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December 13, 2024

Ocean County Sheriff Says 50 Mysterious Drones Spotted Coming Off the Ocean — Claims ‘They Vanished Into Thin Air’ After Outrunning the Coast Guard and an ‘Industrial-Grade’ Drone

by Jim Hoft
TheGatewayPundit.com

An eerie and unexplained phenomenon has gripped the Jersey Shore. Over the past several weeks, mysterious drones have been spotted in increasing numbers.

The unexplained aerial vehicles reportedly evaded detection, outran Coast Guard boats, and even disappeared into thin air after being pursued by industrial-grade drones launched by law enforcement.


The drone appeared to resemble fixed-wing aircraft, approximately 8 to 10 feet wide, equipped with six colorful, white blinking lights.

In recent weeks, reports of fleets of mysterious drones, described as fixed-wing aircraft with 8-to-10-foot wingspans and blinking lights, have flooded local authorities, according to NewsNation reporter Rich McHugh.
Rich McHugh:
“I got to be honest here. When this story first came out a few weeks ago, as a resident of New Jersey and as a journalist, I didn’t pay it much credence. I thought it would turn out to be a bunch of pranksters, and this would all be over by now. The experience I had last night, however, changed how I feel about this story completely. What I saw was more sophisticated than I ever imagined,” McHugh said.

We’ve been looking for the past hour. I think we’ve seen about 40 or 50 of these drones. In fact, there’s one over my shoulder right there.

One after another, these drones appeared in the night sky. If you look closely, they look like fixed-wing aircraft, about 8 to 10 feet wide, with colorful, white blinking lights.

Hours earlier, I was invited to join the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department. They launched their own drones to see if they could intercept the mysterious aircraft New Jersey residents have been reporting in recent weeks. The department says these mystery drones evade detection because they don’t give off heat like regular drones”

Dozens of drones have been spotted emerging from the Atlantic Ocean near New Jersey’s shoreline

According to Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy, Coast Guard officers reported being followed by over 50 drones coming off the water, with some flying as close as 300 feet above them.

Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) supported this claim during his speech on the House floor last Tuesday.

“So last night, I was on the beach park in Ocean County with the sheriff. He has been working every single night, he’s got his own tethered drones chronicling, and one of his officers two nights ago, saw 50 drones coming off the ocean right there.”

“Then, last night, we had a number of other people here, including a commanding officer from the Coast Guard, who said that one of their 47-foot motor lifeboats was followed by between 12 and 30 of these drones as they went through the water. Followed, right behind them!”

Attempts to intercept the drones with an industrial-grade drone operated by the sheriff’s office failed spectacularly, as the mystery aircraft easily evaded pursuit before disappearing.
Rich McHugh:
One of their officers called 911 after seeing 50 of them come off the ocean.

Sheriff Michael Mastronardy:
Advised after we made contact with that officer that there were 50 that came off the ocean.

Rich McHugh:
Fifty?

Sheriff Michael Mastronardy:
Five-zero. That was my reaction also. There were 50 that were coming off the ocean.

Rich McHugh:
And this is a sworn officer?

Sheriff Michael Mastronardy:
Sworn officer, yes. We contacted state police, the FBI, and the Coast Guard, at which point the Coast Guard went out with their boat and reported seeing 13 following their boat. Then, the Coast Guard also advised that they went over them about 300 feet and had a wingspan of about eight feet.

Rich McHugh:
What’s your message to the White House?

Sheriff Michael Mastronardy:
My message—come to the Jersey shore. I know it’s wintertime, but come see what we see, and then maybe have a better appreciation for why our residents are concerned.

Rich McHugh:
The Ocean County Sheriff, that drone unit—they have an industrial-grade drone. They put it up. They were tracking one of these drones… and they said this thing easily evaded them, disappearing out of thin air. To me, if this is not our military, then it’s even more scary, and we need answers, frankly.

Despite weeks of sightings and growing public concern, the federal government remains tight-lipped about the origin of these drones.

In a tense interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby struggled to provide answers.

When pressed on why the drones haven’t been shot down for analysis, Kirby deflected, citing “policy options” and “inter-agency conversations.”
Martha MacCallum:
Why not just take one down and figure out what’s going on?

John Kirby:
Well, okay, the idea of taking something down, again, you want to worry about public safety. First of all, we don’t have enough conclusions to take that a policy action. But let’s just assume for a minute, Martha, that we did. I mean, you’re not going to want to shoot something down where it could hit somebody’s house or hurt somebody.

Martha MacCallum:
Well, the Coast Guard says that there are 30 of them following one of their ships in the ocean. So would that work?

John Kirby:
I mean, again, we have to develop the policy options based on what we know we’re dealing with here, and we just don’t know enough to take those kinds of actions.

Martha MacCallum:
Wow

John Kirby:
But my goodness, we’re going to do everything we can to find out, and we’re going to share as much as we can. I understand it’s frustrating for folks.

Martha MacCallum:
Yeah

John Kirby:
It’s frustrating for us. We want to know as well.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/ocean-county-sheriff-says-50-mysterious-drones-spotted/


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There's Something Very Unsettling Happening Over NJ Skies
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December 6, 2024

There's Something Very Unsettling Happening Over NJ Skies

by Leah Barkoukis
Townhall.com


For more than two weeks now, mysterious drones have been spotted across New Jersey, with reports coming in from Morris, Somerset, Warren, and Sussex counties. Some eyewitnesses say the drones have been as big as cars. They have been reported flying solo and in clusters. And like clockwork, they come out around dusk and are gone by dawn. Last month, the sightings prompted the FAA to issue two temporary flight restrictions prohibiting drone use over Picatinny Arsenal Military Base and Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.

An FBI spokesperson told NJ.com on Wednesday that they “don’t have many answers” and the agency doesn’t “want to guess or hypothesize about what’s going on.”

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, meanwhile, told NJ residents there is “no known threat to the public at this time.”

One of the most detailed statements released thus far was by Florham Park's Chief of Police, Joseph Orlando, who told the public that state and federal authorities have been trying to determine where the drones are launching from and landing, and who is responsible, but he described their presence as “nefarious.”

“Several drone sightings have been reported above critical infrastructure such as water reservoirs, electric transmission lines, rail stations, police departments and military installations,” Orlando said. “Members of the local law enforcement community have been pressuring our partners for answers regarding this activity as their presence around our critical infrastructure is concerning. While we currently have no evidence or information to indicate these drones pose an imminent threat at this time, their presence appears nefarious in nature.”
"It looked like a huge drone. It definitely wasn't a plane because it was too low, and it was also going back and forth and then forwards and backwards," Chatham resident Melissa Koscielniak said.

Koscielniak took cellphone video on Wednesday night from her home in Morris County. She said a large object with flashing red and green lights was hovering just above her neighbors' rooftops.

"I think the creepy part is not that it's just a drone, but that they're so large," Koscielniak said.

"They look like a small car to me. Their wing spans are probably six feet across," Florham Park Mayor Mark Taylor said. [...]

New Springfield resident Walter Ziegler said he first noticed the cluster of "six or seven" on Monday.

As a former Air Force sergeant, he said he knew they weren't planes or helicopters.

"These things had a light in the center and a red light on each end and wasn't moving, not a fixed-wing aircraft," Ziegler said.

Ziegler said the objects he saw were in the flight path of Newark Liberty International Airport.

"When the aircraft approaches, the lights went out on the 'drone.' When aircraft passed, the lights came back on," Ziegler said. "That's dangerous." (CBS News)
Law enforcement agencies have been asking the public for help by reporting their sightings to the FBI, specifically if an individual has photos or videos.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/12/06/new-jersey-drones-n2648672

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