By Craig McCarthy, Caitlin Doornbos and Steve Janoski, New York Post
The spate of drone sightings across New Jersey has alarmed residents and confounded authorities — but the Garden State’s governor said Thursday the mysterious flying objects don’t seem to pose any immediate threat.
In a social media post, Gov. Phil Murphy said he spoke Wednesday with a handful of state and federal officials — including US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — about the drones, which began appearing over North Jersey skies several weeks ago.
And there seems to be nothing for residents fear.
Editor’s Note: Um, excuse me?
Still, the feds are looking into it — and the dozens of nighttime sightings over homes, neighborhoods and near military installations have left local police and federal law enforcement officers scratching their heads.
“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.”
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