New Jersey Senator Andy Kim was out on drone patrol with local police Thursday night and believes some of the lights he saw in the sky were likely drones, but most of the others — after “thorough analysis” — appeared to simply be aircraft. Are there.
Despite their findings, the Democrat, who was sworn in earlier this month, did not rule out the possibility of drone activity in her state and called out the federal government for not responding to citizens who have reported sightings over the past several days. Were reporting. Week.
Kim wrote, “After going out with the police to observe reports of possible drones, I was able to conduct a thorough analysis with the help of civilian pilots and others and conclude that the majority of possible drones seen were definitely They were airplanes in appearance.” In Saturday’s update on X.
He gave an example of a possible scenario that illustrates the problems with drone sightings by civilians with incomplete information or equipment.
senator shared a video He landed on the grounds of Round Valley Reservoir at 9:20 pm, where a ship with white lights and red blinkers is seen crossing the clear night sky.
“Although I didn’t see any aircraft in the flight tracker that night, I was later able to pull up more detailed flight data and I saw that this was a small aircraft following the path I was told the other night. “Possible drone flying near us,” the Garden State senator tweeted along with a screen grab of detailed flight tracking data.
However, Kim, who replaced the disgraced Bob Menendez, has not claimed to have discovered the entire incident.
“I don’t discount others who may have seen actual drone activity, and not all of what I saw is completely explained by flight paths, but most of it was,” Kim wrote in a Saturday thread.
“We have a lot of distrust of politics/government right now and we need the federal government to respect the public’s right to be informed,” the senator concluded.
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