Close encounters in New Jersey


Ocean County Sheriff officers scanning the night sky for drones at Island Beach State Park in Lanoka Harbor. — ©2025 The New York Times Company

AS you may have almost certainly heard, New Jersey has recently become the epicentre of aerial-object obsession, some might say panic.

Mysterious drones, or planes, or maybe extraterrestrial spycraft – depending on your view – seem to have lit up the night sky in December, and theories about their purposes and origins abound.

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