Outer space should not be ruled out as a possible origin of some of the drones that have been sighted recently in the Northeast, Rep. Nancy Mace told an OutKick podcast.
The South Carolina Republican said "my concern is, if it's not craft from outer space — because I think that has to be on the table, that has to be an option — is it our technology? Or is it Russia or Iran or China? Is there someone who's winning the arms race, and are we behind?"
She said she was skeptical about some of the Biden administration's attempts to reassure the public that they face no safety risk connected to the drone sightings, insisting that some pilots have said they can't explain some of what is shown in videos of the sky appearing on social media.
"My question is about national security, and I hope that it's us," Mace said. "I hope that it's not our adversaries or something from outside the universe, because I have real concerns that, like, if these drones are from Iran or China, like some of the rumors have been, I pray that they're ours, but we should also know why they're out there. Like, are they looking for radiation? Are they looking for a missing nuclear warhead?"
Mace added that "we deserve to have some answers here, because people are scared, and a lot of congressional offices are hearing people, they're writing in with their concerns when they're seeing these drones. And quite frankly, I mean, Congress needs answers and the [Defense Department], the Pentagon, needs to come and tell us the truth."
Federal law enforcement officials have said publicly that there is no indication of a public safety risk related to the recent upswing in reports of drone sightings, according to The Hill.
In addition, according to a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense, "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 stars mistakenly reported as drones."
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