It’s easy to take control of a lot of drones. It’s easy to track back to the operators. It’s easy to take them down.
It’s strange that the government has done nothing. It’s strange that the drones are running with lights on if they are doing anything illegal. You can legally fly below 400 feet with a drone. For the drones they are talking about, they have to have an FAA license. Anything over 250 grams.
The sheer number and large area lends credence to them being sniffer drones. There are a lot of waterways in that area that could be used to sneak in Bio/nuke/chemical weapons systems.
But I dont think it would be any state actor doing the smuggling -- Iran/China/Russia -- the go to boogeymen of the leftists. I think it would be more likely to involve death cult assets.
That is a credible possibility. It would explain the level of effort and why the government is not admitting anything.