But the part where they’re refusing to tell us anything has been made abundantly clear.
This is the Pentagon spokesman, telling us that speaking for the Pentagon is not his department.
Well someone did, in fact, take General Knownothing’s advice and asked someone from Congress instead.

One highly influential legislator says they know exactly what they are.
I would not think those are friendly.
I would think those are adversarial, McCaul said.
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[T]he PRC and Communist China is very good at this stuff.
We know they bought land around military bases.
This would be very consistent with their policy over the past couple years, McCaul added.
Well alrighty, then.
And the one that said these are just New Jersey toy drone enthusiasts.
And the one that said they’re planes being mistaken for drones because people are stupid.
Making the whole situation as clear as mud.
Which I’m assuming is exactly how the people in charge want it.
And why I’ve landed on the most plausible explanation of all.
That this whole thing is a psyop.
Meant to distract us from some other thing.
Here’s someone claiming to be an expert on psyops.
Make of him and his theory what you will.
To incite some level of worry or panic, for reasons that benefit powerful interests at our expense?
It’s the Hegelian Dialectic in action.
One that’s going to promise to keep you safe from these unexplained phenomena.
But not to worry, it’s for your own good.
I certainly hope I’m wrong.
But there’s a pattern of this kind of thing.
It might sound like paranoid nonsense.
But just because we’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get us.