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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/i_hate_pennies on 2024-12-17 00:39:01+00:00.
I've seen Jersey residents get a lot of shit on social media this last week but seriously, if it wasn't for you and your persistence, your representatives wouldn't be fighting to get actual answers. If it wasn't for you taking this seriously, nobody would be right now. The only reason law enforcement has started looking is because of you.
You could have easily looked up at these things (orbs, drones, whatever is flying overhead) and gone, "meh, not my problem, probably the cops or something" and gone about your business.
You didn't do that. If anything, your persistence to continue to look up and QUESTION what you see has inspired others across the country to do the same thing and as a result there are more sightings.
Granted, many of those sightings are actually planes or the explainable, but for every 10, 20, 50 or even 100, there's some that are truly compelling.
And it is forcing a reckoning on the national conversation, or lack there of, on UAPs beyond even what the hearings in recent years has done.
So as a non-NJ resident, I just want to say thank you. I believe that many of you have seen things that are in fact out of the ordinary and that you have a reasonable basis for concern. And I can say that because if I put myself in your shoes and imagine how I'd feel if I saw SUV sized drones that don't show up on flight radar slowly crawling across the sky over my house, I'd be freaked out and pissed off about it as well, and even more so if I was being gaslit about it by our government.
You're not at fault for any "hysteria" as a result of what you've seen, the lack of clear communication and answers from our government is the fault.
So keep educating yourselves on the subject of the night sky, aircraft, drones, flight radar, and everything that would give you a sound basis for continuing to report legitimate sightings.
You're at the tip of the spear on this. Don't let it die down. Make sure your voices continue to be heard and get the answers you deserve. The rest of us (at least not the dismissive douchebags engagement farming on X with shitty memes) are in your corner.