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Joe Negron stated on April 10, 2013 in a gaggle of reporters:
Says PETA "is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries."
By Katie Sanders• April 12, 2013
Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a video on Facebook:
Drones reported in the U.S., including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.”
By Madison Czopek• December 17, 2024
Dianne Feinstein stated on March 07, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball:
"We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use."
By Becky Bowers• March 11, 2013
Lincoln Chafee stated on June 14, 2015 in Campaign speech :
"One of the reasons I believe we’re in trouble in Yemen is we lost the population on drone strikes issues. That’s what stirred up the population. That’s what is happening in Yemen."  
By Mark Reynolds• July 26, 2015
Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2022 in a Facebook video:
Claims the U.S. military is using "polymer drone flies" that look and act like a large fly.
By Andy Nguyen• July 6, 2022
Threads posts stated on December 11, 2024 in a post on Threads:
Photos show mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in November and December 2024.
By Madison Czopek• December 13, 2024
John Fleming stated on October 03, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.
By Louis Jacobson• October 5, 2011
X posts stated on October 03, 2024 in a X post:
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg banned private drones from flying over areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
By Maria Briceño• October 4, 2024
Instagram posts stated on December 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The Pentagon has confirmed that the mysterious drones appearing across the globe are NOT of earthly origin.”
By Jeff Cercone• December 16, 2024
Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2024 in a post:
A video shows President Joe Biden saying, “There are no drones over the United States.”
By Sara Swann• December 16, 2024
Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:
In Westport, Connecticut, drones are “scanning (people) for COVID-19 symptoms.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 18, 2023
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":
By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
By Lauren Carroll• June 11, 2014
Instagram posts stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:
New Jersey drones are searching for missing radioactive material.
By Jeff Cercone• December 18, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Iranian drone sent to Israel stuck in a power line in Iraq.
By Jeff Cercone• April 22, 2024
Rand Paul stated on March 06, 2013 in a tweet:
"The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2013
Chris Taylor stated on April 01, 2014 in a news release:
"Drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet."
By Dave Umhoefer• April 9, 2014
Instagram posts stated on December 14, 2024 in a video:
Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 17, 2024
Doug Mastriano stated on December 16, 2024 in an X post:
Photo shows a downed drone
By Jeff Cercone• December 17, 2024
Instagram posts stated on June 02, 2023 in an Instagram post:
In a simulation, an AI-enabled drone operated by the U.S. Air Force killed its operators and “started taking out communication towers.”
By Loreben Tuquero• June 5, 2023
Richard Clarke stated on April 26, 2015 in a panel on ABC "This Week":
 Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)."
By Lauren Carroll• April 28, 2015

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