New footage of multiple eerie ‘triangle’ craft flying above New Jersey has only compounded the mystery for locals.
At least five or possibly six of the unidentified drones were captured in the new, 50-second cell phone video, which one commenter declared was ‘the clearest video yet.’
One drone, heard roaring in the skies as it moved through the darkness, appeared to have a cluster of white lights on its underbelly and red lights blinking at the tips of its wings and tail.
Another drone came into frame that resembled a classic ‘black triangle’ UFO or the triangular TR-3B, which beamed bright white lights from its nose, wingtips and tail.
Since mid-November, a wave of unexplained drone sightings above central Jersey has left both law enforcement and the general public watching the skies, hunting for clues on what these mysterious night flights might be.
Governor Phil Murphy has attempted to calm residents claiming these true UFOs pose ‘no known threat to the public at this time,’ but FBI and local police are actively investigating.
Concerns have heightened over the proximity of these drone-like UFOs to President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course, US military research facility Picatinny Arsenal and critical local infrastructure.
‘Water reservoirs, electric transmission lines, rail stations, police departments, and military installations’ have all had the UFOs roaming above them in recent weeks, according to the chief of police for the New Jersey borough of Florham Park.
‘Their presence appears nefarious in nature,’ the police chief added.
‘Seems like they want them to be seen,’ NJ native and TikTok creator @_bucky13 commented under his phone footage of the eerie drones (still image above), captioned ‘Mysterious drones spotted all over New Jersey.’ At least five drone-like UFOs are seen in his 50-second clip
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 with red lights blinking at its wingtips and tail (above)
But the New Jersian who posted the new footage of these drones online maintains the answer lies within America’s own classified world of black budget projects.
‘Seems like they want them to be seen,’ TikTok user @_bucky13 commented under his phone video of the eerie UFOs, captioned
‘Mysterious drones spotted all over New Jersey.’
‘I think they are trying to scare Russia by demonstrating some secret weapons,’ he wrote.
The camera was pointed to the sky when the drones came into view.
‘There they are! There are more in New Jersey!,’ he can be heard shouting in his handheld video — as an unsettled woman off-camera says, ‘We shouldn’t be outside.’
‘They look like an f***ing triangle! They look like a triangle,’ he said in disbelief, as je spotted a triangular-shaped drone cruising into the night.
A later UFO or drone seemed to hover stationary beyond the tree line, lit up with multiple lights that pulsed bright enough to produce a lens flare effect.
‘Are you freaking kidding me right now,’ one woman can be heard saying of the craft.
Commenters of UFO video joined him in his suspicion that the objects may ultimately prove to be top secret US military craft, even as the TikToker can be heard marveling in his video that ‘an F-16 just flew over’ in hot pursuit of the unidentified craft.
According to one NJ local, this image depicts roughly nine of the unidentified drones flying in to the Garden State from the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday night, December 5
A later UFO or drone in the new video looks like it might have hovered stationary beyond the tree line, lit up with multiple lights that pulsed bright enough to produce a lens flare effect
‘Looks like a military drone,’ one Tik Tok user said, with another chiming in ‘Definitely government made drones.’
Many stated with confidence that the triangle craft was the legendary and still unconfirmed TR-3B ‘Black Manta’ anti-gravity spy plane, the alleged follow-up to the equally unconfirmed TR-3A, both claimed to have been made by defense contractor Northrop in the early 1990s.
‘Those are TR-3B government drones,’ one poster said. ‘Look them up, they’re pretty cool.’
A December 1991 cover story in Popular Mechanics was one of the first mainstream media reports to allege that the TR-3A existed as a highly advanced ‘tactical reconnaissance vehicle’ eyewitnesses said was 42-feet long with a 60-foot wingspan.
The magazine even suggested that this alleged ‘black budget’ surveillance plane ‘may have seen action during Operation Desert Storm.’
Aerospace illustrator, Mark McCandlish, who contributed art for a 1991 Popular Mechanics article on the alleged TR-3A ‘Black Manta’ would go on to claim that the US had covertly reverse engineered a crashed UFO
The article also described a much largerm even more incredible and ‘highly maneuverable’ black triangle aircraft — as big as a B-2 bomber’s 150-foot wingspan and capable of turning ’90 degrees on its wingtip.’
A decade later at the National Press Club in Washington DC, May 9, 2001, the aerospace illustrator who contributed art for that PopMech article, Mark McCandlish, claimed that US covert anti-gravity propulsion research had actually reverse engineered a crashed UFO.
Others have speculated that the UFOs above New Jersey might be an update to US defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s original ‘Darkstar’ that flew in 1996.
The RQ-3 DarkStar was a highly-advanced remotely piloted aircraft intended for stealth reconnaissance, but officially the firm says that Darkstar ‘never entered production’ due to ‘cost and aerodynamic stability problems.’
But, if the craft really are ‘above top secret’ American innovations, few other branches of the federal government appear to be in the loop, with many worrying about rival foreign powers like Russia or China being the culprits.
This past November 22, the FAA banned drone flights over the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey until Friday, December 6, as well as above the Picatinny Arsenal Military Base in Rockaway until December 26.
Above: US defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s original ‘Darkstar’ which flew in 1996. The RQ-3 DarkStar was a highly-advanced, stealthy reconnaissance remotely piloted aircraft that the firm says ‘never entered production’ due to ‘cost and aerodynamic stability problems’
‘We look into all reports of unauthorized drone operations,’ FAA officials in a statement, ‘and investigate when appropriate.’
The administration warned drone operators that any unmanned flights that endanger aircraft or pedestrians down below could lead to fines up to $75,000 —plus a loss of their drone operators’ pilot certificates.
Local digital news site NJ.com spoke with a spokesman for Picatinny Arsenal, Eric Kowal, who repeated that it is illegal to fly drones over the base without prior authorization. But he does not believe the drones pose an immediate threat.
‘From our standpoint we’re not alarming our residents and employees,’ he said.
‘The FBI are the experts on the threat. We don’t believe there to be a threat at this juncture.’
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