New Jersey drone sightings
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States reporting drone sightings, late 2024
Map of US states with reported drone sightings during the November–December 2024 wave that began over New Jersey. Compiled from press reports by a Wikimedia contributor; the federal review attributed most reports to lawful aircraft and drones. Map · context.
Chetsford · 2024 ↗Public domainLicence terms ↗American Alchemy · 2:27:39
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedMichael Shermer · 0:19:18
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedAmerican Alchemy · 3:10:27
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedFrom mid-November to December 2024 residents of New Jersey and neighbouring states reported large drones flying at night over homes and military sites, including Picatinny Arsenal. Federal agencies said the sightings were a mix of lawful drones, aircraft and stars. Corpus guests treat the flap as a study in confused communication and base rates.
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | 40.9403, -74.5541 approximate · United States |
| Official response | On 16 December 2024 the FBI, DHS, FAA and DoD issued a joint statement saying the reported sightings were a combination of lawful commercial and hobbyist drones, law enforcement drones, manned aircraft, helicopters and stars, and posed no national security threat; the White House said in January 2025 the drones were authorised. |
Reported by
- new jersey residents witness thousands of public reports to the FBI
Investigated by
- fbi government
- dhs government
- federal aviation administration government
Who spoke about it later
- anonymous guest 2:27:39 "I Retrieved a UFO With My Helicopter!" -Jake Barber ▶ 2025
- Michael Shermer 0:19:18 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…) | MEMBERS RELEASE ▶
- Jesse Michels 3:10:27 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate ▶ 2025
Mentioned in the corpus
Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
"I Retrieved a UFO With My Helicopter!" -Jake Barber 30 January 2025
I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…) | MEMBERS RELEASE 8 July 2026
- 0:19:18 ▶ Michael Shermer
is just normal drones and planes and stuff like that. And one of the effects is that's a heavily traffked area. So the base rate
- 0:19:18 ▶ interview
- 0:19:18 ▶ Michael Shermer
UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025
On the map
New Jersey drone sightings, House joint subcommittee UAP hearing (13 November 2024). Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 2:27:39 "I Retrieved a UFO With My Helicopter!" -Jake Barber ▶
Is the New Jersey drone incident. What did Trump mean when he said, "It's probably not adversary. We know where the garage is. We could go into the
- 0:19:18 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…) | MEMBERS RELEASE · Michael Shermer ▶
is just normal drones and planes and stuff like that. And one of the effects is that's a heavily traffked area. So the base rate
- 3:10:27 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate ▶
there's drone restrictions in place. Uh there's um the governor's involved, all the elected officials. It's a flat. You think it's a flap? Yeah, I
- 2024–2025 United States drone sightings