Pentagon Denies Claim That Drone Swarm Over New Jersey Comes From Iranian ‘Mothership’
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew claimed that “very high sources” told him the mysterious drones are being launched from a foreign vessel in the Atlantic.
The Pentagon denied Wednesday that a string of mysterious drones over New Jersey belong to a “foreign entity or adversary,” following Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s (R-N.J.) earlier claim that they are being launched from an Iranian “mothership” in the Atlantic.
“There is not any truth to that,” said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh at a press briefing. “There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States and there’s no so-called mothership launching drones towards the United States.”
The subject has nonetheless prompted an investigation from the FBI, New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security, after residents reported seeing “hundreds” of drones, often “the size of a car,” sometimes hovering overhead nightly “for hours.”
“These are not U.S. military drones,” Singh said Wednesday. “Again, this is being investigated by local law enforcement. What our initial assessment here is [is] that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary.”
The spokeswoman added that “at no point were our installations threatened” by the crafts.
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