Posted on 03/13/2006 2:49:14 PM PST by Bottom_Gun
Scare at the Sub Base
GROTON -- Police and fire units have set up a perimeter at the Groton Sub Base. Bomb-sniffing dogs have been also called out to the scene.
Navy authorities are providing very limited information as to what happened Monday morning.
Crystal Lake Avenue and the military highway road along the river have been blocked off by local police.
This provides access to Gate #1 where the incident involving a truck took place.
A spokesperson for the sub base tells Eyewitness news that at 6:30 a.m. Monday a Navy dog trained to sniff for explosives sensed something on a truck attempting to enter Gate #1. That's the gate near the Nautilus Museum.
The Navy immediatly shut down the base. Groton police cordoned off Crystal Lake Ave and Military Highway. Around mid morning the other gates north on Route 12 were opened.
Federal agencies are on site as is the Navy bomb squad. The Navy is not saying if anything was actually discovered or removed.
The other possibility is that this could be a drill. But they are not indicating that at this time.
We'll have more on this story on Eyewitness News starting at 5.
OMG! Is that guy still there? Pretty sure he still was when we left in 98.
The guy is persistent, I'll give him that. My husband still misses the Golden Gate. I do not.
I'm sure the PETA freaks will ask if the dog was coerced in any way to work against his will.
Uh...no...some are just absent-minded pilots that don't realize where they are. Read the story in AOPA Pilot from 2 or 3 months ago. http://www.aopa.org
I also think that most or some of these aircraft that accidentally fly into unauthorized space are "testing."
How's that?
What? You got something against sticky floors? Huh? :)
Not too long ago, I decided to Google the first boss I had when I got out of the Navy. He was a Naval reservist and lived in Harpers Ferry, WV. He'd fly down to Norfolk NAS once or twice a month.
The first result that came back was a story about how he'd accidentally flown into the Camp David airspace and was escorted to the nearest airport by a pair of F-16s.
Ever since the Coast Guard got moved into the Department of Homeland security, I've been refering to them as "the Homies"...
Asking because over at TM we heard a weird, silly rumor yesterday
I live less than 1/2 mile from the back gate of the base. My favorite story - I own a local RE/MAX office and we landed the RE/MAX balloon on the golf course on the base. The wind had picked up and the balloon pilot was concerned about drifting across and down the river so the golf course was a prime landing area. They drifted right over the back gate and onto the golf course. My husband, former navy submarine officer was on that flight and most embarrassed. It caused a bit of excitement but the golfers were the most upset. I was in the chase vehicle and had to go to the front gate and do some explaining. I'm not sure how we would have been received after 9/11.
I'll bite!
I attended Sub School there in 1979......:)
(I was BORN in '61) :)
I attended Sub School there in 1979......:)
(I was BORN in '61) :)
You're right -- but it's a good idea to keep taking the medication, anyway!
Ah Mystic Pizza... been a while (had relatives that lived on Jamestown Island, RI). Stopped at Mystic Pizza on my way to RI after flying in to Hartford, CT.
A high classed callgirl alleges she had a client who informed her there was an Iranian sub off east coast waters somewhere
I was there from '73 till '75. Ex Navy Nuke.
Diesels were a whole 'nother world.
Give that dog a nice, juicy steak!
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