Retired USAF colonel urges White House not to stop gaslight NJ residents over mysterious drones
December 13, 2024
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as posted by the channelA military analyst and retired United States Air Force colonel urged the White House to stop “pooh-poohing” reports of drones buzzing over New Jersey — and start taking the claims seriously.
Col. Cedric Leighton told CNN Friday that the Biden administration needs to stop telling Garden State residents not to “believe your own eyes,” as speculation runs rampant over the origin of the enigmatic flying objects, which have also been spotted in New York and Connecticut.
“We need to know if those are foreign assets or some other asset that is doing something that they shouldn’t be doing. So this is one of those areas where the public’s help really should be solicited, as opposed to, you know … saying, you don’t believe your own eyes,” Leighton told the broadcaster.
“And that’s really the critical issue here. I mean, you know, the government needs to be responsive to the people, not basically pooh-poohing what they say.”
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby dismissed concerns Wednesday, telling reporters that federal investigators have been unable to verify any of the 3,000-plus reports of car-size drones hovering in the night skies over the past several weeks.
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