More mysterious drones have been spotted “flying back and forth” over New Jersey as government officials assure residents of the Garden State they have nothing to fear, according to a new video.
The video is Photographed by New Jersey mom and shared on Xshowing flashing lights buzzing over Bergen County Sunday night.
“They're just going back and forth very slowly,” the mother said in the video.
“It's not a plane…no, it's too quiet. It's a drone,” she said, adding that she counted “about five or six” flying machines.
A spate of drone sightings across New Jersey has raised alarm among local residents, who have taken several videos of unidentified aircraft and posted them on social media in recent weeks, prompting local officials to is giving me a headache.
But despite the embarrassment for authorities, Gov. Phil Murphy said residents had nothing to worry about and the apparent drones posed no immediate threat.
“We are actively monitoring the situation and working closely with our federal and law enforcement partners on this matter,” Murphy wrote in the article. Statement on social media Wednesday.
Federal authorities said they are investigating mysterious sightings that began on Nov. 18, when police responded to a report of a creature hovering over Morris County.
Since then, drones have started appearing at night in homes, neighborhoods and military installations across the state.
“Unfortunately, we don't have many answers. We don't want to speculate or hypothesize what's going on,” said FBI spokeswoman Amy J. Thoreson. he told NJ.com on Wednesday.
“We're doing everything we can to figure it out.”
one of the drones interfered with a medical emergency helicopter set to airlift a patient. The sighting prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to restrict drone flights over Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County and Trump National Golf Club in Somerset.
“It's a total mystery,” Morris County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mark Chiarolanza told NJ.com.
“The best way to figure this out is if someone can figure these things out really well,” he said, adding that the large size of some drones suggests that recreational groups may not be behind the incident. He added that this shows that this is not the case.
“You can't knock these things out of the sky,” he continued.
Meanwhile, more drones were spotted over Staten Island on Thursday, with politicians urging the federal government to figure out where they came from. staten island advance.
Since it was first spotted, people have been seen in eight counties, from Bergen in the east to Hunterdon in the west, near the Pennsylvania border. According to Bergen records.
