The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued two flight restrictions on Tuesday after suspicious drone activity was detected over President-elect Donald Trump‘s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey.
The drone activity was first reported within Morris County, the border two miles north of Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Somerset County.
The agency issued two “temporary flight restrictions” (TFR) following requests from “the state’s federal security partners.”
However, the strange drone sightings have continued into this week in Central New Jersey.
One TFR applies to an area near Solberg-Hunterdon County Airport with airspace near Trump Bedminster.
Flights are also banned banned Picatinny Arsenal, a major U.S. Army hub in Dover, New Jersey.
The ban will remain in place throughout the rest of the week, and restrictions on the Picatinny Arsenal will remain until December 26, 2024.
“Safely integrating drones into the National Airspace System is a key priority for the FAA,” the agency said in a statement Tuesday.
“We look into all reports of unauthorized drone operations and investigate when appropriate,” the statement added.
The FBI issued a joint statement with the New Jersey State Police and the State Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness requesting information related to “the recent sightings of possible drones flying in several areas along the Raritan River.”
“Witnesses have spotted the cluster of what look to be drones and a possible fixed-wing aircraft,” FBI spokesperson Amy Thoreson said.
“We have reports from the public and law enforcement dating back several weeks.”
The bureau is also investigating several sightings of “fixed-wing aircraft” over central New Jersey.
Morris County Sheriff James Gannon said h there is “no advisable immediate danger to the public at this time” and asked the public for clear photos of the drones.
Meanwhile, drones have been sighted over British-American joint bases in the United Kingdom.
Fox News reported that “Swarms of small drones” have been seen over Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Fairford, and RAF Feltwell in England.
According to a Pentagon spokesman, the drones did not have any adverse effect on the base’s buildings, personnel or assets
Additional security assets have been dispatched around the bases in response to the sightings.
