(NewsNation) — Michael Melham, the mayor of Belleville, New Jersey, said the mysterious drones being reported over his area are likely not a matter of national security, but adds that residents still need answers, which he hopes will be provided by President Donald Trump.
Melham has been outspoken regarding the issue since significant numbers of drones began appearing over New Jersey last year.
The state didn’t get any answers under President Biden, but President Trump reiterated his desire to get answers on his first day in office.
“I would like to find out what it is and tell the people. In fact, I’d like to do that. Could we find out what that was?” he told White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
While Melham hopes the mystery will be solved under Trump, he said it’s likely the new president has gotten the same information as the outgoing one.
“Our president-elect receives the same exact national intelligence briefing that our president does, so if it was a foreign adversary or something alien or extraterrestrial, I’m certain, as president-elect, he would have known,” Melham said.
“The fact that he doesn’t seem to have that many details … tells me that if he’s not briefed on it yet, it’s probably not a matter of national security, or certainly not an alien invasion or anything crazy like that.”
Melham said it’s “more than likely” the aircraft are “our own government or experimental drones that are up in the sky.”
In any event, Melham said residents continue to be concerned about the lack of answers.
“I do take the president at his word. I do think that we are gonna get some kind of disclosure, he said, adding that it will “come soon.”