Retired NYPD detective saw drone drop strange glowing object over Staten Island: It was no toy
A drone dropped a mysterious, glowing object over a Staten Island neighborhood — and the NYPD took the matter seriously enough to do four flybys over the area, according to a retired NYPD detective who reported the strange scene.The alarming sight unfolded around 6:15 a.m.
on Dec.14 while John Scotto was having his morning cigarette, he told The Post.
“I said it was an object with a small white light,” said Scotto, 59, who was sitting on his Rossville porch when a 7-foot-long, 2-foot-wide rectangular drone popped up over the treetops of thick woods just across the street.Scotto, who retired from the NYPD in 2006, said the drone had white, red, and green flashing lights, and moved slowly — “no faster than 20 miles an hour.”Whatever dropped out of the drone, Scotto said, “had a white light on it,” and was gone in a flash.“It dropped out of the drone, and went straight towards the ground really fast,” Scotto explained.“It just immediately dropped and was out of sight.”The large drone then hovered above his home momentarily, clearing his roof “by just 20 feet,” before disappearing into the distance.“Based on the size of it, I’m sure it was a military drone,” Scotto told The Post.
“It was no toy.”Scotto called 911 to report the fallen object, and within 15 minutes, the NYPD was on the scene — but unsure how to handle the matter.“They said there’s really no procedure on this.”An NYPD helicopter soon arrived and passed over the woods four times, Scotto said.The descending object spotted by Scotto added another layer of mystery to the recent drone sightings over New Jersey and New York, which federal officials have downplayed.
Alarming drone sightings in both states began more than a month ago.The federal government has insisted the drones are actually misidentified manned aircraft, like helicopters and Cessna single-engine planes.
They’ve also said they pose no threat to people on the ground.On Thursday, the Federal Avi...