THE United States government has been accused of leading the public astray as the New Jersey drone mystery continues to leave people dumbfounded.
Concerned individuals in the United States remain on the lookout for explanations following a rise in the frequency of unconventional aerial observations in various states, with New Jersey standing out as a major hot spot.
Officials claim people could be seeing civilian aircraft, government, military, or drones used by any of the one million registered users in the US.
MOUNTING FEARS
The Pentagon has stressed that they are not dangerous while suggesting there is no evidence to suggest the drones belong to another country.
Nevertheless, authorities in New Jersey are insisting on receiving information, intensifying the puzzlement as faith in the governmental entities responsible for unravelling this enigma steadily diminishes.
State Senator Jon Bramnick wants the Department of Defense to “come clean” and tell everyone what’s happening.
Nick Pope, a globally recognized expert in unidentified flying objects, has been monitoring the situation with great interest and harbors significant doubts about the competence of the cumbersome officials responsible for informing the public.
The House Intelligence Committee held a classified, closed briefing on Tuesday, which was another alarming development for Pope.
“One question people should be asking is this: given that this week’s official statement said the sightings were caused by people misidentifying ordinary drones, aircraft, helicopters, and stars, why was the House Intelligence Committee briefing classified?” he told The U.S. Sun.
MASSIVE ISSUES
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been urged to use special drone technology to investigate the crisis.
Pope, however, has serious reservations about Mayorkas.
“While I don’t want to make this a party political issue, there’s no getting away from the fact that one of the people assuring us there’s no threat is Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who’s been responsible for the chaos at the Southern border for the last few years,” he continued.
“This hardly inspires confidence.”
Pope says the “near-hysteria” about the bizarre influx of drones, which has seen speculation “reach fever pitch” – he believes rumors that the US government is using the drones to search for a missing nuclear device are way off the mark – has exploded because of its proximity to three overlapping communities.
UFO, drone, and conspiracy theory fanatics have driven massive interest in the story, which has gained worldwide attention.
“This straddles all those subjects,” Pope continued. “It’s a situation where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
“The problem is that government statements on this are contradictory: on the one hand, they say there’s no danger to the public, while on the other, they say they don’t know what these things are.
“Then they dismiss rational theories, such as the idea that some drones could belong to a foreign adversary, with little more than a statement that there’s no evidence to support the claim.
“As the saying goes, the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and such a potential threat to the US shouldn’t be dismissed so quickly. “
The idea that aliens, however, are behind the issue is far off the mark, according to Pope.
“Whatever’s going on here,” he said. “It’s more likely terrestrial than extraterrestrial; more likely Russian than Martian.”
