Overview
- An attendee reports a contractor employee said, “that was us,” claiming responsibility for the New Jersey sightings after an August presentation at Fort Rucker.
- Video and photos from the summit depict a roughly 20‑foot, four‑winged, manned craft flying for about 30 minutes at low altitude with turns that made it briefly vanish from view.
- The employee allegedly said the company flew over New Jersey in November 2024 to test capabilities under a private government contract that did not require public notice.
- Fort Rucker prescreened participants and prohibited equipment with Chinese-made parts, while the Army has not confirmed the attribution or responded to reporters’ questions.
- Federal officials previously said there was no evidence of a foreign nexus and that many reports were likely hobbyist or lawful manned aircraft, with New Jersey logging 964 sightings between November 19 and December 13, 2024.