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   A fed-up New Jersey sheriff said he tried to track the mystery drones   
   swarming the skies above his county — but they “easily” evaded the effort.   
      
   The Ocean County Sheriff’s office sent its own “industrial grade” drone   
   into the air Thursday in a bid to follow one of 50 unmanned aerial   
   vehicles a local cop saw “coming off the ocean,” Sheriff Michael   
   Mastronardy said.   
      
   Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy launched his department’s own   
   drone Thursday night to try to follow the mysterious drone swarms above   
   the state.   
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   The officer alerted the state police, the FBI and the US Coast Guard.   
   Coast Guard officials then reported 13 drones, with wingspans of eight   
   feet, following one of their vessels.   
      
   The mysterious drones, which don’t give off heat like more typical   
   versions, swiftly maneuvered out of their clutches, Mastronardy told News   
   Nation reporter Rich McHugh.   
      
   McHugh told the story Friday night to anchor Elizabeth Vargas, explaining   
   he originally thought the drone hysteria might be a result of “pranksters”   
   until he saw them himself.   
      
   “If this is not our military, then it’s even more scary,” McHugh said.   
   “These things look like they are fixed-wing and they have multiple lights.   
   I’m not really sure how to process what I saw last night. Both the   
   photographer and I were kind of stunned.”   
      
   The SUV-sized, unidentified aircraft have been buzzing New Jersey and   
   panicking residents since Nov. 18.   
      
   Theories about where the drones come from vary, with some believing they   
   may have been sent by foreign adversaries.   
      
   On Friday, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby   
   said there was nothing to fear and that people may be imagining things. He   
   said most reports were likely to be cases where manned aircraft were   
   mistaken for drones.   
      
   Since then drones have been sighted in at least 12 counties in New Jersey   
   as well as parts of eastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/us-news/nj-county-sheriff-sends-own-drone-   
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