Fox News reporter Chad Pergram reported on Tuesday that both the U.S. Capitol and the White House are on lockdown after the restricted airspace was breached and fighter jets were scrambled.
The problem is that after several hours, no one knows what it was or even if it was real.
“With security incident this morning, Fox has specifically inquired whether Capitol security systems may have been hacked or if this may have been a ‘test’ by nefarious forces to judge how people may have responded,” Pergram tweeted Tuesday afternoon. “Fox is told neither of those scenarios were in play.”
“Officials heard it was ‘hovering’ and were even given ‘knots’ measuring its speed. But they still don’t know what it was,” Pergram continued.
“We don’t know what the hell it was,” one knowledgeable source told Pergram. He explained that the security doesn’t know “if it was birds, a ‘weather anomaly,’ a drone or what.”
DEVELOPING: Airspace violation reported in Washington, DC, and fighter jets have been scrambled, law enforcement officials tells @NBCNews.
White House on lockdown. https://t.co/npp9EafLSO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 26, 2019
Security officials still baffled by this morning’s Congressional security threat: “We don’t know what the hell it was,” said one knowegeable source. They don’t know if it was birds, a “weather anomaly,” a drone or what.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 26, 2019
DEVELOPING: Airspace violation reported in Washington, DC, and fighter jets have been scrambled, law enforcement officials tells @NBCNews.
White House on lockdown. https://t.co/npp9EafLSO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 26, 2019
With security incident this morning,
Fox has specifically inquired whether Capitol security systems may have been hacked or if this may have been a “test” by nefarious forces to judge how people may have responded. Fox is told neither of those scenarios were in play.— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 26, 2019
White House totally on lockdown. All press being sheltered in place inside briefing room. Similar reported response at the a U.S. Capitol + congressional office buildings pic.twitter.com/9GlXpH1qLq
— j.d. durkin (@jiveDurkey) November 26, 2019
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