The mayor of a small New Jersey city has claimed that the recent unexplainable drone sightings over his state may be related to nearby radioactive material that went missing earlier this month. Michael Melham, the mayor of Belleville, dismissed the notion of extraterrestrial involvement during an appearance on “Good Day New York.” However, he acknowledged that the reported sightings could pose a danger to the city’s 37,453 residents. Belleville, located just north of Newark International Airport, has become the center of most unusual activity.the center of most unusual activity.
“We know for a fact it’s not little green men and more than likely it’s not a foreign adversary because they would be able to figure out how to turn off the blinking lights,” he said on Tuesday. He acknowledged some sightings may be “misidentification” taking place — an excuse put forward by the Biden administration — but not all are. “We are seeing drones all over the place in New Jersey,” Melham said.
When an anchor inquired about a recent report suggesting that the drones might be connected to radioactive material, the small-town mayor recounted a disturbing story about a “missing cargo shipment” that matches that description. He speculated that the drones could be searching for a thief. “We’re aware of a threat that came in through Port Newark. Maybe that’s radioactive material. There was and there is an alert out right now that radioactive material in New Jersey has gone missing on December 2nd. It was a shipment. It arrived at its destination. The container was damaged and was empty,” he explained. Asked where he got that information, Melham replied, “That came from the U.S. government.”
Continuing, he said: “It was lost in New Jersey, in transit, and this is just an example of what I think we’re sniffing for. I think we do have the assets that can go up and fly around and sniff things, which is why we’re not seeing the uptick we used to see in Belleville anymore, it’s kind of moving. But we’re seeing alerts now that it’s happening in Pennsylvania.” The mayor noted further that the timing of the drone sightings, which began about four weeks ago, coincides with the missing shipment.
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NEW: Belleville, New Jersey mayor Michael Melham says radioactive material in New Jersey went missing on December 2nd.
The mayor suggested the material may have come through Port Newark.
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On a call with the White House on Monday, Melham stated that he and other local officials had received “very little information” about why the federal government has yet to confirm whether it is responsible for the drones that have caused panic across the East Coast. The sightings have reignited speculation about UFOs, coinciding with congressional hearings and Defense Department disclosures that are shedding light on decades of government activity—or lack thereof—regarding unexplained aircraft encounters. He said: “We’re no longer going to stand for not hearing the truth. Our state government is failing us. We’re not getting the answers from the federal government.”
