The New Jersey drone hysteria began one year ago this week with 11 sightings over a Morris County military base, and the mystery has only deepened — with one eyewitness now revealing that the school bus-sized craft had the ability to take control of smaller, recreational drones around them.

The earliest confirmed sighting of an unauthorized drone in the Picatinny Arsenal airspace occurred on Nov. 13, 2024 followed by 10 more sightings through Dec. 6, according to the military.

The sightings were confirmed by law enforcement officials at the base, which serves as an US Army research facility. “The suspected drones were not the result of any military-related activity on the installation and were not approved to fly over the installation,” a Picatinny spokesperson told The Post this week.

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