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HipChick

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44. Someone has come forward....self-reported on CNN

Reply to Raine1967 (Reply #42)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 02:59 PM

Jan 2015

The person operating the drone that crashed on the White House grounds called the U.S. Secret Service Monday morning to "self-report" their involvement in the incident.

The individual was interviewed by Secret Service agents and has been fully cooperative, Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said in a statement Monday afternoon. The Secret Service locked down the White House shortly after 3 a.m. after an officer on the south grounds of the White House spotted the drone, described as a two-foot wide "quad copter," flying above the White House grounds before crashing on the southeast side of the complex. The officer saw the drone flying at a very low altitude.

"Initial indications are that this incident occurred as a result of recreational use of the device," Leary said.

The Secret Service will continue to investigate the incident through "corroborative interviews, forensic examinations and reviews of all other investigative leads," Leary said.

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Drone lands in tree at White House - Updates included [View all] marym625 Jan 2015 OP

This is unreal... HipChick Jan 2015 #1

yep. marym625 Jan 2015 #2

someone got their kite treed..... all joking aside this is really serious belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #3

It may be nothing marym625 Jan 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2015 #4

A drone at the WH? I wonder who was getting married. n/t winter is coming Jan 2015 #6

I see what you did there Autumn Jan 2015 #30

This drone apparently posed no threat. That drones can apparently reach the WH, however, merrily Jan 2015 #7

I wonder if was meant to cause fear marym625 Jan 2015 #8

Dunno, but I hope they figure out how to keep all drones away from the WH. merrily Jan 2015 #10

I hope they just stop with all the drone stuff altogether marym625 Jan 2015 #13

No Motion detectors on lawn? HipChick Jan 2015 #9

Motion detectors on the lawn may not be sensitive to flying objects. merrily Jan 2015 #15

If they want to chase every bird and squirrel jberryhill Jan 2015 #27

Unlike the drones the WH occupant prefers to use. BlueStreak Jan 2015 #14

Thank you! marym625 Jan 2015 #20

Its the... GummyBearz Jan 2015 #11

At least that's a familiar adversary marym625 Jan 2015 #16

Probably remote control helicopter. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #12

nope marym625 Jan 2015 #18

It sounds like an Amazon delivery. Autumn Jan 2015 #31

Ha! marym625 Jan 2015 #35

or did you mean what it is? marym625 Jan 2015 #21

In other words, most likely an expensive toy... JHB Jan 2015 #24

Thanks! :-) n/t marym625 Jan 2015 #33

They are pretty much toys jberryhill Jan 2015 #29

hmm. marym625 Jan 2015 #34

All "drone" means is "radio controlled flying thing" jberryhill Jan 2015 #38

Ah! marym625 Jan 2015 #39

Any empty vials or aerosol containers on board? lpbk2713 Jan 2015 #17

AP reporting it was a quadcopter. Raine1967 Jan 2015 #19

Thanks for this. marym625 Jan 2015 #22

Glad to help! Raine1967 Jan 2015 #41

You can purchase these from Amazon...hopefully that one has some fingerprints HipChick Jan 2015 #26

I was thinking the same thing. Raine1967 Jan 2015 #42

Someone has come forward....self-reported on CNN HipChick Jan 2015 #44

The WH needs a protective clear dome. CK_John Jan 2015 #23

no, Patriot missles to shoot these down! kwassa Jan 2015 #25

Think of the jobs, a good frequency jamer might work for a while. CK_John Jan 2015 #28

Not really jberryhill Jan 2015 #40

like a gigantic "cone of silence" marym625 Jan 2015 #36

At 3 am, I doubt it was kids playing around. CK_John Jan 2015 #32

Yeah, me too n/t marym625 Jan 2015 #37

A good way for the right wing to send out their anthrax instead of through the mail.. Bandit Jan 2015 #43

I don't know marym625 Jan 2015 #45