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(NewsNation) — The mystery implicit drone sightings reported successful New Jersey and New York continues to turn arsenic the fig of sightings reported successful the northeastern United States is adding up, including astatine subject bases and airports.
As unit grows connected national agencies similar the FBI to supply answers, drone sightings person caused airspace closures. Places similar Wright-Patterson Air Force Base successful Ohio and Stewart International Airport in New York closed its runway for an hr owed to drone activity.
The Department of Defense has confirmed sightings astatine Picatinny Arsenal successful New Jersey, but officials besides accidental they person nary grounds the drones are being utilized maliciously oregon are being operated by overseas governments. The deficiency of answers from national officials has prompted immoderate section instrumentality enforcement agencies to instrumentality action.
Michael Mastronardy, the sheriff successful Ocean County, New Jersey, told NewsNation that 1 of his deputies called 911 aft spotting 50 drones implicit the ocean, which forced the U.S. Coast Guard to instrumentality action.
Mastronardy said the section contacted New Jersey authorities police, FBI and Coast Guard.
NewsNation has spoken with assorted drone and aviation experts, who support that the objects being seen successful New Jersey are airplanes. However, a seasoned commercialized and subject aviator told NewsNation that helium believes the objects are successful information drones.
