John Kirby: Clearly Drones Are Being Operated in a Lawful and Legal Way

BOLDUAN Taking a big ░░░░░░░░ turn here on something ░░░░░░░░ in your purview right ░░░░░░░░ John I want to ░░░░░░░░ want to ask you ░░░░░░░░ about this drone mystery ░░░░░░░░ has continued You say ░░░░░░░░ currently these drones do ░░░░░░░░ pose any sort of ░░░░░░░░ The way I heard ░░░░░░░░ say it is you ░░░░░░░░ they re commercial lawful ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement drones hobbyist ░░░░░░░░ is what people are ░░░░░░░░ Nothing anomalous no criminal ░░░░░░░░ detected Yet the mayor ░░░░░░░░ Montvale New Jersey was ░░░░░░░░ on with us and ░░░░░░░░ essentially says he does ░░░░░░░░ believe that Let me ░░░░░░░░ this for you Clip ░░░░░░░░ GHASSALI Someone is making ░░░░░░░░ really bad decision by ░░░░░░░░ coming clean and say ░░░░░░░░ these are inaudible drones ░░░░░░░░ re doing some sort ░░░░░░░░ an operation nothing to ░░░░░░░░ here they are safe ░░░░░░░░ ends BOLDUAN And what ░░░░░░░░ mayor is talking about ░░░░░░░░ these are our drones ░░░░░░░░ he s saying these ░░░░░░░░ government drones He is ░░░░░░░░ happy with the response ░░░░░░░░ he s been essentially ░░░░░░░░ from you guys What ░░░░░░░░ you say KIRBY Well ░░░░░░░░ would repeat what we ░░░░░░░░ said yesterday and last ░░░░░░░░ in a multiple agency ░░░░░░░░ That we have taken ░░░░░░░░ serious look at this ░░░░░░░░ have gone through 5 ░░░░░░░░ some odd sightings We ░░░░░░░░ added detection capabilities to ░░░░░░░░ region We ve even ░░░░░░░░ up visual observers And ░░░░░░░░ we re seeing to ░░░░░░░░ our assessment tells us ░░░░░░░░ these are commercial drones ░░░░░░░░ drones or law enforcement ░░░░░░░░ all operating legally and ░░░░░░░░ I mean when people ░░░░░░░░ video of that Kate ░░░░░░░░ mean there you re ░░░░░░░░ the lights on these ░░░░░░░░ the navigation lights That ░░░░░░░░ what s required if ░░░░░░░░ re going to be ░░░░░░░░ in U S airspace ░░░░░░░░ night are navigation lights ░░░░░░░░ clearly they re being ░░░░░░░░ in a lawful and ░░░░░░░░ way And we ve ░░░░░░░░ nothing from their behavior ░░░░░░░░ that tells us there ░░░░░░░░ a public safety threat ░░░░░░░░ a national security threat ░░░░░░░░ do want to add ░░░░░░░░ point though We ve ░░░░░░░░ got about 100 leads ░░░░░░░░ the FBI is following ░░░░░░░░ on and if we ░░░░░░░░ something that contradicts that ░░░░░░░░ something more something additional ░░░░░░░░ more specific my goodness ░░░░░░░░ re going to come ░░░░░░░░ and we re going ░░░░░░░░ talk about it We ░░░░░░░░ been trying to be ░░░░░░░░ transparent with the American ░░░░░░░░ as we can But ░░░░░░░░ think it s also ░░░░░░░░ to remember that there ░░░░░░░░ a million drones registered ░░░░░░░░ the FAA and thousands ░░░░░░░░ thousands fly in U ░░░░░░░░ airspace legally every single ░░░░░░░░ including in the northeast ░░░░░░░░ In fact that s ░░░░░░░░ of the busiest areas ░░░░░░░░ That’s very true.”