Inside the frantic response to mysterious 'slow-moving blob' flying over Washington

[klook]

Inside the frantic response to mysterious 'slow-moving blob' flying over Washington
By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 6:49 AM ET, Thu November 28, 2019

Washington (CNN)The mysterious "slow-moving blob" detected in the skies over Washington Tuesday prompted a frantic response from security officials on the ground as they raced against the clock to assess the potential threat.

From the moment the object was picked up on radar, US officials across several agencies only had about 10 minutes to determine whether American lives were in danger and respond accordingly.

Senior national security officials across the agencies immediately convened to coordinate and monitor the situation, ordering a lockdown at the White House and the Capitol Building to be placed on "restricted access" as a precaution.

A Capitol Police source told CNN the US Capitol went to "Aircon yellow" at 8:27 a.m., ET, when the object was first identified. AIRCON is the alert status triggered when an aircraft enters the restricted airspace in Washington without authorization.

It took 11 minutes before the object was 15 minutes from the Capitol, the range that causes the alert to go to "Aircon orange."

- more at link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/28/politics/white-house-lockdown-scramble/index.html

I think we've been in "Aircon Orange" status since January 20, 2017.

[GoCubsGo]

1. Let me guess...

It was a flock of birds? One would think that after all these centuries, they'd understand that blackbirds tend to gather and roost together by the millions this time of year. Starlings, too.

[Maeve]

2. Probably--from the article

This suggested that the blob was moving slowly. The speed of the object combined with the fact that it appeared on radar, then dissipated, led some to speculate it may have just been a flock of birds despite a Pentagon spokesman initially telling CNN that an aircraft was involved.

[klook]

7. No doubt.

Good thing they didn’t launch a flock of nukes aimed at Iran or some other “hostile foreign power” like Denmark or California.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yeah, that thought entered my mind, as well.

I could just see the syphilitic, orange imbecile giving the order to nuke that cloud.

[gab13by13]

3. Maybe the gaseous cloud

was just Trump farting?

[LuckyCharms]

4. It was just Trump's breath. n/t

[tanyev]

5. I bet Donny was crapping his pants.

[ck4829]

17. +1. This little "suggestion" is how it starts

I'll bet money this is a swarm of bugs or a flock of birds... I've read a story when I was 8 years old about a nation mobilizing it's air force against a blob on their radar systems, and it turned out to be locusts.

[Blecht]

9. I thought the Baby Trump broke free

It's so hard to know what's real anymore.

[Disaffected]

10. "Slow Moving Blob"

My first thought was Trump himself in Marine 1 (or whatever his whirly-bird is called).

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. That was my thought.

[Iggo]

12. It's coming from inside the house!

[FiveGoodMen]

18. More likely from inside the Senate

[Recursion]

14. I'm not saying it was aliens

[Bucky]

15. "...and I ran... I ran so far awayyyy!!!"

Turns out it was a Flock of Seagulls

[crazytown]

16. Previous incident over London

[JHB]

19. Artist's interpretation

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. Maybe it was 99 red balloons..