Misidentification of Aircraft

Many recent nighttime drone sightings in New Jersey have primarily been misidentified commercial airplanes. Despite numerous videos claiming to show drone swarms or UFOs, many of these instances have proven to feature normal aircraft, often with their landing lights illuminated. This misperception is particularly surprising in New Jersey, an area with heavy air traffic, where residents should be familiar with airplane operations. Increased attention in social media further led people to mistakenly confirm these sightings, contributing to the collective misunderstanding that planes were indeed drones.