A Few thoughts on the Drones over New Jersey

Apparently there have been several drones, some the size of relatively large vehicles flying over New Jersey during evenings of late. They appear to be flying over sensitive areas, areas with military significance, if the observers are correct.

One congressman has asserted that sources have told him they are drones being sent out from an Iranian mothership. When asked about that possibility in a press briefing, the spokesperson said  both that:
'We don't know who is doing it' and that 'We know it isn't Iran or any other enemy of the US.

Logically only one of those statements can be true. So, again, the one thing we do know is that the government spokesperson is lying to us.

Many people are incensed that they haven't been shot down or jammed or, or something. We have the capability to do so but have not. Why not? There are several possibilities that come to mind - other than that the Biden administration doesn't care or are allowing it for whatever reason. 

Here are a few of those possibilities;

• They belong to a large company that does drone displays and need to practice somewhere. They have all their permits in order, but nobody looked for them.  (I think that one has been addressed and there were no permits found, but it could equally be someone who thought they had filed and it didn't get recorded properly - because, as we all know - government offices are such paragons of accuracy and efficiency.) 
• They are related to top secret research being done by our own government. Clearly, flying a reported 4 to 180 drones a night over areas of high populations is not the best way to keep something top secret, but again, government.
• Shooting down something the size of a vehicle over a heavily populated area seems likely to result in a lot of damage and lost lives. 
• Shooting into the air over a heavily populated area is also a bad idea, because bullets come down.
• The government was doing or allowing to be done something stupid(Or that has the appearance of being stupid and/or nefarious) and didn't think anyone would notice - see Chinese spy balloons for reference.
• Jamming the electronics of the drones might also jam other electronic communications. Other electronic communications that would be likely to include first responders, fire and law enforcement. In a heavily populated area like New Jersey, that is likely to cost lives.
  

So, there are good and proper reasons not to shoot them down or jam them over the populated areas. If they go somewhere less populated - say over a beach or the ocean, then shooting them down or jamming them so that they fall on their own is a reasonable tactic. Otherwise, not so much.

That is not to say that nothing should be done. It is merely a matter of what that thing should be. 

"Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." ~ Psalm 127:1