Residents of New Jersey reacted with disbelief and frustration after the White House said mysterious drones seen in the skies were approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for research.
The state has been the epicenter of a wave of drone sightings, some of them extremely large and some spotted near sensitive locations.
There were fears the drones could be connected to foreign adversaries as residents questioned why there were so many sightings — but officials have pushed back on that claim.
President Trump vowed to get to the bottom of the issue, and in the administration’s first White House press briefing, it said the drones were approved by the FAA and nothing to be concerned about.
When NewsNation reached out to the FAA with a series of specific questions, they responded on the record with one sentence directing questions to the White House.
New Jersey state Assemblyman Brian Bergen has been outspoken since the beginning. He said the answers from the White House and the FAA make no sense.
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