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>Melham expressed frustration at the lack of information the federal government has provided to state officials and local mayors, calling the public statements "not credible."
>"Even yesterday, on that call with the White House, mayors were literally told, "You guys are seeing things." There's no credibility to this," Melham said. "We have one mayor, like I said, who had drones over his house. I mean, we're no longer going to stand for not hearing the truth."
>Speaking to Newsweek on Tuesday, Melham said the government's messaging was inconsistent. "You can't have it both ways. You can't say there's nothing here, that they're not government assets, and that there's nothing to fear," he said. "I don't believe they're concerning, I believe they're ours," he continued. "I believe they're up there looking and listening over our critical infrastructure."
>White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said in a news briefing: "We assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and even stars that were mistakenly reported as drones."
>President Joe Biden to reporters: "[the drones are] nothing nefarious apparently. But they're checking it all out. There's a—I think it's just one. There's a lot of drones authorized to be up there."
>President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social: "Can this really be happening without our government's knowledge. I don't think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!!"
they're 100% ours and the purpose is nefarious in some way