Trump Admin Reveals Details Behind ‘Mystery Drones’
Charlie Kirk Staff
01/29/2025
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On Tuesday, the White House confirmed that some of the drones spotted over New Jersey and other areas in November had been authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered an update “directly” from President Donald Trump, clarifying the origins of the drones, which had sparked nationwide speculation, fueled controversy, and dominated headlines for weeks late last year.
“After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized by the FAA for research and various other reasons,” Leavitt said during her first press conference on Tuesday.
“This was not the enemy,” Leavitt said, without explaining what kind of research the FAA was conducting. Still, the fact that the Trump White House revealed this much is a huge difference from the Biden regime, which refused to identify the origins of the drones for weeks amid a multitude of press inquiries.
Alongside FAA-authorized drones, the White House noted a surge in hobbyist-operated drone sightings as public curiosity about the phenomenon grew. According to Fox News, the spike in drone activity during November and December initially raised widespread concern and even drew the attention of the FBI.
“The FBI Newark, NJ State Police, and NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness are asking for the public to report any information related to the recent sightings of possible drones flying in several areas along the Raritan River,” a Dec. 3 FBI statement noted.
In response to the spike in drone sightings, the Federal Aviation Administration under the Biden administration implemented temporary flight restrictions, prohibiting drone operations in designated areas of New Jersey.
However, the agency did not disclose to the public that it was responsible for operating the drones, while the Biden-Harris administration attempted to obscure and downplay the incidents.
A reported analysis by the Biden White House, conducted in coordination with the FBI and state and local officials, concluded that the sightings were the result of “lawful, legal, commercial, hobbyist, and law enforcement aircraft activity,” former White House national security communications adviser John Kirby previously told Fox News.
Trump had vowed to get to the bottom of the matter once he assumed office. “I can’t imagine it’s an enemy, or there would have been, you know, people would have gotten blown up, all of them. Maybe they were testing things. I don’t know why. They wouldn’t have said what it was,” Trump said from the Oval Office last week.
“They had a lot of them flying over Bedminster, which is interesting,” referring to his club in New Jersey.