1. Who are NJ mayors and other local elected officials asking to take a proactive approach to the ongoing nightly drone sightings?

2. Define reactive and proactive as used in para. 2.

3. a) What action has NJ Gov. Phil Murphy taken regarding the mysterious drone sightings?
b) What assurance has Gov. Murphy given to alleviate residents' concerns over the ongoing drone flights?

4. a) How do the local NJ officials view the response of higher level officials?
b) What proactive approach do they suggest in their letter?
c) What point do they make about the government's response?

5. What action has NJ's Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness taken in response to residents' concerns?

6. What demand did the mayors and other local officials make in their letter?

7. With which of the following viewer comments to the news videos under "Resources" do you most agree? - or write your own reaction to this ongoing story:

• "We don't know what they are but it's safe. Genius"
• "The real mystery isn't the drones, but why the answer is being kept 'classified.'"
• "It's ridiculous that they say they can't track where they are from or going"
• "No one is taking a closer look at these things because they don’t know what they are. Or no one is taking a closer look at these things because they know what they are."
• "...Deploy military drones to track and follow them — it's unacceptable for our military to fail like this."
• "You're explanation doesn't account for the fact that they are being seen in other parts of the world. If it was a US exercise or military test then why is it happening at RAF Lakenheath in the UK? And countless other places around the world as well. Sorry but the military test hypothesis doesn't add up. Much more likely it's a demonstration of ability by either the Russians or Chinese."
• "If this has been going on for weeks and the military haven't intervened then its a military operation."
• "They have satellites that can see me sitting on my deck but they can’t figure out these drones? c'mon man."
• "This better be aliens or our government has a lot of explaining to do."