EXCLUSIVE
An Australian UFO expert warns that official attempts to dismiss the hordes of mysterious UFO-like lights plaguing the US as conventional drones are “complete nonsense”.
And best-selling author Ross Coulthard warns the craft may already have invaded the skies over key Australian military installations.
The northeastern United States has been hit by a wave of unexplained objects, with more than 5,000 sightings reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in several states in just the last few weeks.
The FBI on Tuesday joined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense in dismissing the sightings as a mix of professional and amateur drones and erroneous reports.
“After closely examining technical data and advice from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings include commercial drones, hobby drones, and police drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars erroneously reported as drones,” it states. in the joint statement. read.
“We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess that the activity to date presents a risk to national security or public safety.”
But many state and local officials don’t believe that explanation.
Neither is the world’s leading Australian UFO expert. Ross Coulthart, who denied official government claims that the objects were “legal” drones.
“That’s a load of crap,” the five-time Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist told Daily Mail Australia.
“A complete cover-up.”
Five-time Walkley Award-winning journalist Ross Coulthart warns against ridiculed official attempts to describe the hordes of objects hovering over the northeastern United States as “legal drones” and warns that similar objects are already being detected over major facilities Australian military.
Flying objects, like these seen in the night sky near Lebanon Township, New Jersey, are larger than drones used by hobbyists, witnesses have observed, raising questions about their proximity to critical infrastructure and sites. sensitive.
Coulthart continued: ‘This is an attempt by the government to prevent this story from going any further.
‘How can they claim that these are legal drones when they are clearly operating illegally over sensitive US military bases and cannot shoot them down? Someone is not telling the truth.
“I’ve been talking to local police, FBI agents, Homeland Security personnel and politicians who say the line Homeland Security is putting out is complete nonsense.
“It’s an attempt by some high-level idiot in the government to shut this whole thing down, but frankly, we don’t know what these anomalous objects are.”
The former 60 Minutes star reporter said there was no evidence that the “anomalous objects,” which had the ability to “shut down” when approached, were drones or even human technology.
He warned that similar unexplained objects had They have also been seen over key military bases in Australia, including the joint US-Australian facilities at Pine Gap and the Harold E. Holt Naval Communications Station, just north of Exmouth in the west of the country.
Pine Gap, southwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, is a satellite tracking station operated by US intelligence agencies in partnership with Australia.
Founded in 1970, when 400 American families were relocated to central Australia, Pine Gap is now the most important US intelligence facility overseas.
Coulthart warns that similar objects have been seen over key military installations in Australia, including the US-operated Pine Gap joint site outside Alice Springs.
The base has been used by personnel to observe and listen for intelligence that could be of interest to the five eyes alliance.
The Harold E. Holt Naval Communications Station provides radio transmission to ships and submarines of the United States Navy and Royal Australian Navy in the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean.
“The (American sightings) are very similar to what I have known about in Australia, but it is too early to draw specific parallels,” he said.
Coulthart said he suspected that political forces within the White House were trying to delay properly addressing the issue until outgoing US President Joe Biden had officially handed over power to Donald Trump next month.
“The government is outright lying and their own people on the front lines are now calling them out for their lies,” he said.
“The era of denial and lying to the public is over.”
American journalist and author Michael Shellenberger said he had obtained a recording of the White House drone briefing for New Jersey mayors, including the FBI, DHS and FAA.
‘The mayors are furious. One of them came up and said, “I had two car-sized drones hovering over my house,” Shellenberger told Fox News commentator Jesse Watters.
On Saturday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul declared, “I will do whatever it takes to ensure New Yorkers remain safe,” in a post on X.
Harold E Holt Naval Communications Station, just north of Exmouth, Western Australia
The FBI and other agencies are investigating the strange activity but officially insist they are “legal drones.”
“New York is investigating these incidents, but the federal government must give us powers to deal directly with the drones,” he added.
Other state representatives have called on the US military to shoot down the drones.
‘We have the ability to shoot them now, but do it in a place where there is no threat to anyone on the ground. Just do it,” said New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith.
‘I think we’re writing this off too prematurely. We need answers, and that was days ago. We still don’t have answers. Irons.’
In a stern warning to the public, the New Jersey State Police and the FBI’s Newark office have insisted that the public stop trying to take down the state’s mysterious drones.
“We are seeing an increase in the number of manned aircraft pilots getting laser shots in the eyes, because people on the ground think they see a drone,” said Nelson Delgado, acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s Newark office. in a video message.
“We are also concerned that people will take matters into their own hands and fire a gun at an airplane.”