Massachusetts State Senator Proposes Legislation To Regulate Drones

CBS Boston

December 19, 2024

BOSTON - When the sun goes down lately, eyes go up - looking for drones in the sky following reports of an inundation of the flying objects in New Jersey.

Comments on social media in local Massachusetts groups paint the picture of suspicion. "PSYOP/Distraction... from what I'm not 100% sure," one comment reads. "They could be filled with chemicals or nuclear warheads," another says. "The government knows and they aren't telling us because they are covering up something," one last person writes.

"If authoritative figures in institutions aren't coming forward and saying in a timely fashion, 'this is what this is,' people are going to use their imagination," explained Massachusetts State Senator John Velis, an Afghanistan veteran.

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