Unknown "Blob" over DC today. Hmmm

www.cnn.com...

Washington (CNN)A "slow-moving blob" that may have been a flock of birds triggered a lockdown of the White House and caused the US Capitol to be placed on "restrictive access" Tuesday morning.

Senior national security officials across the agencies convened to coordinate and monitor the situation after the mysterious "blob" was seen on radar at the Capitol Police command center flying just south of the National Mall,

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a reply to: aapeltzz

Geese is the likely cause. I posted this earlier.

a reply to: OccamsRazor04

Shoot, I didn't see it.

Is that what showed up on the radar as an unresponsive aircraft and caused a helicopter and jets to be scrambled while the Whitehouse was in lockdown for a little while?

OP edited and added that info while I was typing my message.

a reply to: aapeltzz

No big deal, I didn't go with the alien angle so I say stick with it.

Hopefully they are arriving and friendly, they open up the cargo doors, cattle prod every last politician into their cosmic trailer and launch it to a galaxy far far away.

a reply to: HalWesten

Yes it is.

a reply to: aapeltzz

What just happened ? The old bait and switch!

originally posted by: KKLOCO

The problem is why is a flock of seagulls running, they should be flying.

do birds fly north north-west during this time of the year? I thought they would all be heading southish.

a reply to: OccamsRazor04

If you didn’t get it, I can’t help you.

The systems that help protect the capitol of the 'free world' >>> " happens sometimes with older radar systems"... WTF?

originally posted by: KKLOCO
a reply to: OccamsRazor04

If you didn’t get it, I can’t help you.

I got it, you did not get mine though

originally posted by: Guyfriday
do birds fly north north-west during this time of the year? I thought they would all be heading southish.

Not if they are dodging a huge alien blob!

a reply to: luthier

Why does this make me think:
"If you can dodge an alien blob, you can dodge a ball"

So the real question I think we should all be asking is:
"did anyone on the ground see this mass of birds, or was there a confirmation of the aircraft?"

It would seem to me that this could have been an attempt to get an un-named person/persons into or out of DC. That's just me though.

U.S. Capitol Evacuated After Small Plane Violates Airspace Rules


This video does not say or show exactly what the object was. It does show some of the lock down happening around the Capital.

I thought birds only had one speed.

It could have been a cloaked flying object.

a reply to: CovertAgenda

Most radar systems in the US are commercial systems used by air traffic control, and mirrored to NORAD. That means they're older systems. It's a lot cheaper to piggyback on the FAA system than it is to build enough military operated systems to duplicate what the FAA system does and monitor US airspace.

a reply to: Zaphod58

So you are saying DC has less capability by far than a carrier? How stupid is that.