A New Jersey sheriff claimed Friday that a swarm of 50 large drones flew in from the ocean, but soon “vanished into thin air” after the Coast Guard tried to intercept them.
Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy told News Nation that Coast Guard officers reported being followed by over 50 drones coming off the water, with some flying as low as 300 feet above them.
News Nation reporter Rich McHugh said he was initially skeptical about the drone story, but had a change of heart after seeing some of the drones for himself, which he said was “more sophisticated than I ever imagined.”
“I got to be honest here. When this story first came out a few weeks ago, as a resident of New Jersey and as a journalist, I didn’t pay it much credence. I thought it would turn out to be a bunch of pranksters, and this would all be over by now. The experience I had last night, however, changed how I feel about this story completely. What I saw was more sophisticated than I ever imagined,” McHugh said.
McHugh explained that he and his crew saw “40 or 50” drones that were about “8 to 10 feet wide” with “colorful, white blinking lights.”
“We’ve been looking for the past hour. I think we’ve seen about 40 or 50 of these drones. In fact, there’s one over my shoulder right there,” he said.
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