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White House says New Jersey drones 'authorized to be flown by FAA'
- pdx_flyer 2y agoSeeing the videos/photos it was obvious some of them weren't even drones, they were commercial aircraft.
- sho_hn 2y agoDrones can be fixed-wing aircraft.
- infecto 2y agoSure but it was obvious that a number of the pictures were actual planes, often corroborated by the photograph being taken directly next to an airport takeoff/landing flight path.
- buildsjets 2y agoIt was obvious to any educated observer that a number of the claimed "Drones" were actually Airbus A320 aircraft being operated by American Airlines. The photos where clear enough to see the American Flag paint scheme on the tail. Yet still conspiracy idiots continue to defend these misidentifications. Some of them are out there with firearms even.
- sho_hn 2y agoAh, gotcha!
- WeylandYutani 2y agoI recall something about dear leader Trump telling them to shoot the drones out of the sky.
- roboror 2y agoThat's not going to have an impact on the people who believe otherwise.
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- vaadu 2y agoWhy couldn't the Biden admin say this?
- codingdave 2y agoThey did. The end of the article quotes them saying so.
- xsmasher 2y agoMassive media failure here, reporting the drone hysteria with a straight face. It was the clown scare all over again, but they either didn't recognize it or were unwilling to lose the clicks by saying so.
- ElevenLathe 2y agoclown scare?
- infecto 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_scare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_scare
- Rzor 2y agoThey never outright confirm or denied like Trump admin did right now. They circled the issue entirely: >Former president Joe Biden said at the time that the drones were “nothing nefarious” and told the public that his administration was following the issue closely but that there was “no sense of danger”. >John Kirby, Biden’s national security communications adviser, also said at the time that the drones were not a national security or public safety risk. >“To the contrary, upon review of available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully,” Kirby said at the time. White House today: >“After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons,” she said, adding that “many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying drones”. This is a much more clear and concise report.
- oldpersonintx 2y ago[dead]
- Demlmlm 2y ago[dead]
- 4ndrewl 2y agoWeren't they all alien UFOs? Or clowns?
- toofy 2y agoi thought it was plainly obvious it was Santa testing new sleighs and all the sheep keep denying it.
- Mobil1 2y ago[dead]
- bigwheeler 2y agoIf the drones were “authorized to fly by the Federal Aviation Administration”, then why did the same FAA feel the need to temporarily put in place dozens of drone bans over critical infrastructure?
- singleshot_ 2y agoBecause a loud contingent of poorly informed people were looking up at commercial aircraft and losing their minds. The FAA couldn’t really ban all aircraft because this would be very disruptive. And they knew there were not any drones, so a ban on drones made perfect sense because it checked all the boxes: 1. Has no effect on the normal world 2. Quiets down the kooks