[Scan-DC] Strange Search

[Andy]

Now this is getting interesting.

At roughly about 2230hrs, I heard AACo. Fire Dispatch put out a call for
"something that fell from the sky".   That was the verbatim dispatch term
used to describe the nature of the incident.  The call was dispatched for
the area around Rt 295 and 32.  (Isn't that near you Ron??)  An engine and
ambo were dispatched and a chief in the area responded for additional
assistance in the SB lanes of 295.  Nothing was found and the call was
determined to be unfounded and units went back into service shortly after a
brief investigation. Several minutes later I heard fire dispatch advising in
service units that the event was seen from an industrial park near the
interchange.  I heard nothing further after that remark.

Maybe a small meteor struck the ground?  No fire b/c of the snow on the
ground?

I'd be interested in following this story, as obviously something happened,
a few people saw it, but nothing was found.

Apparently the FD only received 1 call on it from a citizen.

Ron any MILCOM transmissions heard?

Andy


> All,
>
> In the late 2300 hour heard an unidentified helo (callsign 04) on the DCA
> helo unicom (120.75) telling DCA control that they had just completed a
low
> altitude search of Suburban and Ft Meade airfields but had not found who
they
> were looking for.  The helo told the control that if whoever they were
> looking for had flown any lower, they would have probably hit one of the
> buildings in the area.
>
> The helo also mentioned to the DCA controller that they thought that their
> FLIR equipment would have picked up whoever they were looking for. Later
the
> helo mentioned that the Fairfax helo had also spotted something, but that
> they thought it might have been a meteor.