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Concerns have focused on drones spotted near the Bedminster golf course of president-elect Donald Trump, as well as sensitive infrastructure including electric transmission sights, rail stations and police departments.

Recently sightings have spread to parts of New York City and over the suburbs of Philadelphia. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican Congress member representing Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, told the House hearing that drones had been reported over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, close to US military bases.

“They are flying over sensitive infrastructure, and the fact that we don’t know what they are, or who’s behind them, or what they’re doing is very concerning to me, particularly in a post-Chinese spy-ballon world,” she said, according to a report in the local Morristown Daily Record.

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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sounds to me like it's some government operation we're not supposed to concern ourselves with.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago

Yeah, if they are near anything related to the president-elect, (sadly) it would have been dealt with immediately.

guessing this is the next step in domestic surveillance, or possibly even weaponry, to be used against US citizens. the fact that they've been seen near sensitive infrastructure makes me think these are test runs for some worst-case scenario planning around the transfer of power next month

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago

Sounds to me like they're drumming up an excuse to further restrict citizen's rights.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remote operated CEO IED delivery devices.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can make em out of waxed cardboard, in fact..

E: in Minecraft

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

"Moooooom! They're looking at me!!!"

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Concerns have focused on drones spotted near the Bedminster golf course of president-elect Donald Trump

Before this, I was against someone shooting one of these things down. They're large and over civilian populations. But a golf course? Especially a rapist-owned golf course? A crater or two might liven up the joint.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If someone did that they would be quickly scooped up by some unmarked vans.

It would be a very simple (if very unwise) way to test whether the government is really in the dark about them.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago

This week on "Should I Really Do That?" - EXTREME SCREAM TESTING!

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

If he has nothing to hide, what is he worried about?

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

It's just some ETs, looking for Aaron Rodgers to bring him back to his home planet

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My best guess is that someone brought a nuke to New Jersey and is making demands.

These things are car sized and flying low over densely populated areas. A medevac got told to pound sand because one was in the area. It's definitely not an ordinary exercise.

The pentagon said today in a press release that it wasn't military or a foreign nation and there has been more then a few excursion at various military bases by drones. Hopefully, it's an eccentric billionaire or aliens and not ww3.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

My money is on drug runners.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I didn't see nuthin.

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago

My Ring app is going crazy the last few weeks about people saying drones are flying around. I'm sure it's normal...