Tin foil hat time: WTF is going on with the drones in New Jersey?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

New Jersey residents and lawmakers are pushing for more information about the mysterious drone sightings, including some near military installations.

A federal official said Thursday that the FBI is the lead agency investigating along with the New Jersey state police. Local law enforcement are also investigating.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said during a call-in program on Wednesday night that he would be bringing up the issue with the White House on Thursday but assured constituents that the drones as of now don't appear to pose a safety threat.

"Based on everything we know," Murphy said, "there is no public safety risk we're aware of. On the other hand, is it frustrating to not have more answers on this? Is it frustrating to not have a source for these things? Yes."

/Snip https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drones-new-jersey-what-we-know/

[PeaceWave]

1. They're intercepting the wifi of some person(s) of interest in the area.

Compliments of the Patriot Act that none of us ever sufficiently protested against. Meanwhile, everyone else in the area is essentially collateral damage, also getting all their info intercepted.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. It's happening in proximity to one of the larger military reservations on the East Coast...

...Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst. Surely, they either know what they are or, at least, where they come from. They're not telling anyone, which makes me think it could be US military-related.

[Mossfern]

7. Sightings in Montclair

No military bases as far as I know, and I live much less than a mile from the border.
I'm not too happy about this. Today we got an alert to expect helicopter presence above.

[oregonjen]

3. And there's this in Oregon...

Pilots report mysterious lights 'moving at extreme speeds' across Oregon skies

PORTLAND, Ore. — At least four commercial pilots encountered mysterious lights zipping through the skies above Oregon this past weekend.
One pilot flying an air ambulance reported a bright light streaking toward his Life Flight plane, with it suddenly reversing back toward the Pacific Ocean.
“Red in color — moving at extreme speeds. I don’t even know how to describe how fast it was moving,” the pilot told air traffic control.


https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/pilots-report-mysterious-lights-oregon-skies-ufo-sightings/283-a0aa588d-a86d-484c-b188-512bd94d81b6


A scientist is saying it’s Starlink, but is it?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. Apparently they were showing up on collision avoidance systems so I wouldn't think so. ATC traffic recordings:

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[Disaffected]

4. Why are there apparently no images of said "drones".

Some as "big as cars", or so claimed, yet not a single (at least clear) image that I've seen.

All this has the unpleasant aroma of UFO hysteria.

[Elessar Zappa]

10. They showed videos this morning on the news.

Crystal clear. There’s no question these sightings are real, the question is who’s behind it? Could be private citizens, a company, our military or someone else’s military. I think aliens are very low on the likelihood totem pole.

[Disaffected]

15. Hmm, blurry lights darting about in the sky - where have we seen that before?

Looks more to me like ground level lasers reflecting off clouds rather than flying objects or, as is often the case with these types of sightings, some other sort of optical phenomena.

Do you have a cite to better imagining?

[bucolic_frolic]

5. They're coming to rescue us. These are the initial reconnaissance operations.

So obvious hardly needs to be stated.

[usonian]

6. There's another thread about this, which refers to an earlier one. !The silence is deafening!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143355210

My hope is that the drones are carrying ground-penetrating radar, looking for an "incriminating" trove (does the phrase "classified documents" strike a familiar note?) and what if secret hardware or ..... bodies? weapons? Find it now or find it never. JUST MY SUSPICION

I DO NOT think it's the work of the FSM (Flying Spaghetti Monster) though YMMV (Your macaroni may vary)



I doubt it's enemies/aliens because fighter jets and artillery would have smacked them down immediately.

[allegorical oracle]

8. Whenever our government gets caught doing something that nobody is supposed to know about,

everybody gets unusually mum all the while assuring the public that the "threat" is harmless. How does the gov't. know that it's harmless? My money's on the gov't knowing what it is. And it may belong to the gov't.

[soandso]

9. OP, I have a long thread here about this

but someone alerted on one of posts, got it removed, so I can't reply to my own damn thread. It's full of videos and good info. Why is the hell would anyone alert on something that's all over the news, every day? There's been a congressional hearing on it, a Pentagon meeting, and a meeting with 500 mayors.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

13. Well, that stinks. Seems many really love that alert button but I think while not perfect it does more good than harm.

[bluestarone]

11. Well, hopefully the ALIENS that want to SERVE MAN (like the twilight zone)

Are coming to get tRUMP.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Some have reported car clocks reset.

Which may indicate an ability to mimic GPS satellite telemetry, a useful attribute for technologies vacuuming telcom and other data.

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/mystery-drones-changing-time-clocks-852241

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

14. {WOW}

[Disaffected]

16. What about milk turning sour?

Someone told me that.....

[NotASurfer]

17. How many local TV news departments in the area have helicopters?

When I lived in SoCal many years ago, stations would scramble the helicopter s when there was a police pursuit on the freeways, or after a minor earthquake just in case they could get video of a crack in pavement somewhere near the epicenter.

Surprising to me that nobody diverts the Channel 28 Action News TraffiCopter (c) from covering the backup on l-76 to get Breaking News! Exclusive Footage! of a suspicious drone.

Or maybe news and helicopters aren't a thing in NJ

[Trenzalore]

18. I think it is something to do with Elon Musk