Rowan Bridge

Nobody is suggesting that these drones aren't out there, and it's not clear who is behind them and what are they doing. But I think the fact that you've got those visuals also just makes it a compelling visual story, and that means television gets interested in it, and that means it has really risen to the top of the political and media agenda.

Nobody is suggesting that these drones aren't out there, and it's not clear who is behind them and what are they doing. But I think the fact that you've got those visuals also just makes it a compelling visual story, and that means television gets interested in it, and that means it has really risen to the top of the political and media agenda.

Yeah, I mean, if you go out there onto social media and onto TikTok or Facebook, you will see plenty of people who will be full of conspiracy theories about what's going on here, you know, probably watched too many episodes of The X-Files. Nobody I've seen seriously suggests that these are being run from outer space. But I think, you know, this story has developed a momentum of its own.

Yeah, I mean, if you go out there onto social media and onto TikTok or Facebook, you will see plenty of people who will be full of conspiracy theories about what's going on here, you know, probably watched too many episodes of The X-Files. Nobody I've seen seriously suggests that these are being run from outer space. But I think, you know, this story has developed a momentum of its own.

It develops a sort of energy of its own. And so you can sort of see that the authorities are trying to balance here a responsible approach of trying to find out what is behind these things. Two of them have been spotted, confirmed by the Department of Defence, near military installations.

It develops a sort of energy of its own. And so you can sort of see that the authorities are trying to balance here a responsible approach of trying to find out what is behind these things. Two of them have been spotted, confirmed by the Department of Defence, near military installations.

Having said all of that, the authorities are worried about this thing almost developing a sort of level of panic beyond what it really deserves.

Having said all of that, the authorities are worried about this thing almost developing a sort of level of panic beyond what it really deserves.

And at the one hand, they're trying to balance a genuine and understandable level of concern with a risk that this thing is sort of developing a momentum where people are almost reaching panic levels around it, the sort of frenzy that has developed around the story.

And at the one hand, they're trying to balance a genuine and understandable level of concern with a risk that this thing is sort of developing a momentum where people are almost reaching panic levels around it, the sort of frenzy that has developed around the story.