‘The American people deserve answers and action now,’ Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said.
The mysterious drone swarms that have been seen over New Jersey over the past month have now spread to Maryland, an unnamed FBI official confirmed in a Dec. 14 press call.
“Like many who have observed these drones, I do not know if this increasing activity over our skies is a threat to public safety or national security,” Hogan wrote in an accompanying post.
“The government has the ability to track these from their point of origin but has mounted a negligent response. People are rightfully clamoring for answers, but aren’t getting any.”
While some users on X speculated whether the lights in Hogan’s video could be stars in the Orion constellation, an FBI official confirmed in an interagency press call on Saturday that drone sightings had spread to Maryland, but stopped short of saying they were directly connected to the original reports in New Jersey.
“There’s no confirmation that any of those [initial reports] are linked to anything that’s being observed throughout the country, or at other locations,” the official said.
“I don’t want to cause alarm and panic, but we can’t ignore the sightings that have been there, and we are concerned about those just as much as anybody else [who’s a] resident here of New Jersey,” he added.
The official said the FBI is conducting an ongoing investigation into the origin of the sightings.
In his post on Friday, Hogan criticized the government’s response to public reporting of alleged drone activity.
“We are being told that neither the White House, the military, the FBI, or Homeland Security have any idea what they are, where they came from, or who has launched or is controlling them–and that they pose no threat,” Hogan said.
“That response is entirely unacceptable. I join with the growing bipartisan chorus of leaders demanding that the federal government immediately address this issue.
“The American people deserve answers and action now.”
Stacy Robinson contributed to this report.
