Bethenny Frankel has given her candid theory about the recent drone sightings over New York and New Jersey.
The Real Housewives of New York City alum shared a video to TikTok on Monday (December 17) about the drones, claiming she’s been speaking with someone whose father works with the Pentagon and NASA.
“You’re going to think I’m nuts but why should today be different than any other day,” she said. “He’s been messaging me that he’ll never forgive himself if he doesn’t tell the people that he knows that for a month, he’s been watching this situation.”
“These drones are ours and they could very possibly be sniffing out something very dangerous,” she added.
The reality star — who has a home in the Hamptons, New York — also claimed that areas that coincide with where the drones were seen “have spiked in radiation.” Frankel explained how her friend told her to “think about where” she is and to consider going somewhere else with her 14-year-old daughter Bryn, who she shares with ex-husband Jason Hoppy.
“For me, we blow things off and think nothing is going to happen. But things do happen,” Frankel continued.
After noting that she’s just “watching” what’s happening with the drones, she claimed that President-elect Donald Trump has now found out that these drones “are ours.”
“What were the government’s choices? A, tell us that that’s what they’re doing, [causing] widespread panic and pandemonium,” she added. “Or B, do what they’re doing. But something is wrong, or otherwise, they would eliminate [the drones].”
In a follow-up video, she responded to someone who questioned her initial theory, asking why the drones are primarily visible at night. She claimed that this was because “sunlight interferes with any kind of radiation or light that they’re looking for.”
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When one person in the comments praised Frankel’s take, she clarified: “It is a THEORY and only that now but something is OFF.”
Shortly before the reality star shared her theory about the drones, controversial podcaster Joe Rogan also shared his thoughts on the event.
On X/Twitter, he reposted a TikTok video from John Ferguson, the CEO of Saxon Unmanned, in which Ferguson speculated the drones could be scouting the interstates in search of a gas leak or “radioactive material.”
Rogan wrote in response: “This is the first video about these drones that has got me genuinely concerned.”
The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) have released a joint statement on the spate of drone sightings over New Jersey and New York, bowing to growing public demands for an explanation.
“Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones,” the federal agencies said.
“We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the northeast.”
Meanwhile, the FBI office in Newark, New Jersey, has cautioned the public against trying to shoot down the unmanned devices, warning they could injure themselves.