A fed-up New Jersey politician stormed out of a Homeland Security briefing about the drone phenomenon taking over the state — calling the meeting an “amateur hour” that provided “no answers.”
NJ State Representative Brian Bergen barged out of the “worthless” Wednesday meeting, calling out the federal government for their lack of answers to the rogue drones that have been spotted flying above the Garden State since Nov. 18.
“I walked out because it was worthless. It was the biggest amateur hour presentation I’ve ever seen about anything. It was ridiculous. There were no answers,” Bergen told NewsNation after exiting the powwow early.
“They don’t know where the drones are coming from. They don’t know who’s doing it, they don’t know why they’re doing it, but they say there’s no credible threat,” the state rep continued.
Bergen, who served in the US Army as an Apache helicopter pilot, expressed further frustration with the feds’ apparent lack of action when it comes to tracking down the mysterious flights.
“This is a complete lack of effort, in my opinion, of trying to figure this out. This is not about ability. We have the technology, we have the people, we have the training, we have the resources, we have the money, it’s just a lack of effort,” the exasperated New Jersey rep told the outlet.
The army veteran was in disbelief that the federal officials were able to claim that there was not an active threat whilst still being unable to identify the operators of the crafts.
“They’re saying, ‘No threat’ but how the hell do they know? They don’t know anything,” Bergen expounded to NewsNation. “They don’t know what it is, they don’t know where it comes from, they don’t know nothing.”
Bergen went on to describe the meeting as “the biggest amateur hour briefing [he’d] ever sat through.”
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a news conference Wednesday that “there is no evidence” that the drones are being operated by a foreign adversary — but did not offer any explanation or theory as to who was in fact operating the mystery flyers.
The drones — which are described as being the size of small cars — were first noticed flying over Picatinny Arsenal, a US military research and manufacturing facility, and near President-elect Trump’s golf course in Bedminster last month.
Read the full article here