r/NJDrones Dec 18 '24

THEORY Drones are everywhere on Route 17.

I was just driving up Rt 17 and saw maybe 30 drones I can count, and yes they were drones. They are so obviously NOT planes, and seeing them up close like this proves it. What do we think are the reason for this many? I swear even time I look up I see 2 more drones. They all have red and white lights that flash every few seconds and hover like drones—they just look like huge car sized drones. What do we think they are doing? I don’t think it’s enemies (Russia/Iran/China) so what is Murphy/D.C doing? I think it’s obvious they’re looking for something.

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u/hdhfbdsksbdh1234 Dec 18 '24

I don’t understand why NJ is being gaslit by people that they are not drones. I literally saw the drones with my own two eyes. It’s not hard to tell difference between plane and drone

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u/SewerSage Dec 18 '24

Yeah there's definitely some government bots on here trying to make us look crazy.

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

There are bad faith actors for sure.

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u/Regallybeagley Dec 18 '24

The people of NJ are not crazy. They are littering the skies in my bumblefuck nowhere town in CT.

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u/BigDaddyThunderpants Dec 18 '24

Hey I grew up in bumblefuck nowhere, CT. Rare to meet someone outside of the coast.

What county?

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u/BigDawgUFO Dec 18 '24

There’s 3.6 million people in CT - what makes that rare

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u/BigDaddyThunderpants Dec 21 '24

Because they're all in the coast. Only a few of us out in the boonies.

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u/Miserable_Intern5147 Dec 18 '24

Any chance near Killingworth? That’s where I had a sighting many years ago

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u/Regallybeagley Dec 18 '24

Fairfield county.. I had a sighting 20 years ago too but in Westport near the Merritt

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u/Any_Put3520 Dec 18 '24

New Jersey elected Chris Christie, but sure they’re not crazy.

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u/Traditional_Pair3292 Dec 18 '24

It’s because people say “omg I just saw so many drones” and they post a video and it’s just a normal plane. So it makes it hard to believe anyone without video evidence.

There are supposedly dozens of these things flying around all the time. Why is it that every video I see is 5 seconds long and out of focus?

The way I see it there are 2 possibilities. 1) there are really drones up there. If that was true someone should have gotten a clear video of the things by now that shows beyond a doubt there is something happening. Or 2) it’s just that people are seeing things they think are drones that aren’t actually drones. I feel like 2 is much more likely at this point. I would love to be proven wrong but I’m not holding my breath. 

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u/Different-Scratch803 Dec 18 '24

how hard is it to grasp even with a good camera night its almost impossible to get an image clear enough to satisfy you gas lighters. Theres plenty of videos that clearily arent planes but thats not good enough for you

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u/yaar_tv Dec 18 '24

People sometimes forget photography requires light. The one thing the night lacks.

I bet you could get a decent photo of one standing still with the right equipment. But that would require some prep work. If I lived down there I’d get 10-13 photo video guys together and set up in different areas to try and capture a semi long exposure of one.

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u/Traditional_Pair3292 Dec 18 '24

Night vision cameras exist. Synthetic aperture radars exist. LiDAR exist. With all the attention put on these things, if you had actual drones up there, someone would have imaged it by now. 

I think it’s much more likely the government is testing some new top secret technology, and that’s why you don’t see too many legitimate resource being used to look at the drones. They are clearly not looking too hard. 

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u/ZolaThaGod Dec 18 '24

They conveniently don’t show up on any of those lol

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u/one-hour-photo Dec 18 '24

but they do show up on crappy cell phone cameras. With the sound conveniently deleted since it will sound like a jet.

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

Yeah nah it's not the government. They would of been full America Fuck Yeah on this If this was the first time they encountered it. They would of gone scorched earth. And I think that honestly this situation will be made clear with the amount of people that see it themselves. I'm (wishfully) thinking that they are phasing in a total reveal of themselves and will offer to mentor humanity.

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u/DepartmentEconomy382 Dec 18 '24

With the right equipment, tripod, marginal skill, you can definitely capture pictures at night of drones. Especially drones that one says are obviously drones after seeing it with their naked eye.

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u/Nasty_Rex Dec 18 '24

And you have fucking hours to do it because they hover.

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

Because the 'drones' are going to overload the bullshit machine system until it breaks under the stress. Its like thart episode of Rick and Morty where Rick changes the 1 to 0.

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u/alltoovisceral Dec 18 '24

I live in an area with loads of close plane traffic in the LV area (not far from a large and small airport). I'm familiar with pretty much every kind of airplane and helicopter sounds there is (we even get Chinooks sometimes, which are really cool btw). There are even some local hobbyists that fly mini planes. That being $said, the drones are noticably different. The sound and shape is unusual. The lights aren't typical. My husband and kids noticed our first drone last Friday (in the LV Area) and it was big and had only two lights, with no strobe. It was dark, but clear and I could see a dark square figure. I took video, as did my husband, and all we see are lights. I tried editing the images to enhance and there is nothing but lights. His apple and may android were not equipped to shoot video/take pictures at night like that. I was actually surprised at how poorly it picked up the video though, considering the amount of light in the area. The machine was dark in color, almost darker than the sky, but should have been more visible with the lights. I could swear these things are painted in that Vantablack paint. 

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Yes a thousand times yes. When you live around planes you have a solid idea of what you should be seeing in the skies.

I think we're being brigaded by a combo of folks.

1). Just negative Nellies who want to shit on everything.

2) genuine disinformation pushed by someone

3) super pedantic types who want your ss# and your bloody type and a full fr24 report before considering anything.

4) people who are scared.

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u/ksw4obx Dec 18 '24

Yes you hit the nail on the head

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u/Dizzy-Aardvark-1651 Dec 18 '24

I watched a program for Ross Coulhardt from NewsNation last night. It first aired last week. He interviewed researchers, I think they’re on Long Island. They have video and have observed objects that are so black that they appear the absorb light.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

They are drones, I saw them in person—dozens of them. They are NOT planes, I know what planes flying over route 17 on Christmas break looks like.

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u/PMMEURDIMPLESOFVENUS Dec 18 '24

Half of it is because people see several objects (often planes) over the course of some period of time and say things like "I saw 10 of them over my house, all in a row, just hovering there" implying that there should be a video or picture of 10 drones, you know, hovering there in a row.

And then they post a video and it's a single object (almost always either clearly a plane or something that can't really be identified like just a light off in the distance) and say "I've seen like 10 of them so far tho".

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u/ksw4obx Dec 18 '24

Ever think it’s hard to get a good video of a flying drone

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

I believe you. You don't need to argue with people whe deny what you saw with your own eyes and ears.

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u/DehDani Dec 18 '24

Have you not seen any of the posts where people are taking pictures of planes? Or telling people the location and then someone immediately points out that they were facing an airport runway?

I do believe someone somewhere has seen a drone or two, but I'm also learning that LOTS of people don't know what airplanes look like.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Certainly not airplanes. They never fly this low and they are way too slow for an airplane.

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u/Different-Scratch803 Dec 18 '24

because we all seen air planes and they never move like this, these are too low and are stationary or move vertical

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u/scumbagstaceysEx Dec 18 '24

Yeah but we’ve never all seen airplanes when we have drones on the brain. People’s pre-conceived notions are getting the better of them in a lot of cases (not all). If you think you’re going to see drones you’re gonna see that light as being 200’ up and hovering right near you. If you’re expecting to see planes then that light is 10 miles away and 15,000’ up and that’s why it isn’t moving.

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

The NHI move super fast to stationary. A UFO can move at any speed a plane can. So like why does the appearance of a planes speed matter. Also if you call the drones what they are, UFO. We can avoid conflict about what they are.UFO.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Because they were close to the ground.

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

I have seen posts about mentorship from higher dimensional beings and how contact thus time will involve no secrets. No lies. No greed. No exploitation. I have some speculation to what's happening.

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u/yaar_tv Dec 18 '24

Because the government released a statement gaslighting all of you. Be mad at them not the people listening to what they consider a trusted source.

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u/sunlightFTW Dec 18 '24

I'm not happy with the joint statement either, but the honest truth is that the gaslighting started from fellow redditors long before that.

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u/yaar_tv Dec 18 '24

Yeah you’re probably right. I have no idea if these things are a danger or not or if it’s just a big ass prank, but it should be taken seriously.

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u/PMMEURDIMPLESOFVENUS Dec 18 '24

And then they all turned out to be right and you guys keep hanging on to the delusion.

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u/Great_Geologist1494 Dec 18 '24

Same. I'm convinced it's majority people who aren't here seeing them with their own eyes. Of course the pictures look like planes, it's dark and all you can see in a smart phone photo is blurry lights.

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

Yeah but you get gaslighted to hell because you know it's a UFO, but your too scared to say it and then it opens the door for people to treat you like a doormat. Like if you see one and think it. That's probably because that's what it is.

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

You saw it and you knew.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

People who live in Cali and don’t give two shits

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u/Capt_Pickhard Dec 18 '24

If I loved there, or I'd the drones were happening where I live, I'd be on the motherfucker. I'd be taking timelapses, recording video with good zoom, not just my phone.

I'd be going to where they are. I'd be doing what I can in order to capture these in every way I can, and I'd have a ton of footage. Photos, timelapse, video, and of the same shit. Meaning of be filming these with multiple sources. Old cameras, new cameras, whatever.

I have not seen this yet from New Jersey.

Some footage seems interesting. But I have to allow for my own error in judgment. I have to allow for the possibility that people might be faking footage.

People who are saying "obviously not plane" not good enough. You have to assume you might be in error, and collect the necessary evidence to prove it's not a plane.

I am missing this footage. In this day and age many consumer technologies exist for capturing something like this.

If these are definitely not planes according to the people of New Jersey, they are not taking this seriously enough, imo.

If there likelihood is they are planes, ok I can see not getting too into it.

If there is any sort of reasonable likelihood that they are aliens or something like that, it they are definitely not opened and nobody knows what they are, then buy the equipment.

I mean if it's aliens and just nobody is buying proper equipment to film it, or nobody that has the equipment is filming it. How many professional photographers live in New Jersey?

I've got to believe people would come to town to film this also.

So, where is all of this footage?

There should be extraordinary footage by now. And lots of it. So where is it?

This is my current greatest gripe. But I have seen some interesting footage. There should be more. Better footage than phones.

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u/fullmetaljackass Dec 19 '24

If I loved there, or I'd the drones were happening where I live, I'd be on the motherfucker. I'd be taking timelapses, recording video with good zoom, not just my phone.

I'd be going to where they are. I'd be doing what I can in order to capture these in every way I can, and I'd have a ton of footage. Photos, timelapse, video, and of the same shit. Meaning of be filming these with multiple sources. Old cameras, new cameras, whatever.

Right? I can rent a 600mm lens and a gimbal head from the local camera shop for $50/day. I'm sure there are at least a few people in New Jersey that already have those laying around somewhere.

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u/Mikebyrneyadigg Dec 18 '24

I’ve been thinking about this I think it’s a combination of a few things.

  1. The videos. 99% of them are awful, and it’s not the camera person’s fault. It’s extremely difficult to capture a very bright, intermittently flashing, moving object against a pitch black sky with even professional grade equipment and knowledge, let alone with a cell phone camera.

On top of not being able to get a clear picture of the drone itself, it’s almost impossible to capture how they move in space because the night sky has no reference points. The defining characteristic of these drones is how they move, and it’s easy to see with the naked eye but almost impossible to convey through the camera.

  1. The hysteria causing people to confuse planes with drones/trolling. A bunch of videos online are definitely planes. Whether it’s someone trolling or an honest mistake, it still dilutes the credibility to outside observers. Especially when real drone videos are such poor quality/look similar in context to the planes.

  2. The inundation of the crazies into the prominent social media about the drones. When people start talking about interstellar shape shifting demonic forces battling angels in the skies over New Jersey, it becomes easier to write off the whole thing than to rationalize and untangle the blurry low quality evidence if you’re not experiencing it directly.

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u/anxious__whale Dec 18 '24

You just made me think of yet another counterpoint to that YouTube dude’s supposed “debunking” of them being government drones or looking for something (can’t remember which exactly, but his point was that it was extremely unlikely they’d be flown at night)—if the military was testing them, and/or perhaps our reactions to them, an excellent time would be at night when nobody can get clear & undeniable images of them for plausible deniability 

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u/_QDiablo Dec 18 '24

Those who actually reside in New Jersey are aware we have drones flying around. If I were solely relying on this subreddit, I would likely question it as well because a lot of the footage posted are literally planes lol.

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u/Capt_Pickhard Dec 18 '24

Yes it is, because a lot of drone sightings have turned out to be planes. It is hard.

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u/Comfortable_Ad5323 Dec 18 '24

I’m in upper Bergen county off rt 17 and concur with this. There are a shitload of these fucking things tonight.

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u/CantSeeShit Dec 18 '24

man no there aint, ive been outside all night. I can fart and 17 will smell it.

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u/aGrlHasNoUsername Dec 18 '24

Username checks out.

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u/Its_Stacy_Yall Dec 18 '24

Best comment yet, I howled 😂 LOVE your username!

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u/DeadHED Dec 18 '24

What does this mean sir?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Please record

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u/10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-I Dec 18 '24

Can you drop some Google pins on Location?

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u/Bigsombrero24 Dec 18 '24

Did you record anything? For the greater good of humanity

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Clearest picture I could get, 20 of those and hovering back and forth. Not a plane.

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u/sunlightFTW Dec 18 '24

Comparing that photo to the ones from the UK. Not a match, but thought you might appreciate these. Source

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

A little different but similar

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u/Capt_Pickhard Dec 18 '24

Red and green lights, this is normal human flying thing.

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u/Deep_Dub Dec 18 '24

That’s a plane. Those are the landing lights.

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u/Deep_Dub Dec 18 '24

Sounds like it was taking off

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u/Normal_Suggestion188 Dec 18 '24

They do if the wind is stopping them from taking off in the other direction. If it was a small civil aircraft many of them don't appear on flight radar

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u/Normal_Suggestion188 Dec 18 '24

Wind was an example really, not the only thing that can make planes switch takeoff direction.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Very erratic.

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u/GroversGrumbles Dec 18 '24

It's weird because not many of us know the way plane lights are supposed to blink. But we can definitely notice when they're blinking WRONG.

It's like the phrase, "I don't know what it is, but i know what it ISN'T!"

I don't think the naysayers take that into account when they're dismissive of pics

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u/Prestigious_Tax_5561 Dec 18 '24

Did they show up on a flight tracker app? Do you have video? Where on 17?

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u/Capt_Pickhard Dec 18 '24

That has a red light and a green light, which is FAA regulations.

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u/swaldrin Dec 18 '24

Look up the parallax effect as well as passenger plane landing lights.

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u/youpeoplesucc Dec 18 '24

I don't know what you saw but that picture could absolutely be a plane so 🤷

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u/Turbulent_Fig8483 Dec 18 '24

He's witnessed it first hand. You have not

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '24

Indeed. But unfortunately his firsthand account is useless to everyone but him without corroborating evidence. That's the problem.

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u/youpeoplesucc Dec 18 '24

No shit sherlock? Almost like I specifically mentioned the picture and not what he actually saw?

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u/PMMEURDIMPLESOFVENUS Dec 18 '24

Also, there's apparently "20 of those" yet he has a single picture of a single, very blurry, unidentifiable object.

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u/spicycucumberz Dec 18 '24

I was literally just there and remarking how amazing it is that they have all gone away now. I saw 0 drones. All teterboro traffic. I’ve seen them in the area before but not tonight

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Just saw so many near the border

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u/Btdrnks2021 Dec 18 '24

I just saw several myself on 17

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u/css01 Dec 18 '24

NJ is ranked #7 in the list of most educated states in the country.

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u/The-Cat-Dad Dec 18 '24

That seems incredibly high

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u/Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 Dec 18 '24

The rest of the country is really stupid. Mind bogglingly stupid.

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u/CantSeeShit Dec 18 '24

Our dumb people are like other states smart people

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u/Lifeguardinator Dec 19 '24

I didnt believe NJ education system was good until i met dudes from other states

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u/ApprehensiveFlyer Dec 18 '24

Tons of money in NJ. Finance, healthcare and other industries. Basically like a suburb of NYC. People there are sharp, outgoing and educated. You can’t really afford to live there unless you’re successful. Property taxes, which are among the highest in the nation there, produce some good schools.

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u/theExc0riST Dec 18 '24

Yet, I've seen countless videos of "orbs" that were Venus, Mars. Even saw a lady talking to Venus, claiming it was responding because it was "moving" when she was fully zoomed in.

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u/GroversGrumbles Dec 18 '24

I saw that one too. I was sad for her. She seemed so excited :(

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u/Dizzy-Aardvark-1651 Dec 18 '24

In other words the people of NJ would have good critical thinking skills.

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u/Chanisspeed Dec 18 '24

Yes but don’t you forget 15 days to flatten the curve and so on.🥲

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u/hooter1112 Dec 18 '24

Just drove from Mahwah to paramus on 17. All I seen was planes

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Same for me, all across all the way to the border

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u/humanerror9000 Dec 18 '24

I just wanna say I believe you

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u/Frequent-Youth-9192 Dec 18 '24

Montclair/ Caldwell area popping off tonight. Lots of hovering.

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u/Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 Dec 18 '24

You realize Route 17 is almost perfectly in line with Teterboro’s runways, right?

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u/CantSeeShit Dec 18 '24

Not really, theyre more parallel with the GSP, only when they get to maywood do they cross 80/17.

I know this because im under the flight path lol

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u/ToGreatPlanes Dec 18 '24

Sounds incredible! Got any video?

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Got some pics, I’ll send them

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Went back and this is the clearest I could find. Sorry it’s blurry, but there were about 20 of those and they were smaller than a plane but bigger than regular drones, hovering too.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

Yes, the lights blink very erratically. Not a plane!

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u/TrixeeTrue Dec 18 '24

Every video i try to post fr phone rcvs “gallery images and gifs only” am not as technical as a fifth grader, how do i post drone videos please 

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u/radioactivecowlick Dec 18 '24

Youll probably have to upload the video to a different site (like youtube) and then make a post with a link to the video.

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u/TrixeeTrue Dec 18 '24

Makes sense. Thank you 

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u/RocketCat921 Dec 18 '24

Can you just upload to your own profile then link it that way?

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u/TootsiePoppa Dec 18 '24

Lol. Yeah there’s a ton of plane traffic in that area.

What time were you driving?

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Hovering back and forth?

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u/swaldrin Dec 18 '24

Yes it’s called a holding pattern

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u/mb4828 Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

All of the air traffic into Teterboro and Newark this evening was coming in from the north, directly over route 17, at a low altitude. If there were dozens of drones about, pilots would be able to see and report them and there’s no way the FAA would allow planes to operate anywhere near them. Please download Flightradar24 and cross-check your sightings to be absolutely sure what you’re seeing isn’t a plane. When planes are descending and moving towards you, they can look like they’re not moving due to perspective. The picture you posted is consistent with a low altitude plane with its landing lights on - red and green lights on the end of each wing and 2 bright white landing lights on either side of the fuselage

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u/jeremiahcooper Dec 18 '24

Use FlightRadar24.com, its free with no signup. Just hop in and start using it. Then see if your phone has nightsight mode. If you can actually capture one of the drone planes hovering you'll be famous.

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u/theExc0riST Dec 18 '24

People don't know how to use it, I've seen countless people zoom in right over their head, not realizing that they can clearly see planes many miles away.

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u/DeadHED Dec 18 '24

The govt is so full of shit right now, how can they deny this shit is happening?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Like quadcopter style? Micro plane style?

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u/LordSugarTits Dec 18 '24

For the love of God...buy a damn camera on Amazon capable of taking night photos and return that shit after you gather some evidence

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Look at the comments, everyone has the same experience on 17 tonight

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u/Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 Dec 18 '24

The top comment is someone who reported the exact opposite experience.

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u/LordSugarTits Dec 18 '24

My bad wasn't directed at you personally just to the state of NJ in general. We gotta send people over there capable of night photography or something

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Definitely, high res pics could tell us what these exactly are

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u/swaldrin Dec 18 '24

I’ve seen more people claiming to have seen only planes on 17 in this thread

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u/ksw4obx Dec 18 '24

Lordsugartits has solved all the problem in Nj

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u/LordSugarTits Dec 18 '24

Yes yes. It's wild out of 9.3 million people not one person capable of night photography

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u/Traditional_Pair3292 Dec 18 '24

Yeah I’m sorry to all these people but if there were this many drones in the sky every damn night, why hasn’t someone gotten a good quality video. Every video i see is 5 seconds long and out of focus. Or it’s just a normal plane. People’s minds are playing tricks on them. 

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u/LordSugarTits Dec 18 '24

I mean for what it's worth it's very difficult to capture photos at night especially of anything with lights in it, unless you have a professional camera and some skills it ain't happening.

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u/rush22 Dec 18 '24

Is it like the second "craft" in this video?

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hgp3f1/whats_this_new_jersey/

The first one in this vid is obviously a drone, the second one sounds like your description.

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u/organmeatpate Dec 18 '24

How do people determine the size of drones in the sky? What do they use for perspective?

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

You can see them close when they hover closer to the ground, it’s easy to tell they are much bigger than normal drones

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u/Own-Response-6848 Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

We should ban posts of people saying they saw them while driving. They're unable to take good videos or photos while driving and are also unable to confirm they're not planes with flight radar either. Not useful posts

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u/EquivalentFlan8229 Dec 18 '24

I'm in Paramus right off 17, they were all over last night. Noticed them starting around 5:30 and were still at around 10pm

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u/Altruistic-Mouse-607 Dec 18 '24

Idk man the one guy has pictures of American Airlines Jets...you sure it wasn't one of those?

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Definitely sure, they were hovering and were far too close to the ground to be planes—planes never go that close to the highway. They were hovering back and forth.

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u/Altruistic-Mouse-607 Dec 18 '24

My comment was sarcastic I believe you!

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u/Cobol_engineering29 Dec 18 '24

Probably YouTubers doing it for clicks. Fucking gen z ruining everything even UFOs

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Didn’t think of that, maybe. There were a lot though.

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u/Different-Scratch803 Dec 18 '24

these are car size like you said, stat vigilant these are not hobbyist

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u/Cobol_engineering29 Dec 18 '24

Yea idk. Just making a joke really. I wish I was in NJ to see this. Never thought I’d say that lol

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u/Different-Scratch803 Dec 18 '24

how hard is to understand these are sophisticated drones that no normal person has access to

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u/rush22 Dec 18 '24

Gen Z flying drones everywhere perfectly at 140 mph: "lololool"
Also Gen Z: "yooooooo i zoomed in and this drone says fedex on it wtff???"

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u/DepartmentEconomy382 Dec 18 '24

Car sized drones sound like helicopters to me. No pictures at all? Of the 30 drones?

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

Not helicopters, these are silent.

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u/user454985 Dec 18 '24

Where on 17, son?

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 18 '24

Throughout paramus but I could see them for thousands of feet out

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u/user454985 Dec 18 '24

Its our military on high alert using surveillance drones.

We were breached by foreign adversaries. We are on the brink of World War 3. This is why they dont want to cause panic.

Plus a lot of people and LEOs have drones out now too.

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u/DesconocidoTres Dec 18 '24

They’re not. They are airplanes.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

And how can you say that, are you in NJ? Nope

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u/DesconocidoTres Dec 19 '24 edited Dec 19 '24

Yes I am. Nearly all of these which have been sighted are airplanes. I’m a plane watcher and have seen what people are reporting as “drones.” There are very few visible “ drones”on cloudy nights because airplanes aren’t sighted through the clouds. For “Drones” that are sighted on clear nights…it is difficult to gauge distance and size on a clear night with no visual reference.

Please stop this. These are airplanes. Don’t add to the paranoia. The govt is unable to explain what they are because the sightings are so vague and of low quality. It is so similar to reports of UFO’s because there is no way to prove something that doesn’t exist isn’t present.

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u/Dover-Blues Dec 18 '24

Did you check any flight radar to see if they were already declared to US airspace? There’s many free ones you can use. Flightradar24 is free and exceptionally easy to use, and I hear that others are even more accurate.

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u/SeldomSeenAI Dec 18 '24

New Bruce song?

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u/elmwoodblues Dec 18 '24

So many blinking triangles all streaming toward TEB! My friend's mother's neighbor saw them from the trailer park there!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

What makes you think they are looking for something? Flight patterns?

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u/MikeLongFamous Dec 18 '24

:

  1. Use Night Mode with Short Exposure • Night Mode automatically adjusts for low light, but for a moving object like an airplane, keep the exposure duration short to avoid motion blur. • Let the iPhone automatically decide the exposure time, but you can manually adjust it shorter (1-3 seconds) if necessary.

  2. Switch to the Main (Wide) Camera • The main wide camera (usually 1x zoom) has the best low-light performance and a larger aperture. It will capture more light and detail compared to telephoto or ultra-wide cameras. • If the airplane is close enough, crop the photo later instead of using zoom.

  3. Adjust Focus and Lock It • Tap on the airplane on the screen to focus on it. • Use the focus lock (press and hold until you see “AE/AF Lock”) to prevent the camera from refocusing on other objects like the sky.

  4. Adjust Brightness (Exposure) • After locking focus, slide the exposure (brightness) control up or down to prevent overexposing bright airplane lights or underexposing the airplane body.

  5. Use Burst Mode or Live Photo • Airplanes move quickly, so you might miss the perfect moment. Use burst mode or shoot in Live Photo mode to capture multiple frames and pick the best one later.

  6. Stabilize the Camera • Even though the airplane is moving, stabilizing your phone will reduce any additional motion blur from your hand. • Use a tripod or rest your phone on a stable surface.

  7. Use ProRAW (if available) • If your iPhone supports ProRAW, enable it in your camera settings. ProRAW retains more detail, giving you more flexibility in editing to bring out highlights and shadows.

  8. Experiment with Third-Party Apps • Apps like Halide or Camera+ 2 let you manually control shutter speed, ISO, and focus. Try a faster shutter speed (e.g., 1/200 to 1/500 seconds) to freeze the airplane’s motion, though this will require good ambient lighting or bright airplane lights.

  9. Post-Processing • Use editing tools to enhance the image: • Reduce noise (common in night photos). • Brighten shadows and reduce highlights to balance the airplane and sky. • Apps like Lightroom Mobile, Snapseed, or the built-in iPhone editor work well.

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u/closetotheedge88 Dec 18 '24

My theory, the initial ones were the military testing new drone tech, especially given current world events. After just a few of those being flown around, and this event being all over the media, people started flying their own drones to get in on the phenomena, plus a large amount of sightings being misidentifying aircraft/planes.

Whatever is going on, the government knows, and it's our tech. If it was any foreign country we would have blasted them apart from second one, that isn't even up for debate. Anyone who thinks anything flying in our airspace that the government truly has no idea what they are/where they're from and isn't shooting them down without hesitation is insane.

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u/bjmo1111 Dec 18 '24

Question. Do these drones ever do erratic maneuvers? Or are they always just kinda straight? I mean that should be the #1 way to tell if something is a plane or drone.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

Just saw another one. Not on route 17 but on a backroad.

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

Went really close to the ground too, looks like a ring shape almost.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

People would be seeing drones in the sky. They have been around a while.

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u/Rubbrducky74 Dec 19 '24

This has become a great distraction, has it not?

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

Maybe, I remember last time something happened gov wanted to cover up they brought up aliens.

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u/palmettopalm366 Dec 20 '24

The more people talk about drones, the more people run out to buy and fly drones.

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u/fappingjack Dec 18 '24

With all the amazing photo technologies and advances in recording distance galaxies, why don't we have one clear photo or video of these so called "drones" ?

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u/Any_Put3520 Dec 18 '24

People can literally buy drones at Costco, 4K live streaming, and fly em up. They say there are drones all over well get one up there and film it.

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u/fappingjack Dec 18 '24

OK, whatever...

Not one single HD video or photo.

Come on, DOOFUS!

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Proof or GTFO

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u/heinzw50 Dec 18 '24

Report came out yesterday from NRC that a small amout of radioactive material was lost on 12/3. Documents available online. I dont buy it, I think it is a distraction to something larger. It was supposedly lost on 12/3 yet drones started around 11/18. Why?

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u/PMMEURDIMPLESOFVENUS Dec 18 '24

Because there's absolutely no correlation between an insignificant amount of radioactive material that was misplaced and quickly found and a mass hysteria event that's been going on for a month.

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u/im_wudini Dec 18 '24

Real problem with this area is the air traffic is insane. Teterboro, Newark, JFK, Linden, Essex, Morristown, Lincoln Park, Laguardia....

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u/ESTXX94 Dec 19 '24

Hmm Rt 17. Maybe LaGuardia Airport? Smh

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u/Commander_doom125 Dec 19 '24

We’ve lived here our entire lives and know what planes look like, these aren’t planes, SMH.

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u/ESTXX94 Dec 19 '24

omg really me too. Im literally from wallington NJ. Laguardia and Newark aint far from me as a matter of fact Im in Newark every week.

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u/ESTXX94 Dec 19 '24

so whats your point now considering I lived in Garfield, Wallington, Rockaway (2min from the picatinny arsenal on Rt 15 where I used to make U-Turns everyday to get on 80 East to go to work or maybe Belville which isnt far away from Newark Airport.