The NFL has put out a message directed at U.S. Congress amid the influx of drones being spotted across the East Coast amid safety fears for their games with the Super Bowl less than two months away.
Over the past few weeks, multiple videos have been shared on social media of a large amount of drones being spotted in the New Jersey area. Since then, drones have been spotted across the East Coast with no real explanation being given.
Joe Biden’s administrative party has since given statements, with Chrissy Houlahan telling reporters: “To date, they haven’t found anything that would indicate that there’s foreign influence, foreign actors, or even little green men who are working on the American people.”
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Connecticut Representative Jim Himes, also added that “there is zero evidence of laws being broken by the drones,” while indicating that the vast majority of the sightings were nromal aircrafts, or drones being used lawfully.
But many have doubted these claims, with John Ferguson, the CEO of a Kansas-based remote aircraft system company, suggesting that the recent influx of drones being seen might be searching for something.
Despite the U.S. government telling citizens not to fear, the NFL appears to indeed have worries after making their position clear – hoping not to see drones continue to fly in the area near their games while protecting their fans in attendance.
In a statement, the NFL’s senior vice president of security Cathy Lanier said: “Over the past several years, an increasing number of drones have flown into restricted airspace during NFL games.
“With the nation’s attention now focused on drones, we again call on Congress to protect critical infrastructure and mass gatherings such as major sporting events.”
The Super Bowl is set to be held in New Orleans in February, in what is the most-watched spectacle across the nation with hundreds of thousands of fans expected in the city around the time – with the NFL hoping to see Congress clamp down on the influx of drones before then.
Podcast host Joe Rogan had recently stated that he does not believe the government’s explanations so far, when advisor John Kirby told reporters that the sightings posed “no national security or public safety threat”.
