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The former Daily Mirror editor, who is standing in as a presenter on the daytime show, didn't realise his comments were being broadcast live on air.
Morgan and co-presenter Fern Britton were filmed during an ad break for Trisha, the show which precedes This Morning on ITV1.
The pair were supposed to tell viewers what was coming up in the programme.
Instead Morgan was seen declaring that al Qaeda planned a terrorist attack to disrupt the US presidential election.
"I tell you what, I would brace yourselves for something in the next few days," he warned.
Britton asked: "Why?" and Morgan replied: "I just think that al Qaeda, with an election, I think they have been waiting for the election."
At that point a producer informed them, via their earpieces, that they were live on air.
A startled Morgan had time to utter: "Good morning! On today's show..." before time ran out and viewers were taken back to Trisha.
When This Morning began 15 minutes later, the embarrassed duo apologised for Morgan's outburst.
"Don't panic, nothing is about to happen," Britton told the audience.
Morgan explained he was referring to a leaked CIA report expressing fears about a terrorist attack in America before the US election.
"I don't know anything, so if any of you are worried that I have any inside information about any terrorist attack, I don't. We were just having a little private conversation."
Morgan, who left the Mirror in May after publishing faked photographs of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner, added: "Trust me, nobody tells me anything any more."