Donald Trump has demanded the drones flying over multiple US states be shot down by the Biden White House after days of mysterious sightings across the sky.
Numerous ‘SUV-sized’ craft first appeared in New Jersey in mid-November, and have since spread to New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
The first sightings were over the US Army’s Picatinny Arsenal and President-elect Donald Trump‘s golf course in Bedminster, which raised concerns the drones are part of a spy campaign.
Trump didn’t directly address the sightings over his club but demanded action from Joe Biden and the government in a Truth Social post Friday.
He wrote: ‘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!!! DJT.’
Trump joined bipartisan calls to figure out the source of the flying objects as Phil Murphy, the Democrat governor of New Jersey, wrote directly to Biden Friday.
‘I wrote to @POTUS to express my concerns about reports of unmanned aircraft systems in and around NJ airspace,’ Murphy said.
‘Since existing laws limit the ability of state and local law enforcement to counter UAS, more federal resources are needed to understand what is behind this activity.’