Several drones were reportedly spotted in the sky above Connecticut suburb Thursday night, in addition to recent sightings that have puzzled residents and raised questions about potential national security and public safety concerns.
A social media user on X posted videos of possible drones in Fairfield, 55 miles northeast of New York City.
Drones hovering over New Jersey and near Staten Island, New York, in recent weeks have raised concerns due to a lack of clarity about their origin.
A social media user said she filmed several drones flying over Fairfield, Connecticut, on Thursday evening. (Lucy Biggers)
One X user filmed what she said were at least five drones in the sky above the Fairfield, Connecticut, train station.
“They've all been through each other,” she is heard saying off-camera. “They're on different levels. My husband has a drone. They don't fly that far and that quiet.”
At one point, she said the plane could be a “hobbyist drone.”
Another social media user said she noticed the drones “between 5:30 and 6:00. Crazy, definitely not planes.” Other footage posted online showed several possible drones flying near LaGuardia Airport in New York City, according to social media posts.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the FAA.
After more than three weeks of dozens Mysterious drones It began to appear in the night sky of New Jersey, and the Pentagon has not revealed answers about its source. However, the Pentagon earlier this week denied launching the drones from an Iranian “mother ship” off the US East Coast.
A social media user said she filmed several drones flying over Fairfield, Connecticut, on Thursday night. (Lucy Biggers)
“There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there is no so-called mother ship launching drones toward the United States,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin.
John Kirby, the White House's national security communications adviser, said Thursday that several drone sightings were alleged Spotted over New Jersey In the past few weeks they have actually been legally operated manned aircraft.
“We have no evidence at this time that the drone sightings pose a threat to national security or public safety or have a foreign nexus,” Kirby told reporters at the daily White House briefing.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security said they will continue to “investigate this situation and confirm whether the reported drone flights are in fact drones or whether they are manned aircraft or inaccurate sightings.”
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“Historically, we have seen cases of mistaken identity where reported drones were, in fact, aircraft or manned facilities. We support local New Jersey law enforcement with numerous detection methods but have not confirmed any of the reported visual sightings with electronic detection. The statement said.
“On the contrary, after reviewing available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings were in fact manned, legally operated aircraft. No drone sightings have been reported or confirmed in any of these aircraft.” Restricted airspace“.
