Michael Melham: White House gave no real answers

The White House’s statement on drones over New Jersey was vague and failed to provide real answers, Belleville Mayor Michael Melham says.

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00:00Well, a couple of answers we do have, according to the White House, and indeed, along the

00:05lines of what the Biden administration was saying back in December. No foreign involvement.

00:10This was not the work of the enemy. Those are two of the phrases that we extracted.

00:16That does leave the question, though, doesn't it? What were those objects flying in the

00:20skies?

00:21And that's what we still have no answers for. And speaking about the federal government

00:24and what they've said, they've also said homeland security here in the United States, it said

00:28that there's nothing at all happening. They've also gone on to say that these are not federal

00:33operations. You've really got to listen to what they've been saying and more so what

00:37they've not been saying. I mean, let's unpack that statement from Tuesday. It was only a

00:41sentence or two. I mean, really, it was the FAA authorized the drones that were flying

00:48over New Jersey for research and various other reasons. That was the totality of the statement.

00:54But there's a lot in there to unwind. First of all, the drones that were flying over New

00:59Jersey. I got news for the federal government. Drones are still flying over New Jersey. They

01:03were flying over my house on Tuesday night and they were flying over my house on Wednesday

01:07night. Drones are still flying here. So when they use the past tense, that's alarming.

01:11Next thing, you know, the FAA authorized them. Well, I got news for everybody. Anything in

01:16the sky over the United States is authorized by the FAA.