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Concern, outrage and anger continued to build this week in response to a growing number of mysterious drone sightings over New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

“What is happening is outrageous. Thousands of drones and unmanned aerial systems flying above us, and our government is not telling us who’s operating them and for what purpose,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York, said at a Friday press conference in Staten Island.

In a message posted to X on Friday, Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan blasted the Biden administration’s response to the thousands of reported recent sightings as “entirely unacceptable.”

“Last night, beginning around 9:45 p.m., I personally witnessed (and videoed) what appeared to be dozens of large drones in the sky above my residence in Davidsonville, Maryland,” Hogan wrote, adding that “the public is growing increasingly concerned and frustrated with the complete lack of transparency and the dismissive attitude of the federal government.”

On Thursday, White House spokesman John Kirby indicated that the drone sightings may …