Thursday, December 12, 2024

What's Going On With So Many Drone Sightings Lately?

Last night, I saw what appeared to be a drone when I stepped outside of work for a few minutes. 

But that is the first time that I saw one - or something which looked like one - recently. However, there have been a ton of sightings of drones reported in the past few weeks, particularly in the northeastern United States. For whatever the reason, these sightings seem especially numerous in New Jersey. 

These are apparently not tiny little drones. Rather, these are the big kind, the professional kinds that most people could never access or afford. 

This has gotten people tremendously worried about what so many drones sightings might mean.There are wild conspiracy theories flying. Some people feel that this might be no less than an attempt to start World War III, as the idea of evil forces trying to pick a fight with the United States seems to be a prevalent belief at the moment.

Some people I know feel sure that this is the work of China, or perhaps Iran through Chinese technology. My own suspicions, at first, leaned towards some kind of terrorism, although admittedly, if these drones are scouting the region for targets to strike, it would make the 19 terrorists who used box cutters to hijack planes and then crash them into buildings look almost elementary and primitive by way of comparison. 

And while I do not necessarily subscribe to these, I will say that it is difficult not to assign some kind of sinister meaning to these recent drone sightings. 

Now that said, I cannot say what they mean or who is responsible, nor what their intentions are. And the government's response that there really is not much to worry about seems....well, unsatisfactory to many. The White House is insisting that many of these drones are being flown lawfully. Other government sources insist that the drones pose no public threat.

But they sure are weird. 

Also, it does seem a little disconcerting that they are appearing seemingly all around the country, and all at once. That apparently includes over some military bases, which feels frankly hard to believe, barring the possibility that these drones belong to the United States military (which hardly seems like a far-fetched possibility). 

Let's see if these drone sightings continue, and what they might mean in the future. 




Below are the links to the two articles which I used in writing this blog entry, and which seemed to me to cover this mysterious story fairly well. Take a look:



Many New Jersey ‘drones’ are manned aircraft being flown lawfully, White House says by Maya Yang and agencies, Thu 12 Dec 2024.
National security spokesperson says there’s ‘no evidence that reported drone sightings pose a public safety threat’  

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/12/new-jersey-drones






What are the mystery drones flying over the US? Large drones have been spotted flying over the US for weeks, and state and federal officials say they still have no idea who is behind the flights  By Jeremy Hsu  12 December 2024

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460438-what-are-the-mystery-drones-flying-over-the-us/

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