s zero benefit, all risk for operating these things so close to the ground, especially if it’s some type of classified equipment.”
Graves concluded his evaluation leads the thriller to “foreign adversaries or something else.”
“We’ve heard directly from the Pentagon that there is no so-called ‘mothership’ off the coast of Virginia and New Jersey that is launching these items,” Graves stated.
“We have some of the most sophisticated radar systems on the Eastern seaboard. We should, with great certainty, know exactly where these objects are, where they’re going and where they’re setting down if they are. So, either these things have the ability to counter those technologies, or we’re simply lying about what’s happening.”
A map displaying drone sightings round New Jersey.
Over the previous week, leaders from each events in New Jersey have addressed public concern over stories of drone sightings and frustration over the shortage of clear solutions.
On Monday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy described the drones as “very sophisticated” and expressed his frustration with the shortage of readability surrounding their origin.
Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., shared on “The Story” that he spent Monday night time on a seaside and spoke with a U.S. Coast Guard commanding officer who recounted an incident from the earlier night time wherein a Coast Guard 47-foot vessel was intently adopted by greater than a dozen drones.
By Wednesday, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., despatched a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray and FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker that urged the companies to supply municipal and county officers with a briefing on the drone exercise and requested that any accessible info be shared with the general public.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., stated on “The Faulkner Focus” Wednesday “very qualified” and “reliable” sources suspect the drones seen over the Backyard State could possibly be related to an Iranian “mothership” positioned off the East Coast — a declare that was subsequently denied by the Pentagon.
State Sen. Jon Bramnick, R-N.J., known as on the Division of Protection to come back to the state to analyze the mysterious drone exercise Wednesday afternoon.
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Home Speaker Mike Johnson disclosed he was getting a categorized briefing Thursday on the reported drone sightings within the Backyard State.
Graves advised McCallum he’s urging the “full force” of the federal government and Pentagon to be deployed to find out the character of those objects — figuring out, characterizing and, if needed, choosing a major goal to convey down for additional examination.
“It seems like the different branches of the government aren’t communicating very well on this problem,” Graves stated. “And for me, it leads me to believe that there is a true uncertainty about what’s going on here. I find it hard to believe that the Biden administration can continue this policy of cognitive dissonance on this topic. Hundreds of people are seeing these events.”
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Graves added that the reported drone sightings are “not restricted to just people on the ground.”
“My nonprofit, Americans for Safe Aerospace, has been receiving reports from commercial pilots, military pilots and veterans for over a year now, showing how consistent and how problematic this issue is at altitude where they’re flying around,” Graves stated. “We need to have a better coordinated response and actually listen to the people on the ground and in the air that are seeing things.”
Fox Information Digital’s Taylor Penley and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
