What are the drones over New Jersey? All the key theories so far from foreign spies to Project Blue Beam
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Drone fever is sweeping New Jersey, as new data shows residents have reported more than 1,000 sightings of the flying objects across the state in less than a month. Some 964 incidents have been logged in total since the first sighting on November 19 up until December 13, according to statistics collected by the state’s Office of Emergency Management and shared with the New York Post.
Yet despite the startling volume of apparent sightings - which have prompted locals to shoot into the sky and even sparked the closure of an airport in neighboring New York - officials are yet to provide answers about who or what is behind the drones.
As the flashing objects continue to circle the skies above New Jersey and beyond, theories about the source have proliferated in the homes of lawmakers and residents below - from Project Blue Beam to foreign conspiracies. Iran. New Jersey lawmaker Jeff Van Drew made the stunning claim this week that Iran could be behind the mysterious drones.
The Republican told Fox News the Middle East power had launched a 'mothership' stationed off the Garden State coast. 'These are from high sources,' he claimed. 'I don't say this lightly.' He then added the drones should be 'shot down' - something which is illegal under federal law and can be punished with up to 20 years in prison.
