Key Takeaways
- US President-elect Donald Trump calls for shooting down mysterious drones spotted over the US.
- The situation does not pose a threat to national or public safety, according to US officials.
- The drones have been spotted by US residents in several states, including New Jersey.
US President-elect Donald Trump has called for shooting down the mysterious drones that US residents are observing in the skies.
“Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Earlier, the White House said the federal authorities could not determine what kind of drones residents of the US state of New Jersey had been seeing in the skies for several weeks. Law enforcement officials are looking into the matter, but can only say definitively that the situation does not pose a threat to national or public safety, US officials have said.
