The government seems either unwilling or incapable of resolving rapidly growing public concern over the wave of aerial drone sightings that have afflicted New Jersey in recent weeks. But New Jersey is only a fraction of the full story. From Virginia to Colorado to Maryland to Oregon, credible reports of unexplained aerial drone activity keep coming in. Drone incursions have also complicated operations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, home to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, and the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton facility in recent days. This risks making a mockery of the government and military’s power.

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