2024 New Jersey drone sightings

As of December 9, 2024,there have been multiple sighting of drones in New Jersey. 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 in Morris County, New Jersey. Murphy said the public had nothing to fear and the incident was being investigated by the FBI.