One of the Ocean County Sheriff’s drones prepares to land.
Posted on 12/14/2024 8:05:37 PM PST by lasereye
A fed-up New Jersey sheriff said he tried to track the mystery drones swarming the skies above his county — but they “easily” evaded the effort.
The Ocean County Sheriff’s office sent its own “industrial grade” drone into the air Thursday in a bid to follow one of 50 unmanned aerial vehicles a local cop saw “coming off the ocean,” Sheriff Michael Mastronardy said.
The officer alerted the state police, the FBI and the US Coast Guard. Coast Guard officials then reported 13 drones, with wingspans of eight feet, following one of their vessels.
The mysterious drones, which don’t give off heat like more typical versions, swiftly maneuvered out of their clutches, Mastronardy told News Nation reporter Rich McHugh.
McHugh told the story Friday night to anchor Elizabeth Vargas, explaining he originally thought the drone hysteria might be a result of “pranksters” until he saw them himself.
“If this is not our military, then it’s even more scary,” McHugh said. “These things look like they are fixed-wing and they have multiple lights. I’m not really sure how to process what I saw last night. Both the photographer and I were kind of stunned.”
One of the Ocean County Sheriff’s drones prepares to land.
Theories about where the drones come from vary, with some believing they may have been sent by foreign adversaries.
On Friday, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said there was nothing to fear and that people may be imagining things. He said most reports were likely to be cases where manned aircraft were mistaken for drones.
The SUV-sized, unidentified aircraft have been buzzing New Jersey and panicking residents since Nov. 18.
Theories about where the drones come from vary, with some believing they may have been sent by foreign adversaries.
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It couldn’t catch them because they weren’t real. They were heatless projections.
Lying sacks of dog crap.
How soon does Biden declare a national emergency and “postpone” the inauguration?
Thank you for the post.
Maybe, all traffic cameras that observe vehicular traffic on major roads such as highways, freeways, expressways and arterial roads should be pointed at the sky. The drones potentially are a greater threat than a ‘speeding’ citizen.
What happened next?
Some drones out there, they're ours. Yes. We do have some new stuff.
Others? Mostly planes. It's just hysteria.
‘ What happened next?’
Everyone in NJ died.
I’m now posting from the ether.
Flying a drone that close to power lines?
It couldn’t catch them because they weren’t real. They were heatless projections.
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If they are indeed heatless, then do they reflect radar? The question of whether or not they reflect radar is easily answerable since they appear at airports.
I have not seen whether they do or do not reflect radar.
It’s our stuff, the drone lights conform to FAA requirements - the Chinese or Iranians wouldn’t give a chit.
It's odd that someone flying drones for nefarious reason in the cover of night would use lights.
"The mysterious drones, which don’t give off heat like more typical versions"
But they DO give off SOME heat but they can't be tracked by their heat signature?
This new science amazes me!
Is this the warmup for the inaugeration?
Can’t do it. Inauguration will take place as scheduled. We had an inauguration in the middle of a Civil War.
You’ve become a Democrat voter.
I’ve not seen anything where they’ve said they got radar returns off them. Only thing I’ve heard or seen about was ‘sightings’ or reports (intensity maps of sightings in one county.).
An Air Force vet who worked on radiation said on YouTube that the drones could be looking for Dirty Bombs planted by terrorists.
My concern is that they are building up the story of a bad actor to give themselves cover for and inauguration day drone attack.
If they have lights on them, they're meant to be seen, or it is immaterial to the source whether they are seen or not.
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