Drone Flown Into Grounds Of The White House
The White House is temporarily placed in lockdown after a "device" was picked up by Secret Service agents.
A device thought to be a small drone flew into the White House grounds in the early hours of Monday morning, prompting authorities to put the President's residence on lockdown.
An agent on duty at the White House said he saw and heard a two-foot-wide commercial "quad copter" fly at a low altitude into the heavily guarded complex before crashing.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest, who is in Delhi with Barack Obama, said: "There is a device that has been recovered by the Secret Service at the White House.
"Early indication is that it does not pose any sort of ongoing threat to anybody right now."
Emergency vehicles swarmed the area and a cordon was put in place after the device was discovered.
While Mr Obama and his wife Michelle are in India, their two daughters are still in the US and are being looked after by their grandmother.
It is unclear whether they were home at the time.
Earlier this month four top-ranking Secret Service employees were demoted after several security breaches.
In September, a man scaled the fence surrounding the White House and ran into the building through an unlocked door.
SOURCE:: Drone Flown Into Grounds Of The White House
The White House is temporarily placed in lockdown after a "device" was picked up by Secret Service agents.
A device thought to be a small drone flew into the White House grounds in the early hours of Monday morning, prompting authorities to put the President's residence on lockdown.
An agent on duty at the White House said he saw and heard a two-foot-wide commercial "quad copter" fly at a low altitude into the heavily guarded complex before crashing.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest, who is in Delhi with Barack Obama, said: "There is a device that has been recovered by the Secret Service at the White House.
"Early indication is that it does not pose any sort of ongoing threat to anybody right now."
Emergency vehicles swarmed the area and a cordon was put in place after the device was discovered.
While Mr Obama and his wife Michelle are in India, their two daughters are still in the US and are being looked after by their grandmother.
It is unclear whether they were home at the time.
Earlier this month four top-ranking Secret Service employees were demoted after several security breaches.
In September, a man scaled the fence surrounding the White House and ran into the building through an unlocked door.
SOURCE:: Drone Flown Into Grounds Of The White House