‘There’s a lot of drones authorized up there’: Biden sends radar systems and tries to calm fears

President says there is ‘nothing nefarious’ about objects moving in the skies above the US north-east

Joe Biden has weighed in on public anxieties surrounding the large number of drone or other aerial objects moving in the skies above New Jersey and the US north-east, saying there is nothing alarming about the increased reports.

“Nothing nefarious apparently, but they’re checking it all out,” the president told reporters. “We’re following this closely, but so far, no sense of danger.”

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