Officials sound alarm over reports of the strange sights—seen over New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania—with one asking for a “limited state of emergency.”

Federal authorities are facing mounting pressure to address a recent surge in reported drone sightings across the East Coast, as residents and local officials express growing concern.

Federal officials said over the weekend that the multiple drone sightings over New Jersey and other states are "in fact, manned aircraft being misidentified as drones."