Did we just get an answer to the Jersey drones mystery?

Does his close the door?

Why does this feel like we just forced a nice ‘book end closure’ to this story?? All of that.. to just be a big bust like this?

The mysterious drones flying over New Jersey that caused alarm among residents last year were in large part authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration, the White House said Tuesday.

The large number of unexplained nighttime drone sightings in New Jersey and other East Coast states created a panic which at one point shut down an airport.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, now says many of those drones were authorized and known by the government.

“After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons,” Leavitt said at a briefing Tuesday.

Leavitt said that the issue grew worse “due to curiosity,” as some of the drones also belonged to hobbyists and private citizens.

“This was not the enemy,” she told reporters.