Not the Onion – WSJ
{{ The Federal Aviation Administration issued a monthlong ban on flying drones in parts of New Jersey for security reasons, adding a wrinkle to a mystery that has unnerved the region.
After a string of unexplained drone sightings, the FAA said Thursday that unmanned aircraft weren’t allowed to fly over critical infrastructure across swaths of the state. The FAA said it issued the temporary restrictions, which lift on Jan. 17, at the request of federal security officials.
The FAA referred further questions to the Department of Homeland Security, which said Thursday that “critical infrastructure partners” requested the restrictions over their facilities. The agency said the restriction was meant to discourage drone flights, but it didn’t have any evidence the aircraft posed a threat.
Anyone flying drones in the restricted New Jersey area over the next month could be charged with a crime, the FAA said. The ban doesn’t include drones on national-defense, law-enforcement or firefighting missions, or drones that received a federal waiver to fly. The agency said the U.S. government could use deadly force against aircraft in the area if it posed an imminent security threat. }}
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/drone-ban-new-jersey-faa-622ede07
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