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This Patch published a report under the headline: Can You Shoot Down Drones In FL? What To Know. It pointed out: “That Florida is one of a dozen states to report mystery drone sightings, prompting a common question: Is it legal to shoot down a drone?” As The Center Square reported on 12.17.2024, North Carolina joins mystery drone conversation. That post made available to this writer for MHProNews as part of my wide-ranging Patch series will be followed by some examples of what others are saying. This article will ask the question: why doesn’t the government just tell the public what is actually happening? After all, former and future president Donald J. Trump (R) has said that the government absolutely knows and has made the apparent decision not to say.

Part I

North Carolina joins mystery drone conversation

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By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – White House dismissal notwithstanding, mysterious drones are the talk of the nation. And North Carolina has entered the chat.

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“We are actively communicating with federal and local agencies about residents’ reports of drones spotted in eastern North Carolina and are working to find answers,” said U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C.

The federal government, said national security spokesman John Kirby, hasn’t identified public safety or national security risks. Sightings started in the northeast last month, speculation has intensified, and there’s been little to no explanation.

Reaction has ranged from marvel and wonder to the paraphrase of a number of both Democratic and Republican politicians to "shoot first, ask questions later."

“There are more than 1 million drones that are lawfully registered with the Federal Aviation Administration,” Kirby said. “And there are thousands of commercial, hobbyist and law enforcement drones that are lawfully in the sky on any given day. That is the ecosystem that we are dealing with.”

That said, federal probes have been started. There have been more than 5,000 reports to the FBI, with roughly 100 drawing investigations, says a joint statement put out by the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense.

Published reports of similar sightings exist to the west in California, the Midwest in Minnesota, and even across the Atlantic in England.

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Part II - Additional Information and Commentary

Are the mystery drones ETs? Pranksters? A foreign power? An undisclosed U.S. gov't operation? Wag the Dog style head fake? Some combination of those factors?

The X-posts (a.k.a.: tweets) link to videos on this topic.

It is a matter of fact that all governments keep certain things from their own citizens, and do so for a variety of reasons. Some of those reasons may be good, but some may be entirely self-serving.

Despite the Biden-Harris (D) team's promise of transparency to Americans before they were declared the winner of the 2020 election, they have demonstrated otherwise. The recent pardons are examples of insider dealings.

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Let's hope, work, and pray for not only more transparency but also for a government led by people that remember that they are there to represent "We the People" and not just special interests.

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