President-elect Donald Trump on Friday suggested that officials shoot down the aircraft hovering over homes in New Jersey that have spooked residents and sparked demands from lawmakers for answers.

“Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

For days, residents have flocked to social media to post grainy videos of lights flashing overhead believed to be some kind of flying craft, but the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have said they have yet to be able to corroborate any of those reports. On Thursday, the agencies suggested that at least some of them are probably regular airplanes.

The FBI and DHS in a joint statement Thursday said that “it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft, operating lawfully” adding that there is “no known malicious activity........

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