On Thursday evening, local New Jersey sports bet pro "Steviecat17" shared a video to Instagram via his friend Anthony Graffeo.
In the video, Stevie said, "Look at this motherf***er. Look at him spraying. He is spraying the sky, again!"
From a friend in Jersey now the drones are spraying something pic.twitter.com/hy2Cx4CS59
— graffanati19 (@graffanati19) December 12, 2024
Stevie continued, "Bro, this is crazy, man! Look at this guy. They're spraying the skies! Look, he just sprayed there. This guy... he just sprayed there."
Graffeo's video on X has amassed more than 2 million views. He then captioned a second video on X:
"For all the people saying it’s contrails it’s nothing, once again I personally know @steviecat17 he has drones over his house every night for weeks, they are now spraying something over his house, and he said it smells like chemicals. This is not a joke to people in Jersey that the cops are ignoring, and telling call the fbi, our government has us in the dark right now on something very serious. You can clearly see it’s a drone with a chemtrail behind it. Tag @RealAlexJones @realchasegeiser @OwenShroyer1776 this is serious we need to get this viral."
For all the people saying it’s contrails it’s nothing, once again I personally know @steviecat17 he has drones over his house every night for weeks, they are now spraying something over his house, and he said it smells like chemicals. This is not a joke to people in Jersey that… pic.twitter.com/g69mFtzMNQ
— graffanati19 (@graffanati19) December 13, 2024
Regarding the drones or unmanned aircrafts, journalists from USA Today reported: "It has been nearly a month since drones were first reported hovering over multiple New Jersey counties, and still there are no clear answers on who may be controlling the aircraft.
Most recently, on Thursday, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement that there is no evidence the drones pose a threat to national security or public safety.
The FBI and DHS said that both agencies were working with authorities in New Jersey and that they have reviewed images of the drones. They appear to be manned aircrafts flying legally in the area, the agencies said. There have been no reported drone sightings in restricted air spaces, they said.
“To be clear, they have uncovered no such malicious activity or intent at this stage,” the joint statement read. “While there is no known malicious activity occurring in New Jersey, the reported sightings there do, however, highlight the insufficiency of current authorities."
White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby echoed similar sentiments to reporters Thursday, adding that the drones residents have spotted are not U.S. military drones, and they don’t appear to be from a foreign country or entity, reported the Asbury Park Press, part of the USA TODAY network.
But New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Kanitra said the DHS told legislators something much different on Wednesday, reported the Asbury Park Press.
Kanitra said officials gave legislators specific information on the drones this week, including the fact that they fly in swarms.
Officials also said the drones fly for six to seven hours and called their battery life “extraordinary,” and they said the federal government’s radar, an electro-optical infrared camera, did not detect the drones. Normally, the camera can detect drones 1 to 2 miles away or 10 miles away for larger airborne vehicles.
“If it was ours or our government’s, we think we’d know,” Kanitra said, quoting one official.
Witness accounts and lawmakers said the drones are large, measure 6 feet in diameter and typically fly at night from dusk to 11 p.m., according to the Asbury Park Press.
The drones were first spotted on Nov. 18 and have since been seen frequently after that night.
Though there are still no answers on who is operating the drones, investigating agencies include local and state officials in New Jersey, the FBI, DHS and the FAA.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Northern Command told the Asbury Park Press that the command “conducted a deliberate analysis of the events, in consultation with other military organizations and interagency partners,” but it had not been asked to help investigate the drones.
According to the command, it “will continue to assess further information and is prepared to respond when asked or should the situation escalate to threaten any (Department of Defense) installations.”
As of this week, Homeland Security officials have confirmed that an unmanned craft flew over Naval Weapons Station Earle, Picatinny Arsenal and the National Guard, the Asbury Park Press reported."
