Trump, White House spar over northeast U.S. mystery drones
Raw StoryThe White House insisted Monday that mystery drones which have caused a public panic in parts of the United States were flying legally, after President-elect Donald Trump suggested there had been a government cover-up. Trump said the US government "knows what is happening" as he weighed on the flurry of sightings over New Jersey and New York that have sparked something increasingly akin to mass panic. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby insisted the government was being "open and transparent," and said most sightings involved drones operating "legally and lawfully." Top US officials have previously rejected any suggestion of foreign involvement -- including far-fetched claims that the drones originated from an Iranian or Chinese "mothership" out at sea -- even as public concern has mounted.