Trump now says New Jersey drones were flown 'for research and various other reasons'
'Many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying,' US president says
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) - Drones spotted in the skies over the US state of New Jersey were being flown "for research and various other reasons," President Donald Trump said Tuesday after suggesting that the federal government was concealing their true nature.
"The drones that were flying over New Jersey, in large numbers, were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons," Trump said in a statement read aloud in the White House briefing room by his spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt.
He was referring to the Federal Aviation Administration.
"Many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying drones. In time, it got worse due to curiosity. This was not the enemy," Trump added.
When he was president-elect, Trump said the drones should be shot down, and accused the Biden administration of covering up their true nature, saying: "The government knows what is happening."
"I think they’d be better off saying what it is. Our military knows and our president knows. And for some reason, they want to keep people in suspense," he said in December.
The explanation he put forward Tuesday largely squares with an interagency statement put out under the Biden administration, which described the sightings 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."
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