11-20-2003 Bad Radar Prompts White House Evacuation
WASHINGTON - Air Force fighter jets were scrambled and the White House was briefly evacuated on Thursday after birds or possibly disturbances in the atmosphere tripped radar that keeps watch on restricted air space around the complex.
"It's a false radar target," said William Shumann, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman. "When the NORAD fighters got to the location of the alleged violation, they found nothing."
"It's one of those electronic gremlins that pops up, but there was no aircraft there," he said.
WASHINGTON - Air Force fighter jets were scrambled and the White House was briefly evacuated on Thursday after birds or possibly disturbances in the atmosphere tripped radar that keeps watch on restricted air space around the complex.
"It's a false radar target," said William Shumann, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman. "When the NORAD fighters got to the location of the alleged violation, they found nothing."
"It's one of those electronic gremlins that pops up, but there was no aircraft there," he said.
That reminds me of some of my favorite conservatives. They quack at everything too.
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