As waves of loud mysterious car-sized drones continue to buzz over New Jersey, one family reported that the spacecraft changed the time on their car clock.
The family of Morris County residents said they were tracking one of these apparently terrestrial UFOs in their vehicle, but experienced the strange effect on their car’s electronics when the unexplained vehicle “hovered above them.”
“The clock in their car changed the time,” said a Fox News reporter who spoke to the unnamed family. “They say the clock went back to normal after they drove away.”
While local law enforcement agencies in Morris County have issued a statement claiming that “there is no threat to public safety at this time,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a ban on drone flights over sensitive areas in the state.
Last Tuesday the FBI described the sightings as just “possible drones” and “a possible fixed-wing aircraft” in his efforts to understand the night flights.
But residents of the eight New Jersey counties where the strange craft has been sighted are also taking matters into their own hands with more than 17,000 trade notes about the sightings in a special Facebook group.
A local software engineer specializing in radio communications believes the temporary change of the car’s clock is a clue to the origin of these mysterious drones.
“Many newer cars get their clock time from GPS satellites because that is one of the most accurate time signals you can get in a vehicle,” the engineer, Rich Dunajewski, wrote in the Facebook group.
“If these use GPS jamming or spoofing,” Dunajewski explained, “then it is likely that the car would follow the signal and adjust its clock to the signal coming from the drone/airplane.”
The flying objects are larger than drones used by hobbyists, raising questions about their proximity to specific locations – including President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course, the US military research center Picatinny Arsenal and critical infrastructure, police said.
Residents of the eight New Jersey counties where the strange craft has been sighted are also taking matters into their own hands with more than 17,000 trade notes about the sightings in a special Facebook group
“So don’t think about aliens,” the engineer continued, “think about foreign actors using electronic warfare.”
Dunajewski noted that GPS spoofing aboard these mysterious planes would also explain the return of the car clock to normal time.
“Once you are out of range of the spoofed GPS signal, the clock will reacquire the real GPS signal at the correct time,” he said in his Facebook post.
While some locals don’t buy it, with one saying“We have to accept that these are not just ‘drones,’ these are UFO/UAPs,” other experts agreed with Dunajewski.
A contractor in the FAA’s Office of Communications, David Lombardoco-signer of the ‘radar jamming or GPS spoofing’ theory, writing: ‘It is highly likely that these drones have some sort of electronic interference capabilities.’
While Lombardo said he didn’t believe that “the FBI wouldn’t get involved if a bunch of drones were just going to piss people off.” The FAA contractor also admitted that he currently saw no evidence of any actual violation of the law.
“Nothing these drones have done appears to be criminal or against the rules as far as I know. I mean, they’re acting weird… it’s not a crime to be weird.”
But retired police lieutenant Tim McMillan argued that the drones fit a pattern of Russian psychological warfare internationally.
Lt. McMillan reported that both mysterious drone flights over New Jersey echo a 2022 incident in which drones flew over sensitive locations in Sweden just as the European nation was considering joining NATO.
“This recent drone wave is likely a response to the West giving Ukraine the green light to use ATACMS in Russia,” the retired police investigator wrote to X.
One of the UFO drones, whose engines can be heard roaring from the ground, appeared to have a cluster of white lights on its underbelly, while red lights flashed on its wingtips and tail (above)
“Looks like they want to be seen,” NJ resident and TikTok creator @_bucky13 commented beneath his phone footage of the terrifying drones (still image above), captioning it, “Mysterious drones spotted all over New Jersey.” At least five drone-like UFOs can be seen in his 50-second clip
Last month, the Biden White House granted the Ukrainian military permission to unleash US-made Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) across the Russian border – allowing them to attack military targets up to a range of 300 kilometers.
However, neither Moscow, nor local amateur drone pilots, nor any other land or alien actors, have taken credit for the unusual flights over New Jersey.
If it turns out to be some sort of covert invasion, it would be the first in this part of the Garden State since British forces clashed with American colonists more than 240 years ago.
“I grew up in Morris County,” one local resident wrote on X, “and this is the most exciting thing since the Revolutionary War.”
“Anyone wonder why New Jersey?” asked another resident. ‘That in itself is a mystery. Why not another state?’
The anonymous family who reported their car clock’s response to this eerie and unexplained plane were just some of the new witnesses to talk to Fox News about this ongoing wave of UFO sightings.
One eyewitness told the station that they saw a “parade” of drones, some the size of compact cars, roaring through the sky in procession.
“The drones just keep coming,” said another witness, “one after the other.”
While the FAA has taken the most direct action indicating malicious intent, banning drone flights over Trump’s golf club until last Friday and over Picatinny Arsenal until December 26, other officials are more cautious in their language.
According to a NJ local, this image shows approximately nine of the unidentified drones flying from the Atlantic Ocean into the Garden State on Thursday evening, December 5.
One UFO or drone in a recent Tik Tok video looks as if it has been floating silently beyond the tree line, illuminated by multiple lights that pulsed brightly enough to produce a lens flare effect
Law enforcement officials in Morris and Somerset counties released a joint statement describing the extent of their cooperation in this ongoing investigation.
“The County Prosecutor’s, Sheriff’s and Emergency Management Offices, our respective municipal police departments, working closely with the FBI-Newark, the New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, seek to reassure the public that we will continue to monitor and investigate drone activity,” the two counties’ sheriff’s offices said.
Post on social media site X, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy echoed similar words to calm the public.
“I have convened a briefing with (Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas) @SecMayorkas, senior officials from (the Department of Homeland Security) @DHSgov… and members of our congressional delegation to discuss reported drone activity over portions of Northern and Central New Jersey,” he wrote.
“There is no known threat to the public at this time,” the governor said.
Nevertheless, New Jersey residents are encouraged to report any sightings, videos or photographs they may have of the UFO drone flights to the FBI, via telephone at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or online at tips@fbi.gov.