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.

The Federal Aviation Administration has imposed new temporary flight restrictions on drones over parts of nine additional New Jersey towns.

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

Federal authorities are taking action against the mysterious drones seen flying over New Jersey and several other East Coast states.The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ban on most drones over nearly two dozen towns,

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 issued a ban on drone operations in dozens of areas of New Jersey and New York until mid-January, unless operators are granted special permission from the government due to "special security reasons.

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.

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

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

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.