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More mysterious drones spotted over New Jersey’s Bergen County

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More mysterious drones were spotted “pacing back and forth” above New Jersey — as government officials assured Garden State residents that there’s nothing to fear, new video shows.

The footage, captured by a New Jersey mom and shared on X, shows blinking lights buzzing over Bergen County Sunday night.

“They’re just pacing back and forth going very slow,” the mom said in the clip.

“It doesn’t sound like a plane… no, no, it’s too quiet. That’s a drone,” she said, adding that she counted “about 5-6” of the flying machines.

The drones were spotted Sunday night over Bergen County, according to one user’s footage. @MendhamMike via Storyful

The spate of drone sightings across New Jersey has raised alarms among locals, who have filmed and posted several other videos of the unidentified aircraft to social media in recent weeks — leaving local officials scratching their heads.

However, despite confounding authorities, Gov. Phil Murphy said there’s nothing for residents to worry about and that the apparent drones don’t pose any immediate threat.

“We are actively monitoring the situation and in close coordination with our federal and law enforcement partners on this matter,” Murphy wrote in a social media statement Wednesday.

The feds have said they are looking into the mysterious sightings that began on Nov. 18, when cops responded to calls about them hovering over Morris County.

Since then, drones have appeared in the night over homes, neighborhoods and military installations across the state.

Gov. Phil Murphy told New Jersey residents the objects pose no immediate threat. @Kate_inNJ via Storyful

“Unfortunately, we don’t have many answers, and we don’t want to guess or hypothesize about what’s going on,” FBI spokeswoman Amy J. Thoreson told NJ.com on Wednesday.

“We are doing all we can to figure it out.”

One of the drones disrupted a medevac helicopter set to airlift a patient, and the sightings led the Federal Aviation Administration to restrict drone flights over Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County and the Trump National Golf Club in Somerset.

“It’s a complete mystery,” Mark Chiarolanza, spokesman for the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, told NJ.com.

“The best way we’re going to figure this out is if somebody can get a good, solid picture of these things,” he said, adding that some of the drones’ large size indicates a recreational group isn’t behind this.

“We can’t knock these things out of the sky,” he continued.

The feds have been looking into the mysterious sightings, which began in New Jersey on Nov. 18. @Kate_inNJ via Storyful

Meanwhile, more drones were spotted above Staten Island Thursday, prompting politicians to urge the feds to figure out their origin, according to the Staten Island Advance.

People have seen them in eight counties since they were first spotted — from Bergen in the east to Hunterdon in the west, and near the Pennsylvania border — according to the Bergen Record.



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