Report of something falling from plane sends police to Reservior
Groton-WTNH, June 20, 2002 Updated 7:02 PM ) _ A report of something falling from a plane into a reservoir sent state police and the FBI into action Thursday afternoon.State Trooper Roger Beaupre tells News Channel 8 a person called the state police barracks in Montville and reported seeing something either falling or being thrown from a plane into the Groton Reservoir around 2:45 p.m.
A team from the FBI, as well as state and local police and the Department of Environmental Protection is on the scene.
News Channel 8 staff member Bryan Lee says the police helicopter Trooper 1 is making repeated passes over the water, but does not appear to be searching any one particular area. Lee says it appears a police dive team is in the water.
Authorities have set up a command post near Exit 88 off of I-95.
There have been similar scares involving the water supply around the country in the wake of the attacks of September 11th.
Last month in Easton, police were called out to a reservoir when someone reported three men on top of a water supply tank. It turned out the men, who were from Bangladesh, were taking pictures.
National Infrastructure Protection Center bulletin - yes it is important to follow up on all these "little" coincidences.
http://www.nipc.gov/publications/infobulletins/2002/ib02-001.htm
NIPC Information Bulletins communicate issues that pertain to the critical national infrastructure and are for information purposes only.
A computer that belonged to an individual with indirect links to USAMA BIN LADIN contained structural architecture computer programs that suggested the individual was interested in structural engineering as it related to dams and other water-retaining structures. The computer programs included CATIGE, BEAM, AUTOCAD 2000 and MICROSTRAN, as well as programs used to identify and classify soils using the UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
In addition, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have received indications that Al-Qa'ida members have sought information on Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems available on multiple SCADA-related web sites. They specifically sought information on water supply and wastewater management practices in the U.S. and abroad. There has also been interest in insecticides and pest control products at several web sites.
Recipients can find additional information regarding posting sensitive infrastructure-related information on Internet web sites in NIPC Advisory 02-001 issued on 17 January 2002 at http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2002/02-001.htm. The intent of this bulletin was to encourage Internet content providers to review the sensitivity of the data they provide online.
The NIPC encourages recipients of this Information Bulletin to report information concerning criminal or terrorist activity to their local FBI office http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm or the NIPC, and to other appropriate authorities. Recipients may report incidents online at http://www.nipc.gov/incident/cirr.htm, and can reach the NIPC Watch and Warning Unit at (202) 323-3205, 1-888-585-9078 or nipc.watch@fbi.gov
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