A New Jersey lawmaker says he “can’t believe” how the federal government is wording its investigation into latest drone sightings throughout northeast America.
State Assemblyman Paul Kanitra joined “Fox News @ Night” on Thursday to debate the bipartisan outrage at how the federal government is dealing with the drone sightings.
“We’re a polarized society, but I can tell you when we were in ‘The Rock,’ our security building in New Jersey, and we had a hundred state legislators from across the political spectrum – upper house, lower house – everyone was equally angry at this situation,” Kanitra stated.
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New Jersey State Assemblyman Paul Kanitra described the federal government’s dealing with of the weekslong drone sightings throughout the northeast as “infuriating.” (Doug Hood/Asbury Park Press)
The primary drone sighting happened in New Jersey on Nov. 18, the Federal Aviation Administration stated earlier this month, prompting the company to problem two short-term flight restrictions.
Kanitra stated he realized throughout an intelligence briefing for state legislators on Wednesday that there have been confirmed drone sightings “every night since then.”
In a Fb publish, Kanitra stated he implored the Division of Homeland Safety throughout that briefing to “take swift and decisive action” in opposition to the drones, describing the state of affairs as “infuriating.”
Pictures taken within the Bay Shore part of Toms River in New Jersey seem to point out massive drones hovering above the FAA’s 400-feet regulation on Sunday, Dec. 8. (Doug Hood/Asbury Park Press)
On Thursday, the White Home stated an investigation is in its starting phases, however nothing, up to now, has revealed malicious or legal intent, or a nationwide safety risk.
“If these are foreign adversaries with these drones, and we’re a month into this already and we haven’t done nearly enough, I can’t believe that our government is wording this the way that they are,” he stated on “Fox News @ Night.”
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Kanitra took an image from a distance of obvious drones within the New Jersey sky on Thursday evening.
New Jersey State Assemblyman Paul Kanitra took a photograph of what seems to be a number of drones hovering within the New Jersey sky on Thursday, Dec. 13. (Paul Kanitra / “Fox News @ Night”)
He stated “these are not hobbyist drones” and the army ought to have the expertise wanted to get high quality photographs.
