New Jersey mayor proposes shooting down unidentified drones to find out what they are

Mendham Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner in New Jersey on Wednesday said she would support the federal government shooting down one of the drones that has been flying in her area, in order to get more information on who is behind it.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last week issued two flight restrictions on the area surrounding President-elect Donald Trump's Bedminster golf club in New Jersey, following questionable drone activity.  The drone sightings were first reported on Nov. 18, but still continue this week. 

Federal officials have claimed that they do not know much about the drones, but have assured the public that there has been no threat to the American people as a result of the activity. The Pentagon also said they have not found any evidence that a foreign entity is behind it.

Glassner praised the state's response to the drones, but said the federal government has not been able to provide concrete information she can bring back to her residents. She also asserted that federal agencies have maintained the drones are not theirs and that the government should shoot the drones down so it can find out more information.

"They know that these drones potentially could be dangerous, which is why they're not shooting them out of the sky, which is what a lot of us would like to see so we can find out who they are," Glassner said on the "Just The News, No Noise" TV show. "We like to say Mendham is ground zero, because we're one of the first towns that really started complaining about these drones about four weeks ago, and we still don't have any answers." 

Glassner said the investigation into the drones should not end when the drones go away, because they have already gathered information. She also said her area could be targeted because it's near President-elect Donald Trump's summer home, electric transfer stations, and reservoirs.

"I mean, there's a lot of very important aspects to general life that surrounds us, and so we don't know what these drones have been looking for, but we know we want to know what they plan on using this data for," she said. "If they don't know who is sending these drones over small towns, or big towns ... then they need to send the military in, and they need to, need to take care of it today."

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.