Mystery "drones" sighted over capital in DC, west coast, US compound in Germany and UK

via Newnation.com Drones over New Jersey: What we know so far What do the drones look like? Inganamort, whose district includes a quarter million constituents, said he and his family have seen the drones for four weeks. On Friday, as he walked into his office, he said he saw multiple hovering overhead. “There were three drones zipping around our neighborhood and above this office building as I walked in,” Inganamort said. “I expect to see several on my way out.” The former mayor of Chester Township isn’t the only eyewitness to dozens of drones. NewsNation’s investigative reporter Rich McHugh reported seeing at least 50 during an investigation with the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department Thursday. “When this story first came out a few weeks ago, as a resident of New Jersey, as a journalist, I didn’t pay much credence. I thought it would turn out to be a bunch of pranksters, and this would all be over by now,” McHugh said Friday. “The experience I had last night, however, changed the way I feel about this story completely. What I saw was more sophisticated than I ever imagined.” New Jersey drone sightings: Lawmakers press for more briefings NewsNation crews filmed some of the mystery drones in Red Bank, New Jersey, which is about 50 miles south of New York. McHugh described them as looking like u- or v-shaped, fixed-wing aircraft about 8 to 10 feet wide with colorful and white blinking lights. “Definitely not an airplane, but what was it?” McHugh said. The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department said the drones do not emit heat like regular drones, which is why they’re able to evade detection — something law enforcement hadn’t experienced until now. Sheriff Michael Mastronardy told NewsNation that his officers identified 50 drones coming off the coast. He invited White House officials to come to New Jersey: “Come see what we see.” “If this is not our military, then we need answers,” McHugh said, also describing the objects as “creepy” and “moving at a different pace.” Feds not being fully transparent about drones: Ross Coulthart New Jersey lawmakers spot drones The federal government has offered little explanation, angering current and former lawmakers, some of whom have seen the drones. Former New Jersey Gov. Larry Hogan captured video of what he identified as drones over his home in Davidsonville, Maryland, 25 miles east of the nation’s capital. U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., posted a firsthand video of drones in Clinton Township, New Jersey, this week. Officials say they received unconfirmed reports of drone sightings over LaGuardia Airport, in New York. The FBI said it has received more than 3,000 reports since Nov. 18, and there has been an average of 92 sightings daily across half a dozen states. Drone sightings across multiple states Reports have surfaced in eastern Pennsylvania as well. “It’s as if they migrated over,” said Dr. Katherine Ramsland, a forensic psychologist and NewsNation contributor. “I called a couple of friends, and we were texting each other as all of us seeing them in different areas.” She, too, saw blinking lights. “I saw one going west. It was red, red blinking lights … another one was coming toward it from the west, going east, and then the westward one suddenly turned around and went into formation with the one going east turned green, the lights turned green, and then yellow,” Ramsland said. She said it “couldn’t possibly” have been a plane, as it was turning fast and hovering too close to be one. There wasn’t any noise, she said. Scott Rouse, a NewsNation contributor who is a behavior analyst and body language expert, describes the ones he saw in Oak Ridge, Tennesee, as round with something spinning on top. He said he saw around 30 of them Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia, R-N.J., wrote in a social media post that the drones spotted in her state measured up to 6 feet in diameter and sometimes traveled with their lights off. Fantasia said that the first sightings took place Nov. 18 and have continued every night since. She said the reported sightings typically take place between 6 and 11 p.m. and reports range between four and 180 sightings per night, she said. She estimates that there are typically an average of 92 sightings per night and that conservatively, 2,500 sightings have been reported since they began. Two lawmakers representing the Jersey Shore region of the state reported that a dozen drones were spotted near Barnegat Light and Island Beach State Park, which are located in Ocean County. In those cases, WJAR reported the drones were seen following a U.S. Coast Guard lifeboat. A Coast Guard spokesperson told WJAR that “multiple low-altitude aircraft” were reported near one of the Coast Guard’s boats. Russia targets Ukrainian infrastructure with a massive attack by cruise missiles and drones According to the WJAR report, drones are legal in New Jersey for recreational and commercial use. However, they are subject to local and Federal Aviation Administration regulations. Drone operators must be FAA-certified, the report said. New Jersey lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, have expressed concern and frustration over the federal government’s lack of transparency on the issue. “We need to know what’s going on over our skies,” Booker said, according to WJAR. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he does not believe the drone sightings pose any threat. However, Murphy’s office announced Friday that it has contacted President Joe Biden about concerns over unmanned aircraft systems in and around New Jersey airspace. In the letter, Murphy wrote that more federal resources should be devoted to the matter since state and local law enforcement in his state are limited in dealing with unmanned aircraft systems. Another lawmaker, Sen. Andy Kim, reported seeing drones while on patrol with local law enforcement. Kim said he witnessed white, red and green lights appearing in groups of five to seven at a time. Kim wrote in a series of social media posts that he knew the lights were not associated with aircraft because the objects did not appear on the FlightAware tracker. In New York City, residents in the Bronx and Queens have reported seeing multiple drones as well as sightings being reported over LaGuardia Airport, The New York Daily News reported Friday. The New York City Emergency Management Department said in a social media post that it has not received any official reports of drone activity, but is aware of the reports of the sightings near the airport. The report indicated that the drones took off once police reported on the scene in the Bronx. Police also reported that sightings had taken place on Staten Island. In Maryland, residents in Bowie have released videos of drone sightings to local media organizations. Autumn Stasulli and her family told NewsNation affiliate DC News Now they were out looking at Christmas lights when they spotted flashing red and green lights. She said she saw between three and five drones the size of SUVs that were making loud noises. She told the station that there were “just drones all over the place.” She added that it appeared that military jets were in pursuit of the drones and that she is concerned about where the aircraft may be coming from. In a social media post, Gov. Larry Hogan reported that he witnessed dozens of large drones Thursday night over his home in Davidsonville, which is located 25 miles outside of Washington, D.C. Hogan wrote that the drone activity lasted about 45 minutes. Midwest Residents in Northfield, Minnesota — located south of Minneapolis-St. Paul — have reported seeing mysterious flashing lights over the night sky. Deborah Wagner and her daughter told Fox 9 that the lights were hard to track. “We started trying to follow them, but they just won’t be followed,” Wagner said, adding that the lights just seemed to disappear. Her daughter, Chrissy Grady, tried to capture video of the orbs with her cellphone, and the video showed the objects hovering before disappearing. “Are those UFOs? Are they a government thing?” Grady asked. West Coast Similar sightings have been reported in southern California, where residents spotted seeing colored lights. Colin Rambo, who lives outside San Diego in Lemon Grove, told CBS 8 that he witnessed seeing “a bunch of red lights floating in the sky.” Rambo told the television station that he was driving when he saw what he called a fleet of “red glowing orbs.” Over five minutes, Rambo reported seeing at least 25 of the orbs. In Temecula, which is located in southern California’s wine country in Riverside County, residents reported seeing large drones hovering over the community. One resident said the objects were the size of a car. Texas bill would allow Bitcoin to be used for taxes, donations They’ll be going just straight one direction, and then, just all of a sudden, they’ll just zig or zag and keep going, or turn around, and just break really quick,” the man said. Local sheriff’s officials said the drones did not belong to the department. Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base north of San Diego, told the station it had received several reports of drone sightings from local residents. A spokesman for the base told CBS 8 that the base did not have any drone activity planned when the sightings took place. International Unidentified drones have also been spotted over four Royal Air Force bases in England, which has prompted the British government to request military assistance, the U.S. Air Force said. Air Force officials said that “small” drones continue to be spotted in and around the four British military installations since Nov. 20. None of the activities interrupted base operations, officials said. In a statement, the Air Force said that the objects have ranged in size and configurations and that the U.S. Air Force is working with host-nation officials and mission partners to endure base personnel. Reuters reported that drones have also been spotted at the U.S. Air Force base at Ramstein in Germany this month. Sources told Reuters that German officials have not determined who is operating the drones. They had, however, ruled out the possibility that the drones were operated by amateurs.