United States: East Coast residents and lawmakers are once more calling for answers following another spate of drone sightings across the state, with the origins of the alleged craft unknown.
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The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have used infrared cameras and drone detection technologies to make sure that the drones flying over New Jersey and New York area are not harmful, a law enforcement official said.
Agencies must also look at Social media and other photos to know exactly what is in particular photos. A law enforcement source says that the majority of the photos and video footage are of manned aircraft.
The agencies are also looking at social media and other photos to determine what exactly is in the photos. Most of the photos and video depict manned aircraft, according to a law enforcement source.
There were also no pilot reports of having sighted any drones in the sky, according to the source, ABC News reported.
What more have the authorities stated?
In another federal issue, it’s also probably an over-reporting of potentially seeing drones in the future, the source says.
Thus, there are very few restrictions where they are currently being identified in the New York-New Jersey area.
Matthew Murello, the mayor of Washington Township, New Jersey, stated, “Good Morning America” and “Something’s going on,” while expressing his concerns and frustration at the dearth of answers from federal authorities.
Moreover, “I’m not trying to stir anything up, but we all know — if you just turn on the television — that drones can be used in an aggressive fashion,” Murello added.
Furthermore, They can carry payloads. They can be used for all kinds of really aggressive-type things,” he continued.
Murello was one of several New Jersey mayors who co-signed a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy seeking further clarification.
The mayors were carefully invited to another meeting, but Murello said the governor never showed up, ABC News reported.
However, the mayors said it was disappointed the state police claimed to have minimal intelligence on the drones.
As for now, Murello said, authorities fail to understand why some drones cannot be flown managing radio signal fre quencies or transponders, being obligatory by law each time a drone operates at night.