# Drones over New Jersey **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-over-new-jersey/1011243 "2024-12-06T04:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 73
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-over-new-jersey/1011243/73 "2024-12-13T22:59:19Z")
I totally discount the “car size” or “SUV size” attribute that is being reported. People are surprisingly bad at reporting the size of objects in the sky; not just the absolute size (which is pretty much impossible to judge) but even the angular size. Even among us Straight Dope readers (surely among the most sophisticated observers available), I posted [a poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4021) here last year asking about the angular diameter of the Moon, and only 8% answered correctly. 90% reported it bigger than it actually is, with more than a third reporting it more than 7 times wider than it is. And the Moon sits still and is available for multiple long term viewings during your entire life, unlike a drone which may be visible once, for a few seconds or minutes. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-over-new-jersey/1011243)._