The Biden administration has responded to reported drone sightings over New Jersey and other states with assurances that there’s no evidence of “malicious intent,” with a National Security Council official signaling that federal entities think the brouhaha has been much ado about nothing — even as top Democrats demand answers.
Thousands of tips about mysterious flying objects over the Garden State and neighboring states had produced about 100 credible leads as of Saturday, administration officials told reporters on a briefing call. The officials repeatedly stressed that multiple federal departments and agencies had not detected any evidence of criminal intent, public safety risks or national security implications.
In fact, the NSC official poured cold water on many of the phoned-in tips and myriad social media anecdotes of drones as large as school buses buzzing around and hovering over New Jersey residential areas.
