Joe Rogan Concerned About Drone Sightings After Cooling New Theory Floaters, ‘Really Concerned’

Joe Rogan has said that the mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and parts of the Empire State have left him “really concerned.” The podcast king made the remarks on Sunday, December 15, after watching a video with an unverified claim that the unmanned devices were sniffing out harmful substances.

An excerpted TikTok video shows John Ferguson, CEO of a remote flight systems company in Kansas, saying the drones are trying to “smell” either a gas leak, “radioactive material” or something else on the ground. “The only reason you would ever fly a drone at night is if you’re looking for something,” Ferguson said in the clip, adding that he doesn’t think the drones are bad.

“So my belief is that they’re trying to smell something on the ground — gas leak, radioactive material, whatever,” the CEO added. He also said that this theory was his best guess based on his expertise, adding, “I haven’t rejected this from anyone.”

“So if you think it’s bulls–t, whatever, that’s cool. I don’t want to spread misinformation, because we know there’s a lot of that going around,” he continued.

Joe Rogan Says He’s ‘Genuinely Concerned’

Ferguson’s theory seemed to resonate with Rogan. “This is the first video about these drones that has made me genuinely concerned,” he wrote on X.

After White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby previously argued that the drones were not a threat to public safety, Rogan called the US government’s claims “crap.” The concerns were also dismissed by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who said: “Some of these drone sightings are actually drones. Some are manned aircraft that are commonly mistaken for drones. And we’re seeing duplicative reporting.”

Several theories about the drones have floated ever since the sightings began. An expert told Fox Business that a hostile foreign power may have launched the drones in an attempt to distract federal and local authorities from other nefarious activities. Donald Trump even suggested that officials know more about the drones than they are revealing and called on authorities to shoot the drones down.