In a statement, President Trump said the drone flights that had gripped New Jersey were not enemy or foreign crafts.

The White House said Tuesday the drones spotted flying over New Jersey late last year were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration for “research and various other reasons.” Before taking questions at her first news briefing,

Donald Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the drones were for research purposes and 'not the enemy.'

The White House said Tuesday the drones that captured public attention during flights over New Jersey late in 2024 were federally sanctioned and not cause for alarm.

President Donald Trump has revealed what the mysterious drones at times referred to as UFOs flying over New Jersey were. The objects were spotted on a daily basis for weeks hovering over the northeast including Morris County which is just north of Trump national Golf Club in Bedminster.

"This was not the enemy," said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a statement on New Jersey's mysterious drone sightings.

A local congressman isn't satisfied with the White House's answers about the mysterious drones seen across New Jersey skies late last year.

The mysterious drones that lit up skies across the US late last year were authorised by federal regulators and "not the enemy," the White House has announced. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had approved the drones for research and many also belonged to people in the area,

Fox News correspondent Nate Foy reports on the Trump administration's response to mysterious drone sightings across the United States on 'Special Report.'