Federal officials deploy drone detection technology to New York, New Jersey

turn now to new reporting on these mysterious drone sightings seven states now across the Northeast and now drones reported near an Airbase in Ohio an airport outside New York City and the arrests involving a drone near Boston's Logan Airport tonight the FBI and Homeland Security deploying state-of-the-art drone detection technology and infrared cameras to catch the drones and tonight president-elect Donald Trump saying something strange is going on here and what he suggested today about the drones here's Whit Johnson after weeks of reported drone sightings triggering confusion and anger throughout the Northeast this one's going to fly

over us right now tonight the FBI and Department of Homeland Security deploying state-of-the-art drone detection technology and infrared cameras to New York and New Jersey the spike and unexplained drone sighting seen in at least seven states from Virginia to New England in Ohio over the weekend Wright Patterson Air Force Base outside Dayton temporarily closing its airspace Friday night because of drone incursions just outside New York City reported drone forcing officials at Stewart International Airport to shut down their runway for more than an hour there's multiple drones all over this airport airport tonight man and in

Boston two men arrested and facing charges for flying a drone dangerously close to Logan Airport the rash of recent sightings feeling bipartisan criticism of the government's response president-elect Trump saying something strange is going on so they know where it came from and where it went and for some reason they don't want to comment something strange is going on they happen to be over Bedminster they're very they're very close to Bedminster I think maybe I won't spend the weekend in Bedminster I've decided to cancel my trip there are nearly 800,000 registered drones in the US and

it's not illegal to fly them during the day or night the Biden Administration insisting there's no evidence of a national security threat or foreign involvement saying some reports can be explained as civilian aircraft some of those drone sightings are in fact drones some are manned aircraft that are commonly mistaken for drones authorities say you can usually verify it in seconds using the Flight Radar 24 app you can see where most planes are in real time it's not just one drone when there's one there's many that's exactly what we did when we went on patrol with

officer Franchesca escad of the Clinton Township Police Department in New Jersey when the Sun goes down the drones come out and it didn't take long before we spotted those hovering lights over a Reservoir in the dark with Cloudy Skies we couldn't positively identify exactly what the objects were but their inconsistent movements did not resemble nearby ples from when I've been talking to people they're frustrated they just want answers and David the White House is pushing back against those claims by president-elect Trump an Administration spokesperson saying they're not trying to obscure any intel here insisting that

most of the sightings are some combination of hobus drones law enforcement commercial as well as civilian aircraft all operating legally but they promis to continue pursuing All Leads David all right Whit Johnson tonight with us Whit thank you