Temporarily, drone flights are prohibited in certain regions of New Jersey, as decreed by the FAA.

• On Wednesday, the FAA temporarily prohibited drone flights over 22 regions in New Jersey due to complaints about unusual and bright drones appearing in the night sky.
• The TFRs will continue until January 17 and will encompass significant areas of central and northern New Jersey, including Elizabeth, Camden, and Jersey City, the second most populous city in New Jersey.
• For weeks, unexplained drones have been sighted flying through the sky, prompting criticism from local officials and law enforcement.

On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily prohibited drone flights over 22 regions in New Jersey due to complaints about unusual and bright drones appearing in the night sky.

The FAA published 22 Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) at the request of federal security partners, prohibiting drone flights over critical New Jersey infrastructure, according to a statement from the agency to CNBC.

The TFRs will continue until January 17 and will encompass significant areas of central and northern New Jersey, including Elizabeth, Camden, and Jersey City, the second most populous city in New Jersey.

For weeks, residents have observed mysterious drones flying in the sky, prompting criticism from local officials and law enforcement, who claimed that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security are not transparent enough with the public.

Last week, the FBI and DHS stated that they had not found any evidence that the drone sightings posed a national security or public safety threat, and they had no evidence of a foreign connection to the drones. On Saturday, the agencies announced that many of the reported drone sightings were actually manned aircraft that had been mistakenly identified as drones.

Over the weekend, a DHS official stated that there is no evidence of criminal activity, national security threat, public safety threat, or malicious foreign actor involvement in the drones.

Red Cat's shares rose by roughly 10% on Thursday after the company announced a partnership with and there was an increase in interest around the mysterious sightings.