Great Britain, Kazakhstan, New Jersey . . . They were everywhere, just a few weeks ago. And now they’re not. Or at least we’re not talking about them.

So what were they, and why aren’t there any more of them?

Actually, it all depends on whom you ask. And the answers just keep getting funnier and funnier . . . or scarier and scarier, depending on your personal level of conspiracy vulnerability.

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In my usual fashion, I went digging. And I didn’t have to dig far, because it turned out that there have continued to be reports of sightings in all sorts of places. By all sorts of people. And there has been a satisfactory explanation for quite a few of them . . . but not all. And they haven’t made the headlines of the major news services.

To begin with, let’s take the eastern U.S. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has broadened its no-fly areas across the tri-state region of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which would account for a reduction in legal, privately-operated fly-overs.

Then you can deduct for the expected number of hysteria calls, UFOlogists hoping for a visitation from another galaxy, copycat callers, and some honest mistakes.

But that still leaves . . . how to say this diplomatically? . . . the loonies that just seem to pop out of the woodwork whenever anything unusual happens. And they’re out there; just Google “drone sighting update,” which is what I did.

You’ll have more fun reading the full articles yourselves, so I’ll just stick to some of the highlights. For example:

“Two witnesses in Manalapan Township [New Jersey] . . . videotaped a bus-sized, 25- to 50-foot-long black triangle UFO that they saw ‘pull off a high g [force] maneuver over a residential area’ just days before Christmas.” It was said to have “lasted at least one minute, ended with the object zooming ‘in the general direction of McGuire [Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst]’ — matching a persistent pattern of ‘drone’ UFO incursions over US bases in recent years.” [Matthew Phelan, dailymail.com, January 2, 2025.]

Another person in New Jersey described “a classic ‘flying saucer’ with an ‘aura or haze around [the] object’ just three miles off the coast of Atlantic City.” [Id.]

But those might easily have rational explanations. So try this one on for size:

On December 31st, the FBI received notice of an email that they now believe “was likely written by the Army soldier who died in the Jan. 1 [Las Vegas] explosion, Matthew Livelsberger, 37, [saying] the drones in New Jersey were being operated by China.” [Dan Alexander, New Jersey 101.5, January 3, 2025.]

In the email, Livelsberger also says the drones are an “operational use of gravitic propulsion systems powered aircraft by most recently China in the east coast, but throughout history, the US. China has been launching them from the Atlantic from submarines for years, but this activity recently has picked up. As of now, it is just a show of force and they are using it similar to how they used the balloon.” [Id.]

Mr. Livelsberger, who blew himself up in a leased Tesla, is said to have been a decorated combat veteran struggling with PTSD and “other issues.” So perhaps we can just overlook this particular theory; his story is sad enough without it.

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However, things take a decidedly funny turn when Dr. Steven Greer — retired physician and founder of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence and of the Disclosure Project (which seeks the disclosure of alleged classified UFO information) — chimes in with his unsettling theory.

Dr. Greer, speaking to Rob Finnerty of Newsmax, said that this whole “alien invasion” — his words, not mine or Mr. Finnerty’s — is “a staged distraction to mask something far more significant: decades-long, government-funded, illegal UFO research projects.” [Sahiba Tahleel, soapcentral.com, January 3, 2025.]

He predicts the arrival of more drama in the next 30 days, with an expose by alleged insiders ready to reveal the full extent of the alleged covert programs:

“Coming forward in the next 30 days or so, they will bring forth positive evidence of this and the fact that these programs have been run illegally and outside of constitutional oversight.” [Id.]

Supposedly, this is about to happen because there are some extraterrestrial civilizations that are tiring of our (Earth’s) “hostility.”

Thank you, Dr. Greer. I shall be counting down the days until the arrival of . . . no, not an ET invasion . . . just February.

And by the way, you may have meant “Congressional oversight” . . . not “constitutional.” Just me, being nitpicky.

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And finally, we have the one we’ve all been waiting for: the “Blame the Russians” theory.

Oh, come on, now . . . you knew someone had to think of it, didn’t you?

In this case, it was one Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former head of the UK’s Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment — a man with obviously impressive credentials. And he claims that Russian “sleeper agents” could be orchestrating the “drone swarms” as “part of a coordinated Kremlin operation to probe Western defences.” [Eliana Silver, GB News, December 17, 2024.]

The Colonel believes that Vladimir Putin’s covert operatives may be conducting surveillance operations on both sides of the Atlantic, citing the numerous spottings near multiple US and UK air bases in both countries since November 20th. The timing is said to be of particular concern as one of the UK bases is about to house American nuclear weapons for the first time since the Cold War (the original Cold War, that is . . . not the instant replay we’re experiencing now).

Current UK defense sources insist there is “no evidence” linking the drone activities to Russia, China, Iran, or any other hostile country. But Colonel de Bretton-Gordon says:

“You can approach people who could do a service for you, and I expect you can pay some young kid or young person money to do it. I would have thought the Russians and Chinese were paying quite a lot” . . . calling it “espionage 2.0,” and suggesting that operatives are collecting data on response times, troop numbers and equipment. He warned that “They are testing to see where the weaknesses and vulnerabilities are.” [Id.]

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Okay . . . we can laugh at alien invasions and “gravitic propulsion systems.” But, of all the theories out there, Colonel de Bretton-Gordon’s is the one to which I would tend to give a good measure of credence. He has the experience, the knowledge, the insight . . . and one of those great hyphenated British names.

In any event, they (the drones) are still up there, and we’re still left wondering. We’ll just have to wait and see what revelations the next 30 days bring, won’t we?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
1/4/25