It was 8.27am when computers picked up a “slow-moving blob” entering the no-fly zone over Washington DC, triggering a full-scale crisis.
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By Jamie Seidel
news.com.au 12-9-19 |
Last week, the Battle of Washington DC was just a hair-trigger away.
It was 8.27am on November 26 when air-defence computers picked up something unexpected.
It was an unidentified target. It was a “slow-moving blob” relentlessly flying towards the heart of the US capital.
Whatever it was, it wasn’t supposed to be doing that.