NJ Rep Claims IRAN Runs Mystery Drones

"Iran launched a mothership." UPDATE: Pentagon denies claim.

In an interview on Fox News, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., claims that “high sources” have told him that Iran is behind the drones flying over New Jersey.

He claimed that about a month ago “Iran launched a mothership,” which apparently spawned the drones seen in North Jersey. He did not specify whether “mothership” meant spaceship, airplane, or ocean vessel.

“Iran made a deal with China” to get the technology, Van Drew claimed. “We don’t even have anything like this.”

He said multiple times, “These drones should be shot down.”

Last night, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) reported being briefed by a U.S. Coast Guard officer about a recent incident where a drone swarm pursued a Coast Guard vessel during a patrol.

At a town hall in Long Beach Island, Smith, alongside Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy, emphasized the need for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to send more resources to New Jersey to investigate the rise in drone activity in the area. Smith highlighted a disturbing incident where drones flew closely behind a 47-foot Coast Guard boat, operated by USCG Station Barnegat Light, indicating a significant increase in unmanned aerial systems in the state's airspace.

UPDATE: Pentagon says Iran is NOT responsible, claims there is no “Iranian mothership” off the East Coast. See video and thread on Reddit here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hc1l58/pentagon_no_evidence_its_any_foreign_entity_its/