The object over my yard that illuminated the woods with spotlights was actually a state police chopper. Neighbors on Nextdoor said the drone was shot down, I'm assuming by police. It was being launched from a trail on the mountain that is behind my house. The people launching the drone supposedly escaped on one of the many trails down the mountain. I saw flashlights or head lamps from whoever it was in the woods. I don't think they caught them but they took the drone to McGuire Airforce base for analysis. That's according to what is said on X and Reddit.

I don't know if the drones are ours. I doubt the police would be doing what they did in my yard last night if they knew who was launching them. The police chopper came back to my yard again this morning and was scanning the area. After I saw the fancy looking chopper with the pointed nose I knew it was the same object I saw last night hovering over my yard. The police were looking for the drone or the people that launched it.

A lot of people have seen these drones flying over the reservoir. They're not supposed to be doing that. Of course, the news only reports the bare minimum about these drones. I always assumed they were government owned but now I don't think so. I sure don't like what I saw last night.