White House official John Kirby insisted that the wave of drone sightings across the United States represent “legal” and “lawful” activity, despite in some instances them shutting down military bases and airports.
Kirby made the comments during an appearance on Fox News with Brett Baier.
With the government having analyzed at least 5,000 sightings, Kirby said, “Our assessment is that this is lawful, legal, commercial, hobbyist, and even law enforcement aircraft activity.”
“Some of it’s manned, some of it’s unmanned,” he added.
“We absolutely acknowledge that a lot of these are probably drones, but they’re flying legally,” Kirby emphasized.
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