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The mysterious, SUV-sized drone flying over New Jersey and New York is back.
Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the ban, the brief lull in activity that coincided with flight restrictions imposed by the federal government has ended.
And mysterious drones aren't just plaguing the Big Apple and the state of the garden.
“In the past three weeks, we have received over 100 reports mentioning drones across the United States.” enigma lab Spokeswoman Kristin Kim said, citing the company's user-generated numbers.
“We created a live active drone map in December to help the public and investigators track drone sightings in the Tri-State.”
New Jersey remains a hotbed of drone activity, Kim argued. New York-based company's “unspecified unusual phenomenon” – Cataloging iPhone app and interactive map A total of 22,000 sightings were received in 2024, with most concentrated in the northeast.
“We are receiving more and more reports, including a spike last week,” Kim said. hoboken January 14th.
Enigma Labs relies on user rusted information and began tracking sightings in late November when mysterious flying objects began creating fear and panic in the Garden State and across the country.
Since then, we have received 650 reports of drone sightings in the US, with 154 appearing in January alone. hoboken and stocktonNew Jersey
More than 50% of reports to Enigma described objects as remaining “hovering” or airborne for long periods of time, while 25% observed objects moving in groups of five or more. I did.
The cam increased after sightings plummeted 43% following FAA flight restrictions imposed on Dec. 18, Kim said.
On the same day, Enigma received nearly 50 sightings. After a week, only four sightings were reported.
Restrictions were lifted on January 17, and since then Enigma has received 22 reports of sightings.
So far in all of January, Enigma has recorded over 150 reported sightings.
Federal officials in December dismissed the sighting as a misidentified plane approaching a regional airport.
Kim said the Enigma Labs app will be available for Android phones via the Google Play Store next month. In the meantime, the company has launched a hotline: 1-833-saw-a-ufo.
