The mysterious New Jersey drones being investigated by the FBI not too long ago stored a medevac helicopter from transporting a significantly injured affected person to the hospital, it emerged Thursday.
The medical helicopter was flying to an accident in Branchburg Township in Somerset County on Tuesday final week — however was unable to select up the crash sufferer because of drones hovering within the touchdown zone, officers instructed NJ.com.
Two safety officers from Raritan Valley Group School closed roads to safe the crash website in preparation for the helicopter to land, Brian Serge, supervisor of safety on the public school, instructed the outlet.
However the request was canceled by the native hearth captain simply earlier than 7 p.m. because of the hazardous presence of drones, he stated.
“We never found out what the actual drones were,” Serge stated. “It’s kind of a mystery. We were asking around about that, but nobody knew anything.”
It comes after a flurry of different drone sightings over the previous two weeks in Central New Jersey — not removed from President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course.
The drones have been noticed hovering in teams for hours within the neighborhood of the Raritan River on a nightly foundation of late. One Parsippany girl claimed she noticed as much as 5 of the mysterious plane buzzing overhead Sunday evening.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued two short-term flight restrictions over Morris and Somerset County following a number of experiences of the weird plane exercise within the airspace over Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster in addition to US Military hub Picatinny Arsenal in close by Dover, NJ.
The FAA stated it acquired experiences way back to Nov. 18. The FBI requested the restrictions “out of an abundance of caution,” an company spokesperson stated.
The restrictions will stay in impact till Dec. 26.
The FBI has additionally requested witnesses to ship in high-resolution photographs they’ve captured of the “questionable flights” to their workplace for additional evaluation.
It was unclear if the Branchburg affected person was taken to the hospital by ambulance or by a helicopter touchdown in a special location, in keeping with NJ.com.
