A frustrated Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for federal assistance after the latest drone sighting temporarily shut down an airport Friday night, the latest in a series of mysterious occurrences taking place across the country.

Officials at Stewart International Airport, located roughly 60 miles north of New York City, said they shut down their runways for an hour after the Federal Aviation Administration alerted them that a drone was spotted in the area around 9:30 p.m. “There were no impacts to flight operations during the closure,” the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement.

Hochul said in a statement Saturday that the incident is the latest drone sighting in the state since mid-November and expressed her frustration.

“This has gone too far,” she said.

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