WATCH: Drone Expert Floats Chilling Theory On New Jersey Sightings

John Ferguson, the CEO of Wichita, Kansas-based company Saxson Aerospace, offered a chilling theory on the massive uptick in drone sightings that have plagued New Jersey and surrounding areas.

According to the company’s website, Saxson Aerospace is a “leading solutions provider for unmanned and autonomous remote system technologies for the government, energy, infrastructure, agriculture, and private industry.” The company manufactures numerous advanced drones that far exceed the majority of widely available, basic retail drones in terms of range and battery life.

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In a lengthy video statement, Ferguson explained that during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s and early 90’s, thousands of nuclear warheads were dismantled, particularly in Soviet satellite states. In 1997, a former Soviet nuclear official testified before the U.S. House of Representatives about the existence of small, suitcase-sized nuclear weapons. Alexander Lebed testified that only 48 out of 132 of the small nuclear weapons when arsenals were hastily dismantled.

“I believe, there were over 80 nuclear warheads that were in Ukraine that came up missing. We don’t know where they are. Maybe somebody does, but nobody really knows where these are. And I speak with some pretty high level government officials on this stuff, and it seems as though that is the case,” Ferguson went on to say.

He further revealed that a few months ago, he spoke with an unnamed individual who was attempting to warn U.S. officials about the threat posed by the missing nuclear weapons. The man allegedly claimed to have seen one of the missing warheads with his own eyes, adding that it was uncovered in Ukraine and was headed to the United States.

Ferguson then pointed to an incident in 2022, when the federal government deployed drones to search for missing nuclear waste. He also referenced past drone incidents, including sightings over I-70 in the Midwest, where it was believed drones were searching for missing radioactive material. Ferguson further noted that drones typically don’t fly at night unless equipped with specialized thermal optics or sensors for specific missions.

“So my guess, my own guess, is that these drones are not nefarious in intent. If they are, they are drones, the only reason why they would be flying and flying that low is because they’re trying to smell something on the ground. That’s it. There’s no other reason for a drone to be flying in the air other than to piss a bunch of people off at night. That’s it,” the drone expert and manufacturer went on to say. “So, my belief is they’re trying to smell something on the ground, gas leaks, radioactive material, whatever.”

Ferguson threw cold water on the idea that the drones are being launched from the ocean, a theory that has been advanced by a number of lawmakers and law enforcement personnel. “There’s no way in hell that any drone is going to go miles off the coast as a multi-copter and fly into the interior of the United States and do a bunch of work, and then turn around and fly back. It’s just physics will not allow that to happen,” he said, adding that it is hard to speculate where the drones are being launched from exactly.

“But I do believe that they’re flying low enough that they’re just trying to sniff the ground and try to find something. So again, I hate to be a pessimist or a guy that thinks directly to the negative. However, I know as a professional, I mean, we build professional stuff for the military. I believe that they’re actually out there trying to smell something that’s very important.”

Ferguson’s video has gone viral on social media and has been shared by several prominent figures, including Joe Rogan, who called it “the first video about these drones that has got me genuinely concerned.”

The public has largely been left in the dark since the drone sightings were first reported in mid-November, as several senior Biden Administration officials and FBI Director Christopher Wray have stated that the drones pose no known security threat. Information on the origin of the drones and their functionality has also been scarce, with federal officials merely stating that the drones are not being operated by the U.S. government or a foreign adversary.

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