Satellite images have spotted the Iranian ‘mothership’ linked to the mysterious drones in New Jersey.
The Shahid Bagheri drone carrier was last seen at its berth in the Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex on November 12, but an image taken 18 days later showed its docking station empty.
That is around the same time New Jersey police started to be inundated with sightings of drones in the skies, flying in clusters and acting strangely.
New Jersey Republican Rep Jeff Van Drew claimed this week there was ‘circumstantial evidence’ that Iran‘s ship was releasing the drones from America’s East Coast.
Van Drew said that Iran made a deal with China ‘to purchase drones, a mothership and other technologies’ for the drone attack on the US, a theory the Pentagon has dismissed.
Drew doubled down on his claims Thursday, saying ‘credible individuals that have security clearance… believe there’s a real possibility it could be Iran.’
He also argued that the US is not being told the truth and the American public are being treated as ‘stupid.’
The 800ft-long Shahid Bagheri has since been spotted on satellite in the open waters of the Persian Gulf. It would take around 13 days for the ship to travel from Iran to America’s East Coast.