UPDATED 9:41pm 1-28-25

Thanks to HomeGrown Tone Alerts for the updates—

(1-27-25) According to HomeGrown Tone Alerts Facebook page there have been numerous accounts of drones flying in numbers around Mercer County.

For Immediate release

Sheriff Doug Timmerman reports his office is aware of the significant amount of drone sightings over the past few nights in Mercer County.

The Sheriff’s Office has been in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration, the FBI, and local law enforcement in surrounding counties including Indiana. The origins of the drones are not known at this time. The purpose of the drones flying is also unknown. The Sheriff’s Office will continue to investigate and work with federal agencies in an effort to try to identify the owners and operators of these drones.

The Sheriff’s Office asks citizens to continue to gather any information, or video footage of the drones if possible. Footage can be sent to the Mercer Sheriff Facebook page and citizens are asked to provide the location of the video footage. For safety reasons the Sheriff’s Office is asking citizens not to try and chase the drones.

Doug Timmerman –Sheriff -Mercer County Sheriff’s Office