A former stock car racer and self-proclaimed paranormal investigator posted a video on YouTube showing drones flying in “deliberate formation” over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey.
CJ Faison, a YouTuber from Delaware with 600,000 subscribers, rented a boat, grabbed a night vision video camera, and ventured out to sea 42 miles east of the Pine Barrens.
“I'm doing something that no YouTuber or news organization has ever done,” Faison claimed in the 45-minute video.
“I think we've uncovered the truth,” he teased in the video about recent sightings of mysterious drones hovering over the Garden State.
Sightings of unidentified drones emitting strange light patterns began in mid-November and peaked around December 8th.
Debate rages over what the drones actually are and who controls them, but the federal government has only given assurances that the drones pose no threat to the public.
Like most of the purported drone footage online, the footage Faison took from his rented boat does not include the clear images of the drone emerging from the water that he claims.
A series of flashes of light was captured on Faison's camera.
He noted that the lights flashed in a pattern similar to lights on commercial aircraft.
“They blend in,” the YouTuber said. “It's hidden in plain sight!”
Some of the drones that Faison allegedly filmed moved quickly, flying across the horizon.
“That's wild,” he declared. “It’s creepy.”
“This is just the beginning,” Faison further warned. “There are so many questions: What is firing these drones? How do they stay in the air for hours? What is their energy source? And why are they here? Why New Jersey?”
New Jersey officials said this week that the number of sightings has decreased, with little activity reported around Christmas.
The descent comes in response to restrictions imposed by the FAA on airspace in New York and New Jersey.
The FBI said it investigated about 5,000 of the various reports it received from the public, and found about 100 of them to be credible.
