No evidence New Jersey drones are from a foreign entity, Pentagon says
At a media briefing, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said that drones spotted over New Jersey were not from the U.S. military.
Hillsborough NJ news: Possible drone crash near shopping plaza off Route 206
Hillsborough resident Alyson Betyeman saw 10 to 12 drones Thursday night and heard that one had possibly crashed early Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.
(This story has been updated with new information.)
HILLSBOROUGH – No drone was recovered after emergency personnel searched the area behind the Hillsborough Promenade after a possible drone crash was reported to police Thursday night.
At about 8:34 p.m. Thursday, township police said in a press release, officers went to the parking lot of Lowe’s where someone reported they had seen drones in the air and one had struck the nearby high-tension lines and crashed into a field.
Police officers, the Hillsborough Office of Emergency Management, Somerset County Office of Emergency Management, Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company 38, Millstone Valley Fire Department, Robert Wood Johnson EMS and the State Police Aviation Unit searched the area from the air and on foot and found nothing, police said.
Police officers established a perimeter around the area until daylight when the search resumed.
At about 7:30 a.m. Friday, the Millstone Valley Fire Department deployed its drones over the area and the Somerset County Hazardous Material Unit searched the area, again with negative results.
A little after noon, the search was abandoned and all emergency responders were cleared.
Police said there is no known threat to the public and urged the public to contact the FBI with drone reports at 1-800-CALL-FBI.Channel 2 news led its noon newscast with a live report from the scene. The station also sent a news helicopter over the area and showed footage of emergency responders trekking over the area near to where the annual Hillsborough Rotary Club fair is held, and which has been proposed to be a single-family housing development.
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