The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded temporary drone flight restrictions in New Jersey. This comes after the FAA issued a ban on most drones over nearly two dozen towns and municipalities earlier this month.

FAA expands drone flight restrictions in NY and NJ amid public concerns over sightings; officials assure no security threats.

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was temporarily barring drone flights over dozens of critical infrastructure sites in New Jersey and New York.

The one-month ban covers 22 communities in the Garden State. Frequent drone sightings in recent weeks have unsettled residents.

Residents of both states have been growing increasingly alarmed over the past month by unexplained bright lights in the nighttime skies and frustrated by a lack of answers.