So remember that weird UFO drone frenzy over New Jersey last year that had people thinking aliens were finally clocking in for work? Turns out, it wasn’t extraterrestrials or China, it was a private American contractor working under a hush-hush government deal. According to a report from the New York Post, the mystery has finally been solved, and the culprit wasn’t outer space, it was good old-fashioned military-industrial complex action.
At the U.S. Army’s UAS and Launched Effects Summit at Fort Rucker this past August, a contractor pulled back the curtain just a little. After a demonstration of their bizarre-looking, four-winged drone, a company employee casually told a small group, “You remember that big UFO scare in New Jersey last year? Well, that was us.” Just like that. Nothing to see here, just a massive aerial mystery that sent New Jersey residents into a panic and made headlines for weeks.
NEW: Private contractor takes credit for last year's New Jersey drone pandemonium that captured the country's attention for weeks on end.
The company made the admission, according to a source who spoke with the New York Post.
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According to reports, the contractor was testing capabilities and, because of a “private government contract,” they didn’t have to tell anyone what they were doing. They flew a large, experimental aircraft over a populated area, near a military base, during peacetime, and didn’t notify the public, the press, or apparently even local law enforcement. Why? Because the feds said they could.
The sightings started around mid-November 2024 over the Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County and kept popping up into December. Local residents flooded social media with videos of strange, low-flying craft that seemed to vanish into thin air. Well, now we know why. According to a source at the Fort Rucker event, the drone “almost completely disappears” when it turns, thanks to its unusual shape and flight pattern. Add that to the “uncanny valley” effect and the eerie silence of the thing, and yeah, people thought it was a UFO.
Footage provided to the Post shows the 20-foot craft zipping along just above the treetops, drawing a crowd of stunned soldiers. Fort Rucker officials reportedly made sure the drone had no Chinese parts, which tells you this thing wasn’t just a hobby project. This was serious tech, and someone very high up signed off on it.
The big takeaway? The government is clearly testing next-gen aerial surveillance craft in plain sight, and under the radar, literally and legally. So next time you look up and see something strange in the sky, don’t call the History Channel. Call Washington.
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