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Lt. Ryan Graves, a former U.S. Navy F-18 fighter pilot, said he dismissed the involvement of commercial contractors in the drone sightings reported in New Jersey in recent days.
“Based on my analysis of the situation and the statements made by the Pentagon and the legislative branch, I cannot believe that this is our own government acting in such confusion. God help us if this is the case,” Graves told the Fox host News, Martha MacCallum, on Thursday. “The story.”
“The same goes for commercial contractors,” he continued. “There’s no benefit, no risk to operating these things so close to the ground, especially if it’s some type of classified equipment.”
Graves concluded that his analysis pushes the mystery to “foreign adversaries or something else.”
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“We have heard directly from the Pentagon that there is no ‘mothership’ off the coasts of Virginia and New Jersey that is launching these items,” Graves said.
“We have some of the most sophisticated radar systems on the East Coast. We should, with great certainty, know exactly where these objects are, where they are going, and where they will land, if at all. So either of these things we have the ability to counter those technologies, or we’re just lying about what’s happening.”
A map showing drone sightings in New Jersey.
Over the past week, leaders of both parties in New Jersey addressed public concern over reports of drone sightings and frustration over the lack of clear answers.
On Monday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy described the drones as “very sophisticated” and expressed frustration over the lack of clarity around their origin.
Rep. Chris Smith, R.N.J., shared on “The Story” that he spent Monday night on a beach and spoke with a commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, who told him about an incident from the night previous in which a 47-foot Coast Guard vessel was closely followed by more than a dozen drones.
On Wednesday, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray and FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker urging agencies to provide city and county officials a report on the drone activity and requesting that any available information be shared with the public.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R.N.J., said in “Faulkner’s approachOn Wednesday, “very qualified” and “reliable” sources suspected that the drones seen over the Garden State could be connected to an Iranian “mothership” located off the East Coast, a claim that was later denied by the Pentagon.
State Sen. Jon Bramnick, R.N.J., asked the Department of Defense to come to the state to investigate the mysterious drone activity Wednesday afternoon.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed he would receive a classified briefing on drone sightings in the Garden State on Thursday.
Graves told McCallum that he is urging that “the full force” of the government and the Pentagon be deployed to determine the nature of these objects, identifying, characterizing and, if necessary, selecting a primary target for takedown and further examination. .
“It seems like the different branches of government are not communicating very well about this issue,” Graves said. “And it leads me to believe that there is real uncertainty about what is happening here. I find it difficult to believe that the Biden administration can continue with this policy of cognitive dissonance on this issue. Hundreds of people are watching these events. ”
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Graves added that reported drone sightings “are not just limited to people on the ground.”
“My nonprofit, Americans for Safe Aerospace, has been receiving reports from commercial pilots, military pilots and veterans for over a year, showing how consistent and problematic this problem is at the altitude where they fly,” Graves said. . “We need to have a better coordinated response and really listen to the people on the ground and in the air who are seeing things.”
Fox News Digital’s Taylor Penley and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
