>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. ON YOUR FRIDAY MORNING. SO THE

FAA SAYS IT WILL SOON IMPLEMENT TEMPORARY DRONE FLIGHT BANS OVER PARTS OF NEW

YORK AND THIS AFTER IT ALREADY ISSUED A TEMPORARY BAN OVER PARTS OF NEW JERSEY. THE

AGENCY IS ALSO WARNING—GET THIS—DEADLY FORCE COULD BE USED IF... I BELIEVE THE PENTAGON HAS SENT

DRONE BUSTERS TO NEW JERSEY MILITARY SITES TO TAKE DOWN

UNAUTHORIZED FLYERS. THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF DRONES SPOTTED ALL UP AND

DOWN THE EAST COAST, AND ALSO IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, TOO. JOINING ME NOW, I HAVE

WITH ME, U.S. GOVERNMENT WHISTLEBLOWER LOU ELIZONDO, A

FORMER SPECIAL AGENT FOR THE U.S. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOPPING

>> IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE. ALWAYS. THANK YOU

SO MUCH. AND TO YOUR WONDERFUL AUDIENCE. SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OUR MORNING

AUDIENCE HAS HEARD FROM YOU SINCE THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS WHEN YOU CAME

>> SO I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR TAKE. WHO DO YOU THINK IS

QUESTION, ISN'T IT? AND I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION HASN'T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN BEING

Forthcoming with the American people. I think we all know now to say a blanket statement

like all of these drones are either commercial or privately owned drones that are being

legally operated, or law enforcement aircraft, that just doesn't make sense. People

know the difference between a quadcopter and a SUV-size drone.

And in this case, some of these drones, we don't know points of origin. We don't know where

they're landing. We don't know who's operating them, and we don't

know what they're doing. So I think the state of New York and New Jersey are taking

appropriate measures right now to just try to figure out what the heck is going on. Yeah.

You bring up car-size drones. I was going to pick your brain

on that one, too. Some people have been reporting them to be the size of a Prius or

talking, at this point, about a state-sponsored capability because when you have a drone

>> There are really two types of fuel you can use. You can use

a liquid fuel like jet fuel, JP-8, or gasoline, which

is about 7 1/2 pounds a gallon. So you're talking

FIXED WING. BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ROTARY WING OR BLADES,

THINGS WITH PROPELLERS, SOMETHING THAT BIG, A HUGE DISH. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S CAR

SIZE, RIGHT. SO YOU'RE TALKING A BATTERY-POWERED VEHICLE.

MOST BATTERY-POWERED DRONES, HOBBY DRONES, COMMERCIAL DRONES,

MAYBE LAST 15, 20 MINUTES. HE HAD BEEN IN THE SKY FOR 5, 6,

MAYBE 10 HOURS. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH IT,

WHICH IS LINE OF SIGHT. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A DRONE. MOST DRONES USE

RADIO FREQUENCY, AND THEY'RE ONLY LINE OF SIGHT, MAYBE UP TO 9 OR 10 MILES, WHERE THE

CURVATURE OF THE EARTH BEGINS TO INTERFERE WITH THE SIGNAL. SO IF YOU WANT A DRONE

THAT BIG THAT CAN GO THAT FAR, YOU NEED A REPEATER CAPABILITY, MEANING YOU NEED

AN AIRBORNE ASSET OR A GROUND-BASED PLATFORM LIKE A SATELLITE TO BOUNCE THE SIGNAL OFF AND GET

IT TO THE DRONE AND BACK AND FORTH, AND THAT'S THAT'S COMPLICATED. THAT'S A LOT OF

INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S NOT A HOBBYIST.

THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE HALF A DOZEN OF THOSE

CARS ON THE ROAD, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY EITHER THE UNITED

STATES GOVERNMENT HAS OR SOME FOREIGN ADVERSARY HAS, OR THERE'S POTENTIALLY OTHER

OPTIONS AS WELL. >> THIS IS WHAT I MENTIONED OFF THE TOP. I STILL FIND

FASCINATING. THE FACT THAT YOU NOW HAVE 22 AREAS OF NEW JERSEY WHERE THE FAA HAS

IMPLEMENTED THIS DRONE FLIGHT BAN, RIGHT? AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN THESE

DRONE BUSTERS TO USE DEADLY FORCE IF ANY OF THEM ARE FLYING ILLEGALLY OR POSE AN

IMMINENT THREAT DOESN'T REALLY SOUND LIKE A GOVERNMENT THAT KNOWS THAT WE'RE SAFE, RIGHT?

OR KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, LOU. WHAT ARE YOUR SOURCES

TELLING YOU? >> WELL, LOOK, THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU DON'T CLOSE U.S.

MILITARY AIR BASES BECAUSE THERE ARE LEGALLY FLYING

COMMERCIAL DRONES IN YOUR AIRSPACE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, AND YOU DON'T TAKE OUT

YOUR DRONE BUSTERS, IN THIS CASE USING ELECTRONIC CAPABILITIES TO DISABLE OTHER

DRONES, IF THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE. LOOK, THERE'S SOME VIDEO OUT THERE WHERE

POTENTIALLY SOME OF THESE DRONES THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING ARE CAR-SIZED. DRONES

HAVE ANTI-DRONE CAPABILITY THEMSELVES. WHERE, WHEN A DRONE GETS NEAR, IT IS

KNOCKED OUT OF THE SKY AND THEN, IN THE WORDS OF SOME OF THESE WITNESSES, DISAPPEARS INTO THIN

AIR. SO NO, I DON'T THINK THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. I AM

ENCOURAGED THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN MUCH MORE PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO

GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. AND SO I'M HOPEFUL IN THE NEXT MAYBE 30 DAYS WE'LL START

GETTING SOME REAL RESOLUTION. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE NEXT MOVES SHOULD LOOK LIKE?

WHAT WOULD YOU BE ASKING FOR BECAUSE NOW WE'VE SEEN ALL

THESE LAWMAKERS COME, THEY HELD THAT CLASSIFIED BRIEFING,

YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK.  >> WE'VE HAD AT LEAST 21 NEW

JERSEY MAYORS, YOU KNOW, PENNED A LETTER TO THEIR GOVERNOR SAYING, HEY, WE NEED

A FULL-ON INVESTIGATION AND SOMETHING TO TELL OUR CONSTITUENTS. WHAT

WOULD YOU BE ASKING FROM THE GOVERNMENT? I THINK WE NEED TO

HAVE A NATIONAL STRATEGY AND NOT JUST YOU KNOW...

DRONES ARE A LOT OF TIMES,  IN OUR COUNTRY,  UNIDENTIFIED.  A LOT OF TIMES

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU SEE, IT'S BASICALLY SOMETHING UNIDENTIFIED FLYING IN

OUR SKIES AND EVERYTHING'S UNIDENTIFIED UNTIL IT'S NOT, UNTIL WE IDENTIFY IT. SO I THINK

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