{"id":118897,"date":"2024-12-15T10:24:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/drone-sightings-a-timeline-of-the-unexplained-sightings-across-new-jersey-other-states-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T10:24:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:24:48","slug":"drone-sightings-a-timeline-of-the-unexplained-sightings-across-new-jersey-other-states-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/drone-sightings-a-timeline-of-the-unexplained-sightings-across-new-jersey-other-states-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone sightings: A timeline of the unexplained sightings across New Jersey, other states &#8211; USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re not birds or planes; they&#8217;re drones. But Americans are wondering who is flying them and why there are so many of them.<br \/><a href=\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/12\/14\/what-we-know-drone-sightings\/76989485007\/ data-type=link data-id=https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/12\/14\/what-we-know-drone-sightings\/76989485007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>Mysterious drone sightings<\/a> have recently been sighted across eastern states, prompting lawmakers&#8217; call, for answers.<br \/>Both the <a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/12\/13\/mysterious-drones-new-york-maryland\/76966288007\/ data-type=link data-id=https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/12\/13\/mysterious-drones-new-york-maryland\/76966288007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>governor of New York and former governor of Maryland<\/a> took to social media demanding transparency and clarity on who is controlling them. <a href=\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>President-elect Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0did the same, demanding the aircrafts be shot down until the government can inform the public.<br \/>The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said there is no national security or public safety threat posed by the drone sightings, many of which are &#8220;manned aircraft, operating lawfully.&#8221;<br \/>White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby echoed the federal agencies statement at a Thursday press briefing adding there is no evidence of foreign-based involvement from coastal vessels.<br \/><strong class=gnt_ar_b_al>Where are they coming from?<\/strong><a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/12\/14\/who-is-behind-nj-drone-sightings\/76991754007\/ target=_blank rel=noopener data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:7|${u}\" class=gnt_ar_b_a>&#8216;Drone sightings&#8217; prompt worries, but these theories could explain what&#8217;s happening<\/a><br \/><strong>Nov<\/strong> <strong>18:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nov<\/strong> <strong>22:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nov. 25:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nov<\/strong> <strong>26:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Dec. 1:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Dec 3:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Dec 10<\/strong>:<br \/><strong>Dec 1<\/strong>1:<br \/><strong>Dec<\/strong> <strong>12:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Dec<\/strong> <strong>13:<\/strong><br \/><em>Contributing: Sudiksha Kochi, Fernando Cervantes Jr., Ahjane\u0301 Forbes, William Westhoven, Jess Rohan, Saleen Martin, William Westhoven, Kyle Morel, Lisa Robyn Kruse, Jenna Caldero\u0301n and Amanda Oglesby, USA TODAY Network<\/em><br \/><em>Anthony Robledo is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY.<\/em>\u00a0<em>Reach him at arobledo@usatoday.com and follow him on X and Instagram @anthonyarobledo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNcnRYTzVjNWVwenFrbVhqSkZYZ2gtOFl2alNBejhqRVNZT3Bwc0NUR0RhSmQzOWstUE1hUnFYNzJBSzNvb0M1bWI5NHlSVTBJOGlFbUI5d1hlaDFnQ3lnSDF3WnFjNkJjemY0ZlBGay1MSGpjSkE0aDdpbVI0N29CZmZuSGlSbTdIY09mSFo5T0xyN0d3N01DN1FEUXJLUmZUTUp3Um9MYU4?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re not birds or planes; they&#8217;re drones. But Americans are wondering who is flying them and why there are so many of them.Mysterious drone sightings have recently been sighted across eastern states, prompting lawmakers&#8217; call, for answers.Both the governor of New York and former governor of Maryland took to social media demanding transparency and clarity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-118897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}