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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/Joshistotle on 2024-12-07 05:51:07+00:00.
So here's NJ drone footage from a former US STRATCOM pilot. The drone passes over a local airport in one video:
Now, a Reddit user (ExMachaenus) commented the following, identifying the type of drone present in the STRATCOM pilot's daytime video. Upon visual comparison, it seems he's correct. You can look it up for yourself and the characteristics certainly match. This also explains why the one day these drones weren't sighted anywhere in the last few weeks was Thanksgiving, since the operators presumably had off. (save this incase the post gets removed). Here is his comment:
"I think it's a PteroDynamics XP-4 Transwing drone. Note the stubby nose, straight side wings, and long tail with dual forking fins, visible in the first Twitter/X vid in OP's post at 0:19.
The PteroDynamics XP-4 is being developed for the U.S. Navy as a recon and logistics drone, capable of picking up and dropping off packages between land and a moving ship, including in high seas and high winds.
As the name suggests, it's a transwing design, which transitions between quadcopter and fixed-wing modes for both long-range flight and VTOL capabilities. So it can hover pretty much at will.
Officially, it has a one-hour flight time at max payload, but could have been upgraded.
It's about 13ft wide by 6ft long - about the dimensions of a compact SUV, consistent with witness statements.
And it's flight path () leads directly from the coast up to northern NJ. And, wouldn't you know it, right where it's most commonly seen, we find Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, home of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), whose whole job is to research, test and support aircraft for navy combat operations.
This also explains why it's appearing every night, and how it's sticking around so long: It literally has a home base to swap batteries at all night long.
And why they're not talking about them: it's their drones, and they don't want to advertise.
TL;DR: At least some of the Jersey Drones are, most likely, experimental VTOL drones being tested out by the Navy, likely running nighttime training missions between NAWCAD Lakehurst and a navy ship offshore. "
Also take note of what they say in the video. (credit to Reddit user KheyotecGoud) "they also talk about their test range in Colorado, which is where the 2019 drone wave was and when investigated they said “we have no idea but we don’t think it was government”. This is a good explanation for who was behind the 2019-2020 drone sightings in Colorado.