Drones in New Jersey and elsewhere

[Ernie]

https://apnews.com/article/drones-new-j ... 7e7d131842

It will be interesting to hear what become of this.

[JohnL]

I’ll get the popcorn.

[JohnL]

Looks as thought it might be military exercises to test our security system.
NJ drone sightings could be a 'classified exercise': former CIA officer

[Ken]

OK, this is sequence is kind of funny...



followed up by this community note on X..



Also this kind of stuff is now happening...

[barnhart]

I will be surprised if there is anything meaningful here. I predict most of the sightings are commercial or military flights that are mis- interpreted by a jittery populace.

[Grace]

The drone sightings are in the same area as the Picatinny Arsenal and Naval Weapons Station Earle. I wonder if these drones are being tested for something.

[Bootstrap]

As far as I can tell:

1. People are seeing SOMETHING, which may or may not be drones
2. National security and military do not know what these are, and they are concerned, but they just do not know. They are putting a lot of energy into trying to find out
3. According to some reports, it's not just in the United States

[mike]

I think that the sightings that are actually drones could easily be Federal agencies doing something or other up there. At the same time the Homeland Security sec is saying states should have the rights to shoot them down. Seems like an odd thing to say if they are CIA radiation-sniffing experiments or something.

[barnhart]

I will be surprised if there is anything meaningful here. I predict most of the sightings are commercial or military flights that are mis- interpreted by a jittery populace.

To add to this prediction, there is a lot of hay to be made out of this level of fear and suspicion. Politicians who are good at this will step up.

[R7ehr]

In September 2023, the FAA changed the rules to allow drones to fly at night.