A video showing flashes of moving lights in the Wisconsin night sky has been miscaptioned online as a timelapse of drones spotted in New Jersey in December.

Reports of mysterious drone sightings across much of the northeastern United States have stoked fears and a host of conspiracy theories, but online claims that a video shows one such aircraft crashed in the state of New Jersey are false.

Videos of a Marine helicopter firing weapons during military training at a U.S. base in New Jersey have been miscaptioned online as showing an “escalation” of drone activity over the state.

Mysterious drones have been reported flying over the eastern United States in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who is flying them and why. Federal authorities say there's no