A private aerial contractor has reportedly claimed responsibility for the mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey last year. According to the New York Post, the unnamed company demonstrated a unique aircraft at the U.S. Army’s UAS and Launched Effects Summit at Fort Rucker in August. “You remember that big UFO scare in New Jersey last year? Well, that was us,” an employee of the company told a small group after the demonstration, according to the outlet. “Private contractor takes credit for last year’s New Jersey drone pandemonium that captured the country’s attention for weeks on end. The company made the admission, according to a source who spoke with the New York Post,” Collin Rugg wrote. “According to the Post, the company was flying over New Jersey to ‘test out their capabilities’ and was not required to disclose their activity, ‘because of a private government contract.’ The company recently demonstrated the aircraft at a ‘high-powered Army conference,'” he added. NEW: Private contractor takes credit for last year's New Jersey drone pandemonium that captured the country's attention for weeks on end. The company made the admission, according to a source who spoke with the New York Post. "You remember that big UFO scare in New… pic.twitter.com/rl10Wvx5PF — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 18, 2025 More from the New York Post: In video provided to The Post, the roughly 20-foot across four-winged flier zooms through the skies just above the tree-line, drawing the attention of dozens of soldiers on the ground. “I thought it was the military testing something out on the other side of the base,” the source, a military veteran and drone expert, said of their first impression of the flying object on Aug. 12 at Fort Rucker. “It feels like it’s a UFO because it defies what you’re expecting to see,” they said, adding there was an “uncanny valley feeling” when watching it quietly motor through the sky. “When it turned you almost completely lose sight of it,” the source said, of the roughly 30-minute demonstration in the controlled airspace of Fort Rucker. “Which is why I think people were seeing this up in the sky and why there were reports of people seeing it and saying it disappeared.” The drone sightings in New Jersey started in mid-November 2024 over the Picatinny Arsenal Army base in Morris County, the outlet noted. Sightings in New Jersey continued for weeks into December. UFO PANIC IN NJ? "JUST A SECRET TEST FLIGHT" Soldiers were baffled by a silent, 4-winged craft zipping through the skies at an Army summit in Alabama this summer. The eerie machine, flown by a private contractor under government contract, moved in ways that felt “uncanny”… https://t.co/vyr7VZ7ckE pic.twitter.com/RyObr18kC9 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 18, 2025 Fox News shared: All conference attendees and demonstrations were reportedly required to be approved by the administration at Fort Rucker, which strictly prohibited any use of aircraft containing Chinese-made parts, according to The Post. “It would definitely have to be cleared,” the unnamed attendee reportedly said. “Somebody was 100% in charge of coordinating that.” The admission comes nearly one year after hundreds of drones flooded the Garden State’s skies, sparking fear throughout the area as residents expressed concerns over the origins of the aircraft.