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A top FBI chief revealed that the agency knows worryingly little about the mysterious drones hovering over New Jersey.

Asked whether Americans were “at risk,” Robert Wheeler, deputy director of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group, told Congress: “There’s nothing known that would cause me to say that, but we just know not. And that’s the worrying part.”

In recent weeks, dozens of drones have been spotted near sensitive locations such as a military research facility.

The FBI has investigated the incidents and asked the public for additional information.

According to Gov. Phil Murphy, there were 49 reports of drones on Sunday alone, mostly in Hunterdon County.

The FBI deputy director’s comments came during a joint hearing of two Department of Homeland Security subcommittees on unmanned aerial systems.

“We are not yet attributing this to an individual or a group. We are investigating it, but I have no answer as to who is responsible, one or more people responsible for these drone flights,” Wheeler said.

“This is crazy, this is insane that we don’t know what these drones are,” said Rep. Anthony Gonzales, R-Texas.

“A lot of Americans are very frustrated right now and essentially wondering where my tax dollars are going,” he added, asking Wheeler how much of the FBI budget is being used to combat drones.

About $500,000, Wheeler replied, will go toward anti-drone technology and its use at the FBI.

“No wonder we don’t know what the hell is going on!” the congressman replied.

A senior border official also revealed at the hearing that Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) sensors have recorded 6,900 drone flights in close proximity to U.S. borders in the last six weeks, potentially threatening the lives of CBP officers, and some of They had also been carrying drugs with them.

CBP was unable to combat about 95 percent of these drones because they did not enter U.S. airspace but instead hovered right at the border.

Keith Jones, CBP’s director of air and naval operations, announced that no money has been allocated to CBP for counter-drone activities.

This is an excerpt from an article by Morgan Phillips.