Last night I went out with local police to spot drone flying over New Jersey, here's what I saw. We drove to Round Valley Reservoir and the officer pointed to lights moving low over the tree line. Sometimes they were solid white light, others flashed of red and green.THREAD
We oriented ourselves with a flight tracker app to help us distinguish from airplanes. We often saw about 5-7 lights at a time that were low and not associated with aircraft we could see on the tracker app. Some hovered while others moved across the horizon. 2/11
We saw a few that looked like they were moving in small clusters of 2-4. We clearly saw several that would move horizontally and then immediately switch back in the opposite direction in maneuvers that plane can't do. 3/11
The police officer said they see them out every night. They only seem to start when it gets dark and they disappear before dawn. They get reports that they sometimes fly low over homes, especially up in the hills. 4/11
The officer said they've tried to get closer with use of a helicopter but that the drones would turn off the lights and go dark if approached. 5/11
The parking lot at the reservoir had a number of cars of people coming to take a look for themselves. Several shared with me their own stories of having seen some up close. One described them being the size of the hood of a car. 6/11
I went to multiple locations across Hunterdon county to get different vantage points. This is a more rural part of NJ. It's uncertain why it's one of the more active area for reported activity. We are seeing reports through other parts of the state. 7/11
Any images or video footage people get, the police urge them to submit to the FBI, but I haven't gotten any follow up yet from the FBI on their investigation and what they've compiled. 8/11
Homeland Security Secretary briefed last week on new technology they were deploying but we need details on what those efforts have yielded and if more resources are needed. If they haven't fully identified the devices yet we still should know what is being done. 9/11
This has gone on for weeks. It's hard to understand how with the technology we have we aren't able to track these devices to determine origin and this makes me much more concerned about our capabilities more broadly when it comes to drone detection and counter measures. 10/11
I'll continue to track these developments and share as much as possible to the people of NJ that deserve more answers than they are getting. END
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