{"id":136335,"date":"2024-12-12T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136335"},"modified":"2024-12-12T22:31:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:31:45","slug":"mysterious-new-jersey-drones-appear-to-avoid-detection-by-traditional-methods-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136335","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious New Jersey drones appear to avoid detection by traditional methods | New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The large mysterious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/11\/new-jersey-drone-sightings-state-of-emergency\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey<\/a> in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state lawmaker briefed on Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a post on the social media platform X, the assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia described the drones as up to 6ft in diameter and sometimes traveling with their lights switched off. The Morris county Republican was among several state and local lawmakers who met with state police and homeland security officials to discuss the spate of sightings that range from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New York City<\/a> area through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/new-jersey\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New Jersey<\/a> and westward into parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/pennsylvania\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, including over Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The devices do not appear to be being flown by hobbyists, Fantasia wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"e868445d-bd77-421d-a0b2-450234527c04\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;New Jersey drone cluster sightings prompt call for \u2018state of emergency\u2019&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;e868445d-bd77-421d-a0b2-450234527c04&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/11\/new-jersey-drone-sightings-state-of-emergency&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Dozens of mysterious nighttime flights started last month and have raised growing concern among residents and officials. Part of the worry stems from the flying objects initially being spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a US military research and manufacturing facility; and over Donald Trump\u2019s golf course in Bedminster. Drones are legal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/new-jersey\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">New Jersey<\/a> for recreational and commercial use, but they are subject to local and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and flight restrictions. Operators must be certified by the FAA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Most, but not all, of the drones spotted in New Jersey were larger than those typically used by hobbyists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The number of sightings has increased in recent days, though officials say many of the objects seen may have been planes rather than drones. It is also possible that a single drone has been reported more than once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The governor, Phil Murphy, and law enforcement officials have stressed that the drones do not appear to threaten public safety. The FBI has been investigating and has asked residents to share any videos, photos or other information they may have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Two Republican Jersey Shore-area congressmen, Chris Smith and Jeff Van Drew, have called on the military to shoot down the drones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Smith said a coastguard commanding officer briefed him on an incident over the weekend in which a dozen drones followed a motorized coastguard lifeboat \u201cin close pursuit\u201d near Barnegat Light and Island Beach state park in Ocean county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Lt Luke Pinneo with the US Coast Guard told the Associated Press on Wednesday \u201cthat multiple low-altitude aircraft were observed in vicinity of one of our vessels near Island Beach state park\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The aircraft were not perceived as an immediate threat and did not disrupt operations, Pinneo said. The coastguard is assisting the FBI and state agencies in investigating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a letter to the defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, Smith called for military help dealing with the drones, noting that Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst had the capability \u201cto identify and take down unauthorized unmanned aerial systems\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">However, a Pentagon spokesperson, Sabrina Singh, told reporters on Wednesday that \u201cour initial assessment here is that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Many municipal lawmakers have called for more restrictions on who is entitled to fly the unmanned devices. At least one state lawmaker proposed a temporary ban on drone flights in the state.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-15\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;today-us&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-15\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is something we\u2019re taking deadly seriously. I don\u2019t blame people for being frustrated,\u201d Murphy said earlier this week. A spokesperson for the Democratic governor said he did not attend Wednesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Republican assemblyman Erik Peterson, whose district includes parts of the state where the drones have been reported, said he also attended Wednesday\u2019s meeting at a state police facility in West Trenton. The session lasted for about 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Peterson said DHS officials were generous with their time, but appeared dismissive of some concerns, saying not all the sightings reported had been confirmed to involve drones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">So who or what is behind the flying objects? Where are they coming from? What are they doing? \u201cMy understanding is [officials] have no clue,\u201d Peterson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A message seeking comment was left with the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Most of the drones have been spotted along coastal areas and some were recently reported flying over a large reservoir in Clinton. Sightings also have been reported in neighboring states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">James Edwards, of Succasunna, New Jersey, said he had seen a few drones flying over his neighborhood since last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt raises concern mainly because there\u2019s so much that\u2019s unknown,\u201d Edwards said on Wednesday. \u201cThere are lots of people spouting off about various conspiracies that they believe are in play here, but that only adds fuel to the fire unnecessarily. We need to wait and see what is really happening here, not let fear of the unknown overtake us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/12\/new-jersey-drones\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136335\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}