The White House said Tuesday the drones spotted flying over New Jersey late last year were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration for “research and various other reasons.” Before taking questions at her first news briefing,

"This was not the enemy," said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a statement on New Jersey's mysterious drone sightings.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read a statement from President Trump which read in part, "this was not the enemy."