EWING, N.J. (NewsNation) — “I drove two hours to be here today.”
Those were the words of irate New Jersey Assemblyman Brian Bergen after attending a meeting Wednesday with federal law enforcement, city mayors and others regarding recent drone sightings above the Garden State.
“I walked out because it was it was worthless,” Bergen told NewsNation. “It was the biggest amateur hour presentation I’ve ever seen about anything. It was ridiculous. There were no answers. Every question that was asked by a member of the state legislature — great questions, no answers, no resolution. They don’t know where the drones are coming from.”
The FBI said Wednesday it had no answers regarding dozens of drone sightings reported across the state’s night skies in recent weeks.
The agency has been investigating the alleged mysterious nighttime drones, reports of which started being made last month across Central New Jersey. Residents began reporting drones in other areas after the FBI asked for public help in identifying the source.
Whatever answers Bergen was hoping for during Wednesday’s meeting in Ewing, New Jersey, he didn’t get.
“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,” Bergen said. “It was annoying to be there. I drove two hours to be here today. Spent an hour in there. I gotta drive two hours back. Biggest waste of five hours in my entire life.”
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said during a Wednesday afternoon briefing there was “no evidence these are coming from a foreign entity or the work of an adversary.”
And it appears that’s about as much as anyone knows for the time being.
Bergen, however, has a short-term solution.
“Maybe if they follow that sucker to when it landed, they would know, but they don’t. This is a complete lack of effort, in my opinion,” he said.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., in a recent Fox News appearance, said the drones were coming from an “Iranian mothership” off the U.S. coast.
That assertion was roundly dismissed Wednesday by the Pentagon.
“No. There is not any truth to that,” Singh said during the briefing.
Before embarking on his second two-hour commute of the day, Bergen said he was just looking for answers.
“This is not about ability,” he said. “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.”