Mysterious drones seen for weeks in the night sky over New Jersey have captured the nation’s attention, leading to widespread theories about the origin and purpose of the flying objects.
The shocking absence of a federal explanation for the incident has led local politicians, police and drone analysts to all come up with their own theories.
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The New Jersey Chiefs of Police, a coalition of police chiefs in the state, met earlier this week to discuss the ongoing issue that is causing growing concern among citizens.
A pet principle supported by many in the coalition, one chief told The Post.
The anonymous chief theorized about the flights seen at the New Jersey military base, “We believe this started as some type of Picatinny Arsenal Base surveillance drill or operation, but once it went online it exploded So it became a duplicitous situation.”
Picatinny Arsenal is a US military research and manufacturing facility spread over 6,400 acres in the Garden State.
“So what do we do now? We chase a 14-year-old kid with a drone and what do we do? What do we charge them with? I think that originally had some basis in how it started but now, “It’s hard to believe. It’s like you get bomb threats, but now everyone is calling them,” the chief said.
Other police officers have more out-of-this-world explanations.
“I have people who legitimately think it’s aliens,” a New Jersey police chief told The Post.
Local drone experts Mike Ianella and Hayley Connelly North Jersey drone shots Agree that copycats have become a part of this phenomenon.
They point out that there is heavy traffic in New Jersey airspace and that they are also aware of some false reports – including a video of an alleged drone over Bedminster, which they confirmed was a state police helicopter that flew extremely low. Was flying at high altitude.
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Local drone experts explain that the unusual fliers exhibit incredible characteristics that exceed the capabilities of commercially available products, which, in their estimation, limits the possible origins.
Mike Iannella and Hayley Connelly of North Jersey Drone Shots have been flying in the area for nearly 12 years and are familiar with both the drone market and regional flight traffic patterns.
They say the unusual drones’ long-term battery power, their resistance to weather elements and precisely controlled movements indicate they will not be available for sale on the commercial market.
According to the pair, the drones, which are about the size of cars, are typically used as agricultural equipment, and they wouldn’t be able to achieve the 400 feet altitude required for the 7 hours they flew in New Jersey. Are able to achieve.
“It must be the military or some type of government entity,” Connelly said.
“We think it should be military,” Inella agreed firmly.
The lack of communication between federal and local officials is a major problem in his estimation.
“That’s the problem, it’s getting in the way of local activity and there’s no communication with local government,” Connelly said, “There’s no answers, so: mass hysteria. What else?”
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Earlier on Wednesday, Representative Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) revealed that sources told him that the drones were coming from one location. “Mothership” launched by Iran.,
“I’m going to tell you the real thing. Iran launched a mothership that contains these drones,” Van Drew said. “It’s off the east coast of the United States. They have launched drones.”
“These drones must be shot down,” he said.
But the Defense Department quickly poured cold water On those claims.
“There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there is no so-called mothership launching drones toward the United States,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters on Wednesday.
The Pentagon offered no official explanation or alternative theory about the drone’s origin.
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The New Jersey incident comes amid multiple reports of drones over US military bases around the world, some of which are linked to China.
Yinpiao Zhou, a 39-year-old Chinese national, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Monday for flying a drone over Weinberg Space Force Base in California.
Zhou is accused of spying on the Space Force base with a drone that he operated from a nearby public park. According to military.com,
He is charged with failure to register an aircraft not providing transportation and violation of national defense airspace, which carries a maximum sentence of four years in federal prison.
Only last month, several unidentified drones were seen over three US Air Force bases in Britain. According to CNN,
US officials are still investigating the origin of the drones – but tell CNN they do not appear to be craft operated by hobbyists.
Last year, dozens of drones were seen flying over Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.
The facilities, which represent the highest concentration of national-security facilities in the U.S., were the meeting place for a group of 20-foot-long drones that fly 3,000 to 4,000 feet in the air and at up to 100 mph, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to.
Military officials told the outlet that those drones were nearly impossible to track, and they were eventually captured only after they got stuck in a tree in Newport News, Virginia. According to The Verge,
Chinese national Fengyun Xi was arrested and charged, pleading guilty to crimes under the Espionage Act for photographing classified US Navy ships with his drone.
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