Ozark County, Missouri residents alerted by drones flying over land

“I don’t know exactly what it was, but it made me suspicious of this unknown light and the buzzing sound that was going in that direction. But it stopped when another light came on, and I thought, ‘I don’t know,'” Alms said.

The school nurse isn’t the only one who has seen things in the Ozark County skies in recent days.

“To me, this one looked like a big, bright spotlight in the distance, but it was a bright light. It wasn’t like a light shining back and forth on the field, but like a big, bright, white light,” Alms said.

For the Ozark County sheriff, the calls and the credibility of witnesses add weight to the reports his office has accepted.

“I believe them; You see something, and there’s something to it. But to tell them what they’re seeing or observing, there’s nothing I can tell them right now,” said Sheriff Martin. “You see them from 30 minutes to often all night long.”

For Sheriff Martin, it is unknown what can be seen in the sky over his county.

“They are not the normal light you would see from a star. So you see a lot of reds, whites and greens, and people see that, and it’s not normal lighting that they would see at night,” said Sheriff Martin.

Amy Padgett posted on social media what she saw one night. The post asked a simple question, and as a school district superintendent, her staff started calling.

“You can feel and hear in a person’s voice when they are afraid or uneasy, and I could hear that in the voice of many of my co-workers when they brought it to my attention,” said Ozark County resident Amy Padgett.

She saw the activity of the aerial phenomenon on Monday evening.

“I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation for this because I’m not a conspiracy theorist. “But I know that when it comes to children, adults, businesses, the private sector, whatever, people will make things up when there is a lack of information,” Padgett says.

When it comes to seeing a fleet of drones over their house: “You’re not going to tell me there are 25 people out with their drones at night. First of all, drones of this size are not legal for hobbyists,” says Padgett.

Reports about the craft come from across the county, including from educators, medical professionals and even business owners.

“I’m not that kind of person; By no means put me in the spotlight, but it’s like, I know what I saw,” Alms says.

Alms still isn’t sure what she saw on her property one night.

“I don’t think there’s much we can do about it right now, but just not knowing what is is kind of concerning,” Alms said.

Even though it wasn’t a fleet, this single thing in the sky was concerning.

“I felt like it was getting closer and closer and then I stopped and it stopped and I thought I’m going to go back in the house,” Alms said.

The patterns and movements don’t seem to make sense.

“There were so many of them and they were at different heights. “They travel at different speeds, some don’t travel at all but just float,” Padgett said.

Sheriff Martin is still working to take a look at what his residents are seeing.

“I went on patrol at night to see if I could see these lights in the sky and did everything I could to get physical evidence of them. Here I saw that, I saw that,” says Sheriff Martin.

Regarding the number of drone sightings across the country, a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the FAA and the Department of Defense said:

There are more than one million drones legally registered with the FAA in the United States, and thousands of commercial, hobbyist, and law enforcement drones are legally in the skies every day. As the technology landscape continues to evolve, we expect this number to increase over time.

The FBI has received tips on more than 5,000 reported drone sightings in recent weeks and generated about 100 tips, and the federal government is helping state and local officials investigate those reports. Consistent with each of our unique missions and authorities, we work quickly to prioritize and act on these guidance. We have sent advanced detection technology to the region. And we sent trained visual observers.

After extensive review of technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we conclude that sightings to date include a combination of legal commercial drones, hobbyist drones, law enforcement drones, manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and stars that have been falsely reported as drones. We have not detected any anomalies and have not yet assessed the activity as a national or public safety risk over civil airspace in New Jersey or other Northeastern states.

However, we are aware of the concerns of many communities. We continue to support state and local authorities with advanced detection technology and support law enforcement. We urge Congress, when it reconvenes, to enact counter-drone legislation that would expand and expand existing counter-drone authority to detect and mitigate any potential threats.

Additionally, there have been limited visual sightings of drones over military installations in New Jersey and elsewhere, including within restricted airspace. Such sightings near or over Defense Department facilities are not new. The Department of Defense takes unauthorized access to its airspace seriously and coordinates closely with federal, state and local law enforcement authorities as appropriate. Local commanders are actively engaged to ensure appropriate detection and mitigation measures are in place.

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