The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded temporary drone flight restrictions in New Jersey. This comes after the FAA issued a ban on most drones over nearly two dozen towns and municipalities earlier this month.

While the FAA has restricted airspace access for drones over much of New Jersey, it’s also posted a video that might help people figure out which flying objects might be a plane, helicopter, or properly registered and authorized drone that’s just following the rules.

The Federal Aviation Administration has banned drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, citing “special security reasons.”

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was temporarily barring drone flights over dozens of critical infrastructure sites in New Jersey and New York.

The Federal Aviation Administration continued its drone crackdown Friday, adding 29 cities across New York to the region’s temporary ban of unapproved drones for security concerns, as officials investigate reported drone sightings in the region amid public curiosity about the sightings.

The one-month ban covers 22 communities in the Garden State. Frequent drone sightings in recent weeks have unsettled residents.

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a month-long ban on drones for parts of New Jersey. Violators could face criminal action.

Residents of both states have been growing increasingly alarmed over the past month by unexplained bright lights in the nighttime skies and frustrated by a lack of answers.

For weeks, hundreds of New Jersey residents have reported seeing mystery drones in the sky, leading to fears there is a national security threat in the US state.