In an interview with ABC News on Monday, New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin (D) said the increase in reported drone sightings in the state is due to people not being accustomed to air traffic. In response to the criticism, he said the following: He lives in New Jersey and is close to a busy airport, so “we're really used to air traffic flying overhead,” he said, adding, “Something's changed a lot,” and “partly, We're partly hearing from people,” he said. The northwestern and southern parts of the state are states where such air traffic does not routinely exist. ”
Coughlin said, “I heard your colleagues talking about how we're not used to it, maybe we're not used to things in the air, and to tell you the truth, I'm in the middle of the state. And it's not far from Newark Airport, between three of the world's busiest airports: Newark, Kennedy, and JFK. Used to traffic. And it's not – There's something very different that's making people do that – part of it is what we're hearing from people in parts of the state and parts of the state that don't have the same kind of air traffic on a daily basis. South. That's it.”
Coughlin also said it is possible that it is a legal drone that is allowed to fly.
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