Comment on 'A Pearl Harbor Moment': Fox News Host Amps Up Hysteria Over Drone Sightings

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) warned of "drone vigilantes" and insisted that the unidentified vehicles were flying over his home. While speaking to ABC News host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Christie revealed that he had observed drones in his neighborhood. "Two mornings ago, over my house at 6:15 in the morning, saw them myself, so did my wife," he insisted. "But is this a mass hysteria of some sort?" Stephanopoulos wondered. "I lived in New Jersey my whole life," Christie noted.

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) disputed Fox News host Jacqui Heinrich after she suggested drone sightings were a "Pearl Harbor moment" for Americans. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Himes agreed that the federal government was responsible for ensuring drones were not flying over sensitive government facilities. The lawmaker pointed to the increased availability of consumer drones as one possibility for recent sightings. "And all I'm saying is we should be sober about it and not start worrying about Iranian motherships or the Martians landing, you know, as New Jersey so famously had happened with the old Orson Welles thing of many, many decades ago," Himes explained. "So is there no concern in your mind that this could be potentially a Pearl Harbor moment, like with the Japanese submarines surveilling in the waters off Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack?" the Fox News host wondered. "No, it's not," Himes insisted.

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