Mysterious drones have now been noticed over Staten Island with native politicians now urging the federal authorities to assist present solutions.
Staten Islanders reported seeing the bright-light-bearing drones within the night time sky over the island on Thursday, the Staten Island Advance experiences.
One such sighting was made by former Air Drive Sergeant Walter Ziegler, of New Springville, who seen the drones with binoculars from his condo window, the Advance experiences.
He describes them as having a “white light in the center and a red light on each side.”
Zeigler estimated the objects, of which there have been 5 – 6, measured about 15-feet lengthy.
All the sightings befell not removed from the Goethals Bridge, close to the island’s border with New Jersey the place the drones of unknown origin have been seen since not less than November 18.
Now, Staten Island politicians are looking for solutions and flight restrictions over the borough.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis launched a press release calling on the feds to determine the origin of the drones.
“Following reports of unidentified flying objects that appear to be drones flying above Staten Island, I’ve requested that the Federal Aviation Administration impose temporary drone flight restrictions in the area, in addition to requesting immediate briefings from the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation,” the Congresswoman wrote in a press release.
Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella can be calling on the feds to determine these flying objects.
“We have recently been made aware of large, military-style drones flying over parts of New Jersey during the past few weeks. It has also come to our attention from concerned residents and within the media that these drones have now been flying over Staten Island during the past few days,” Fossella wrote within the letter, in accordance with the Staten Island Advance.
“It is odd and quite bizarre that nobody can figure out who is flying these drones, where they are coming from, and their purpose. It has been reported that some of the drones may be flying without an active transponder, adding to the concern about their whereabouts,” Staten Island’s borough president added.
The drone phenomenon induced the redirection of a medivac helicopter flying from an accident in Somerset County, NJ, on Tuesday, November 26 — spurring the Federal Aviation Administration to difficulty two non permanent flight restrictions over Morris and Somerset counties.
The flights over New Jersey are at present underneath investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in accordance with NJ.com.
Governor Phil Murphy assured New Jersey residents the objects pose no menace final week.
New Jerseyans describe seeing dozens of those high-flying drones — some as large as eating room tables, witnesses advised NBC New York
The thriller crafts had been even seen within the airspace over Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster and a US Military hub Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, NJ.
