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'''2024 New Jersey drone sightings''' has sent New Jersey residents to turning their eyes to the skies after unidentified drones were reported in their state. On Sunday night, December 8, 2024, 49 drone sightings were observed by New Jersey residents. Not all the sightings were legitimate, said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy who spoke after a bill signing December 9 in Princeton, New Jersey. Murphy said one of the sightings was a small plane while in other instances there were multiple reports of the same objects that night. The drones were first reported on November 18. The unidentified drones have been seen flying over Picatinny Arsenal and near former President Trump's National Golf Club Philadelphia in Pine Hill. <br><br>Murphy said the public had nothing to fear and the incident was being investigated by the FBI. | '''2024 New Jersey drone sightings''' has sent New Jersey residents to turning their eyes to the skies after unidentified drones were reported in their state. On Sunday night, December 8, 2024, 49 drone sightings were observed by New Jersey residents. Not all the sightings were legitimate, said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy who spoke after a bill signing December 9 in Princeton, New Jersey. Murphy said one of the sightings was a small plane while in other instances there were multiple reports of the same objects that night. The drones were first reported on November 18. The unidentified drones have been seen flying over Picatinny Arsenal and near former President Trump's National Golf Club Philadelphia in Pine Hill. <br><br>Murphy said the public had nothing to fear and the incident was being investigated by the FBI. <ref>{{citation | ||
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| title = N.J. had 49 ‘mystery drone’ sightings in one night, but not all were legit, Murphy says | | title = N.J. had 49 ‘mystery drone’ sightings in one night, but not all were legit, Murphy says | ||
| authors = Ryan Hughes, Matthew Cavallo, Joe Brandt, Tom Gardiner</ref> | | authors = Ryan Hughes, Matthew Cavallo, Joe Brandt, Tom Gardiner</ref><br> | ||
"We understand the concern, and we are doing all we can to figure out what's going on," a spokeswoman for the FBI's Newark Field Office, which is leading the investigation, told PIX11 News. "We truly don't have much information to provide at the moment." The statement was reported by Newsweek on December 10, 2024. | |||
<ref>"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-issues-statement-as-mystery-drone-sightings-reach-new-york/ar-AA1vBXGu</ref></br> | |||
<br>Residents in the Delaware Valley in Pennsylvania have also viewed the drones, according to Maureen Rush a retired a 45 year peace officer veteran. Rush said most of the drones were commercial size drones seen flying in flocks. "My other concern is that there are multiple drone sightings. They're almost in a flock. If they were geese, they'd be in a flock, and that's what's really unnerving for people," she said.<ref>https://6abc.com/post/large-drones-spotted-philadelphia-area-fbi-investigates-mysterious-drone-sightings-new-jersey/15630194/</ref></br> | |||
Revision as of 11:46, 10 December 2024
2024 New Jersey drone sightings has sent New Jersey residents to turning their eyes to the skies after unidentified drones were reported in their state. On Sunday night, December 8, 2024, 49 drone sightings were observed by New Jersey residents. Not all the sightings were legitimate, said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy who spoke after a bill signing December 9 in Princeton, New Jersey. Murphy said one of the sightings was a small plane while in other instances there were multiple reports of the same objects that night. The drones were first reported on November 18. The unidentified drones have been seen flying over Picatinny Arsenal and near former President Trump's National Golf Club Philadelphia in Pine Hill.
Murphy said the public had nothing to fear and the incident was being investigated by the FBI. [1]
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"We understand the concern, and we are doing all we can to figure out what's going on," a spokeswoman for the FBI's Newark Field Office, which is leading the investigation, told PIX11 News. "We truly don't have much information to provide at the moment." The statement was reported by Newsweek on December 10, 2024.
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Residents in the Delaware Valley in Pennsylvania have also viewed the drones, according to Maureen Rush a retired a 45 year peace officer veteran. Rush said most of the drones were commercial size drones seen flying in flocks. "My other concern is that there are multiple drone sightings. They're almost in a flock. If they were geese, they'd be in a flock, and that's what's really unnerving for people," she said.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ {{citation | url = https://www.nj.com/news/2024/12/nj-had-49-mystery-drone-sightings-in-one-night-but-not-all-were-legit-murphy-says.html |date = 09 December 2024 | title = N.J. had 49 ‘mystery drone’ sightings in one night, but not all were legit, Murphy says | author = Tina Kelley
- ↑ {{citation | url = https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/mysterious-drones-sightings-new-jersey/ |date = 07 December 2024 | title = N.J. had 49 ‘mystery drone’ sightings in one night, but not all were legit, Murphy says | authors = Ryan Hughes, Matthew Cavallo, Joe Brandt, Tom Gardiner
- ↑ "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-issues-statement-as-mystery-drone-sightings-reach-new-york/ar-AA1vBXGu
- ↑ https://6abc.com/post/large-drones-spotted-philadelphia-area-fbi-investigates-mysterious-drone-sightings-new-jersey/15630194/