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Arizona falls to TCU 49-28, Wildcats out of bowl contention in Brent Brennan's first seasonBy MIKE CATALINI CHATHAM, N.J. (AP) — That buzzing coming out of New Jersey? It’s unclear if it’s drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. 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New Jersey’s new senator, Andy Kim, spent Thursday night on a drone hunt in rural northern New Jersey, and posted about it on X. But perhaps the most fantastic development is the dizzying proliferation of conspiracies — none of which has been confirmed or suggested by federal and state officials who say they’re looking into what’s happening. It has become shorthand to refer to the flying machines as drones, but there are questions about whether what people are seeing are unmanned aircraft or something else. Some theorize the drones came from an Iranian mothership. Others think they are the Secret Service making sure President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster property is secure. Others worry about China. The deep state. And on. In the face of uncertainty, people have done what they do in 2024: Create a social media group. The Facebook page, New Jersey Mystery Drones — let’s solve it , has nearly 44,000 members, up from 39,000 late Thursday. People are posting their photo and video sightings, and the online commenters take it from there. One video shows a whitish light flying in a darkened sky, and one commenter concludes it’s otherworldly. “Straight up orbs,” the person says. Others weigh in to say it’s a plane or maybe a satellite. Another group called for hunting the drones literally, shooting them down like turkeys. (Do not shoot at anything in the sky, experts warn.) Trisha Bushey, 48, of Lebanon Township, New Jersey, lives near Round Valley Reservoir where there have been numerous sightings. She said she first posted photos online last month wondering what the objects were and became convinced they were drones when she saw how they moved and when her son showed her on a flight tracking site that no planes were around. Now she’s glued to the Mystery Drones page, she said. “I find myself — instead of Christmas shopping or cleaning my house — checking it,” she said. She doesn’t buy what the governor said, that the drones aren’t a risk to public safety. Murphy told Biden on Friday that residents need answers. The federal Homeland Security Department and FBI also said in a joint statement they have no evidence that the sightings pose “a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus.” “How can you say it’s not posing a threat if you don’t know what it is?” she said. “I think that’s why so many people are uneasy.” Then there’s the notion that people could misunderstand what they’re seeing. William Austin is the president of Warren County Community College, which has a drone technology degree program, and is coincidentally located in one of the sighting hotspots. Austin says he has looked at videos of purported drones and that airplanes are being misidentified as drones. He cited an optical effect called parallax, which is the apparent shift of an object when viewed from different perspectives. Austin encouraged people to download flight and drone tracker apps so they can better understand what they’re looking at. Nonetheless, people continue to come up with their own theories. “It represents the United States of America in 2024,” Austin said. “We’ve lost trust in our institutions, and we need it.” Federal officials echo Austin’s view that many of the sightings are piloted aircraft such as planes and helicopters being mistaken for drones, according to lawmakers and Murphy. That’s not really convincing for many, though, who are homing in on the sightings beyond just New Jersey and the East Coast, where others have reported seeing the objects. For Seph Divine, 34, another member of the drone hunting group who lives in Eugene, Oregon, it feels as if it’s up to citizen sleuths to solve the mystery. He said he tries to be a voice of reason, encouraging people to fact check their information, while also asking probing questions. “My main goal is I don’t want people to be caught up in the hysteria and I also want people to not just ignore it at the same time,” he said. “Whether or not it’s foreign military or some secret access program or something otherworldly, whatever it is, all I’m saying is it’s alarming that this is happening so suddenly and so consistently for hours at a time,” he added. Associated Press reporter Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed to this report.
Hollywood leading man Kiefer Sutherland, a music lover from a young age, said he started to learn guitar at the age of 10. "The guitar is really comforting for me to just pick up and play, to noodle or to write," he said. Sutherland said the instrument has been a lifelong companion on set since the 1980s when he first broke through as an actor. Two decades later came the television hit "24," when his role as Jack Bauer thrilled a whole new generation of fans. After some 40 years in the entertainment business, he is comfortable with a script but said starting his namesake band was a new challenge altogether. "When I'm doing a film or when I was doing 24, those are other people's words,” Sutherland said. “When I sing you a song that I wrote, I'm singing about an experience that I've personally had, and I'm hoping that you've had a similar experience and that together we understand we've got a lot more in common than we think." The experience of playing music is something Sutherland said no child should be forced to go without due to lack of access. He said that’s why he traveled to Massachusetts to headline a sold-out show to help raise funds for Music Drives Us . "For a young person in school, why I think music is so important and why I think we've made a terrible mistake in losing music in public schools (is) it affects us on an educational level,” he said. “I think on the social level is so incredibly important, it brings people together." Founded in 2006 by business leader and Berklee College graduate Ernie Boch Jr, the charity has given millions to support music programs, donating instruments, equipment and more. "Anything we can do to kind of pick up the slack where the school system might not be able to afford and support music programs, Music Drives Us is a perfect example of how we as a community can help move that agenda forward,” Sutherland said.Dentsply Sirona Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitorsWhen asked about the inspiration behind his new hairstyle, Zuo chuckled and tapped out a sequence of emoticons that resembled a mischievous monkey swinging from vine to vine. The resemblance was uncanny, with Zuo's hair styled in a wild yet stylish manner that truly embodied the spirit of the jungle. It was clear that he was embracing the "Zuo the Monkey" persona with gusto.
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