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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) accused the federal government of not being “forthcoming” about mysterious drones that have been spotted flying over New Jersey, and the lawmaker is keeping aliens on the table as a possible explanation.
Mace joined Outkick’s Clay Travis on Monday for what the host described as a “special X-Files edition” of his podcast where they focused on the Jersey drones. Local authorities have not been able to explain the dozens of drones that have appeared in the sky, concerning citizens and leading to lots of speculation about their origin.
The drones are about 8-10 feet and each have blinking lights. Local authorities have also said the drones do not carry heat signatures.
Mace expressed an openness to a number of possibilities, including that the drones could be from Iran, Russia, China, or even the US government itself. She said it also needs to be “on the table” that these aircrafts could be from “outer space.”
Mace said:
My concern is if it’s not a craft from outer space — because I think that has to be on the table, that has to be an option — is it our technology or is it Russia or Iran or China? Is there someone who is winning the arms race and are we behind? Because my question is about national security, and I hope that it’s us, I hope it’s not our adversaries or something from outside the universe because I have real concerns that if these drones are from Iran or China like some of the rumors have been, I pray that they’re ours, but we should also know why they’re out there. Like, are they looking for radiation? Are they looking for a nuclear warhead? We deserve to have some answers here because people are scared, and a lot of congressional offices are hearing from people, they’re writing in with their concerns when they’re seeing these drones.
The lawmaker argued during the interview that she doesn’t “trust” the government and she’s also received reports of drones being spotted over her state of South Carolina.
The FBI, DoD, and DHS released a joint statement on Monday chalking up the drone activity as “a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones.”
“We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the northeast,” they said.
Watch above via Outkick (relevant portion begins at the 5:45 mark).
