Last night I was laying in bed ~10:00 PM and got a notification on my phone from the Ring Neighbors app. Residents in my area were reporting seeing “blinking objects” in the sky the last few nights, and this was over multiple towns in South Jersey just 10 miles away from Philadelphia.

Naturally I didn’t believe it at first because everyone on that app is paranoid about everything but since I use a drone for my work, my interest peaked and I got out of bed and went out on my balcony (I have a loft in my second floor home).

They were right. I saw dozens, easily 50-100 drones very high up, green and red lights flashing, all moving together at different altitudes in the same general direction in the night sky. I literally thought we were being invaded, the sight was that strange.

I pulled up my AirAware app (I use this for work to see air space restrictions of where I am when I want to fly my drone) and the region was heavily restricted at the time

I opened the app citing a Presidential event October 8 from 4:30-8:30 PM.

Now logic says this was the government scanning the area two nights before Biden visits Philly, but it’s not sitting right with me.

Biden has been President (lol) for 4 years nearly and has visited Philly countless times, not to mention was always nearby in Delaware year round during this time period. I never have seen a drone event like this reported since 2021, nor seen the airspace this heavily restricted where it went beyond my home halfway out towards the Jersey shore.

Does anyone have any insight at what myself and my neighbors witnessed? What would over 100 drones be used 10-20 miles away from Philly be used for at night when it’s dark out?