What’s interesting about this story from a journalism perspective is that it lives in the middle of a huge Venn Diagram, the circles of which would be labeled “Technology,” “Aviation,” “UFOs,” “Foreign spying,” “Cybersecurity,” “Military trends,” “Mass Hysteria and Delusion,” “Breakdown in Public Trust,” “Conspiracy Theories,” and “Disinformation.”

2024’s drone hysteria has gone on for weeks across the East Coast, and we still have far more questions than answers. The sightings may have started in New Jersey, but reports of possible drone sightings have continued to spread.