Sky Watch Alliance seeks to avoid spawning or spreading rumors, speculation, and the like regarding unusual drones and/or other aircraft activity. Social media (and even traditional media sources) are daily generating a host of content on this subject. Thus, there is no lack of availability of that from other sources. While it is inevitable that our work may involve citation to such sources as may be useful, we will generally not focus much attention upon them. Our organization is not engaged in “sleuthing” and we do not expect to independently solve the overall enigma. There is an entity responsible for doing so – namely, the United States government, through its Department of Homeland Security, FAA, military and other agencies under the authority of the President.

 

Next, Sky Watch Alliance is not focused on “proving” the existence of unusual activity on the part of drones or other aircraft in New Jersey. Most of our members have had direct, first-hand experience with this. We have years of experience observing our skies and our general surroundings. We have seen ordinary airplanes and have some degree of familiarity with local flight patterns. We recognize that objects in the sky can sometimes appear farther or closer than they actually are – and that sometimes the movements of far-off airplanes may appear to be motionless, when they are actually moving. In sum, we and our neighbors are not credulous rubes. Nor are we crazed self-promoters. Most of us are regular, hard-working New Jersey residents, with limited social media activity with little appetite for special attention or scrutiny. Based upon our first-hand experiences, we can tell that the aircraft of concern are not just ordinary airplanes.

 

Based upon what we can see from the movements of the aircraft, the associated sounds, and other contextual cues, it is abundantly clear that these aircraft are operating outside of the norm. Moreover, many of these vehicles are flying in notably unusual flight patterns, with some moving in oddly-close groupings. Perhaps most disturbingly, some fly strikingly low and uncomfortably close to residential homes. When that happens, these events move out of the realm of mere curiosity, and into the realm of visceral threat. The experience is genuinely unsettling and engenders feelings of harassment and unease. In short, after weeks of experiencing these disruptions, we do not need further convincing for ourselves.

 

Finally, these concerns have not been raised by a single individual. Thousands of residents of New Jersey (and some other states) have reported seeing these strange aerial occurrences. Many local and state elected officials and law enforcement heads have seen them and joined in the outcry for a vigorous and effective federal response. Although a few people might get it wrong, the sheer volume of corroborating witnesses compels a serious response from the United States government. It is a foregone conclusion that our leaders must act.