EXCLUSIVE
An Australian expert on UFOs is warning that official attempts to dismiss hordes of mysterious UFO-like lights plaguing the US as conventional drones are ‘complete bulls***’.
And best-selling author Ross Coulthard warns the spacecraft may have already entered the airspace above key Australian military installations.
The Northeast of America has been hit by a wave of unexplained objects. In recent weeks alone, more than 5,000 sightings have been reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in several states.
The FBI joined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense on Tuesday to dismiss the sightings as a mix of professional and amateur drones and false reports.
‘After closely examining technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings include commercial drones, hobbyist drones and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and stars incorrectly classified as drones reported,” the joint statement said. read.
“We have not identified anything abnormal and do not assess the activity to date as a risk to national security or public safety.”
But many state and local officials don’t believe this explanation.
Neither is the world’s leading Australian UFO expert Ross Coulthart, who debunked official government claims that the objects were ‘legal’ drones.
“That’s a load of nonsense,” the five-time Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist told Daily Mail Australia.
‘A complete cover-up.’
Five-time Walkley Award-winning journalist Ross Coulthart warns of ridiculous official attempts to describe the hordes of objects hovering over America’s North East as ‘legal drones’ and warns that similar objects are already being spotted over key Australian military installations
The flying objects, like the one seen in the evening sky near Lebanon Township, New Jersey, are larger than drones used by hobbyists, witnesses have noted, raising questions about their proximity to critical infrastructure and sensitive locations.
Mr Coulthart continued: ‘This is an attempt by the Government to prevent this story from going any further.
“How can they insist that these are legal drones when they are clearly operating illegally over sensitive US military bases and have no power to shoot them down? Someone isn’t telling the truth.
“I’ve spoken to local police, FBI agents, Homeland Security officials and politicians who say the line Homeland Security is taking is complete nonsense.
“It’s an attempt by some idiot high up in government to shut this all down, but honestly, we don’t know what these anomalous objects are.”
The former 60 Minutes star reporter said there was no evidence that the ‘anomalous objects’, which had the ability to ‘go dark’ when approached, were drones, or even human technology.
He warned that there were similar unexplained objects also observed over major military bases in Australia, including joint US-Australian installations at Pine Gap and the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, just north of Exmouth in the west of the country.
Pine Gap, southwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, is a satellite tracking station operated by US intelligence agencies in partnership with Australia.
Established in 1970 when 400 American families were transferred to Central Australia, Pine Gap is now the main overseas US intelligence facility.
Coulthart warns that similar objects have been spotted over key military installations in Australia, including the joint US-operated Pine Gap site just outside Alice Springs
The base has been used by staff to watch and listen for information that could be of interest to the Five Eyes Alliance
The Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt provides radio transmissions to the ships and submarines of the United States Navy and Royal Australian Navy in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans.
“The sightings in the US are very similar to the sightings I’ve heard about in Australia, but it’s too early to draw specific parallels,” he said.
Mr Coulthart said he suspected political forces within the White House were trying to properly address the issue until outgoing US President Joe Biden officially handed power to Donald Trump next month.
“The government is flat out lying and their own people on the front line are now calling them out on the lies,” he said.
“The era of denial and lying to the public is over.”
American journalist and author Michael Shellenberger said he had obtained a recording of the White House drone briefing for New Jersey mayors, including the FBI, DHS and FAA.
‘The mayors are furious. One of them came there and said, “I had two drones the size of a car hanging over my house,” Shellenberger told Fox News commentator Jesse Watters.
On Saturday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul stated, “I will do whatever it takes to ensure New Yorkers stay safe,” in a post on X.
Harold E Holt Naval Communication Station just north of Exmouth in Western Australia
The FBI and other agencies are investigating the strange activity, but officially claim they are “legal drones.”
“New York is investigating these incidents, but the federal government must give us the authority to deal directly with the drones,” she added.
Other state representatives have called on the US military to shoot down the drones.
“We now have the opportunity to shoot them down, but in a place where there is no threat to anyone on the ground. Just do it,” said New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith.
‘I think we are rejecting this very prematurely. We need answers, and that was days ago. We still don’t have any answers. Crickets.’
In a stern warning to the public, New Jersey State Police and the FBI’s Newark office have urged the public to stop efforts to shoot down the state’s mysterious drones.
“We’re seeing an increase in manned aircraft pilots getting hit in the eyes with lasers because people on the ground think they’re seeing a drone,” said Nelson Delgado, acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s Newark office. in a video message.
“We are also concerned that people will take matters into their own hands and fire a weapon at an aircraft.”