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.