The Pentagon says the drones flying over New Jersey aren't from Iran, but where are they from?

 

A screengrab showing one of the drones. ABC News.

The Pentagon does not know where a group of drones that have been flying over New Jersey are from but shot down the idea that they were from Iran. ABC News. The drones have been sighted over south and central New Jersey and have even been seen over military bases. Congressman Jeff Van Drew said that sources had told him that the drones were being launched from an Iranian ship at sea in the Atlantic but the Pentagon shot down this theory. Local officials have been upset at the lack of transparency over the drones. The Pentagon also says that the drones are not hobbyist drones or anything from the United States military.  Officials are demanding more transparency and some kind of response to the drone incursions. 

My Comment:

I have been following this story for awhile now it it's frankly disturbing and follows a rash of these kinds of counters at military bases around the world. And the Pentagon doesn't seem to have a clue as to what they are. 

I do think that the majority of sightings are not civilian drones. A few might be, I am sure there are few pranksters that are trying to get in on the action, but the ones that are the size of cars are too big and show capabilities that most commercial drones don't have. These drones are able to fly for hours and are simply too big to be civilian in nature. 

The idea that it could be Iran is plausible, though I think if that was the case we would know it for sure. Plus, Iran does have sophisticated drones, but they are mostly kamikaze stile drones used in strikes, not these kind of drones that loiter in an area for hours. Plus, a "mothership" in the Atlantic would be fairly easy to detect and intercept. 

Russia and China are the other main suspect if the objects are indeed terrestrial. Both have sophisticated drone operations and could have a "mothership", most likely a submarine, in the Atlantic ocean. And they certainly have a motivation to spy on the United States. And after the spy balloon debacle, we absolutely know China is willing to violate our airspace. I would say that China is the most likely suspect. 

It's also possible, perhaps even probable, that these are drones operated by the US government. The government could be lying about it, or it could be an example of the left hand of the government not knowing what the right hand is doing. What makes me think this isn't the case though is if this was some kind of test of new drone systems it wouldn't be happening in the populated area on the East Coast. It would be at Area 51 or some other remote and secret base. 

The final possibility is the most fantastic and thus most unlikely. But we shouldn't discount it either. It's possible that these are UAP's, not drones. Certainly there have been enough unknown encounters out there that it's possible that this is one as well. I tend to disregard it in this situation as the UAP videos that have been released show a lot more impressive capabilities than these drones have and they do not seem to be technology beyond what is available on Earth. But it's not outside the realm of possibility that these are indeed UAP's. 

Regardless, the response to this has been pretty abysmal. We shouldn't allow these drones to be operated over our territory as allowing it shows weakness. It wouldn't be too difficult to destroy one of these drones and recover the wreckage. Not only would that send a clear message to whoever is operating these drones, it would also solve the mystery. It's only for the weakness of our current government that this hasn't happened already.